Posts tagged "stroke"

Slotting and Flowing

It’s now five weeks after my stroke.  Physically I am fully recovered, miracle of miracles, and what huge blessing.  Still, I can well believe that my body is intrinsically aware of the event that happened on August 6, early in the morning.  And so, for example, I am allowing myself more little naps; and more...

New Neural Pathways

I have been moved now out of Emergency, and up to the fifth floor, the Neurological Ward. It’s still Saturday, the day of my stroke, I settled in to my bed and to the strict bed rest.  I was allowed to sit up only to eat and to use the bedpan.  (It’s cool the way...

Emergency

There are so many ways to describe the flow of feelings and events around my stroke, (and those on the kayak trip :-)), and each one results in a different perspective, different pictures, different impressions… With my new mode of operating, which is more to simply let things arise and to plan and organize less,...

Kayaking, Whales, Stroke!

What a combination, but that’s the way it came the first week of August.  At some point, I will show and tell more about the amazing kayak trip I had with Green Coast Kayaking.  It was splendid, and here’s one picture and a few comments as a start.  Here you can see the spot where we...