The Stroke Thrivers: October 2011

Welcome to my Stroke Thrivers Blog

Dear Fellow Stroke Thrivers *

Over the past few years I have met many wonderful people and their families who have started a new life after stroke. I have heard fascinating and inspiring stories about how they overcame adversity against all odds.

I meet stroke patients at my Peer Support Group in the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute's Community Neuro Rehabilitation Centre (Rumsey Road) when they are moving towards independence. They have come out of hospital and are beginning to re-engage with their communities,work,families and friends.

One thing that has become evident to me over time, is that there are few means for stroke survivors to access information about stroke issues once they have left the hospital. As we all know, stroke recovery is fluid and changes over time, making ongoing access to the latest information about stroke a real need.

Through this blog I hope to provide one way to obtain information and a means for stroke thrivers to communicate with each other.I encourage you to write about your own experiences and pass along your tips for survival.

This is not a forum for negativity, but one of hope, because we can't undo the past but can do much to reshape the future.

Marilyn

*I first heard the term"Stroke Thrivers" from a wonderful lady Joanna Mackie from The Potential Group in Toronto, whose own mother suffered a stroke. Joanna feels that the oft used phrase "stroke survivors" has a negative connotation.I agree. It's time the whole notion of stroke, devastating though it undoubtedly is, became one of hope for the future and striving for a new normal, instead one of mourning for the past.

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