Hi it is almost 2 years since my stroke and I didn't have the typical symptoms as advertised. I was unwell for a couple of days before hand - sick, chest pains then my husband noticed I was limping but as not eating just felt weak. Got up in the middle of night to go to toilet and my legs went. My husband phoned ambulance and despite my telling them I could not move my left leg and arm they said it wasn't life threatening so go to bed and phone doc in morning. A stroke never entered my head so I did as advised and missed the 4 hour timeframe for treatment. As soon as doc came he phoned for ambulance and I was admitted.
Spent 7 weeks in hospital very disappointed in the amount of physio there I got on far better when I came home I was initially in a wheel chair but now walking and back at work although arm still refusing to cooperate.
I pay for a private deep tissue massage once a month and the lady that does it is a Russian physio she tells me that the treatment there is very intense while in hospital constant massage and exercise and the majority of patients are able to walk out of there well on their way to recovery so I'm a great believer in early intense intervention. Probably too late for me but I'm constantly trying and researching new initiatives.
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