When my strokes happened, I had rehab at the hospital. My schedule was intense for me. Two times a day, I had occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy. It was incredibly hard. I had to skip and do yoga on a Wii. I could not to it very well. I had speech therapy. Over and over, my patient therapist would ask me to say word with pictures. “Mark, what is a “comb?” What is an “A?” Etc. I got out of the hospital on Friday, January 27, 2012. On Monday, January 30 th at 9:00 a.m., I started at “STARS,” St. Alphonsus Rehabilitation Services. For about 10 months, I had therapy. I had mainly occupational therapy and speech therapy. They had me doing all sorts of things. “PowerPoint, Excel, and Word:” That was my livelihood “before.” I had to complete “Hart Charts” and “Dynavision” for vision loss. I was a math whiz before the strokes. Now, even now, I cannot “do” math. I read financial, but I cannot express them. In the beginning, it w...
I am a stroke survivor. My blog is about my recovery, family, and possibilities.