What a difference 3 months makes. My stroke was 3/2/07. It's now 5/30/07, almost 3 full months. I'm getting around better as I use my cane on occasion. There are times my muscles feel like they don't want to cooperate.
But two days ago, I was talking to Michael. I realized as I was talking that my left hand was being very animated as if I was trying to talk with my hand too. That was the first automated thing I have done since the stroke. EVERYTHING I had done up to the point was a concentrated move on my part. I had to look at my hand and think about what I wanted it to do.
I even said something to him later and pointed with my left finger "over there". Which meant making a fist and extending my index finger, extending my arm and pointing without thinking about it. We both looked at each other as we realized what I had just done without thinking about it. Amazing!
The pain has been subsiding. It is still there mostly in the evening, but it has not been as intense. My muscles still burn though. I heard someone describe their arm as being full of lead. A very heavy feeling. That's what I feel too which makes me very fatigued.
The weather here has been amazing. Today in the upper 80's. The cats outside with black fur and long orange fur don't really like it though. I do!
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