What do you wish you could do more every day?
Help from my husband. As spring has sprung, actually, since daylight savings time, my body has been getting stronger. Also, I’m getting more energetic and am trying to use that strength and energy to do more things for myself and need fewer things from him. For example, my husband usually washes my hair, but for my last two baths , I washed it myself. It might not seem like a big thing to you, but I usually don’t have the energy to do it myself. Also, I usually need his help with sitting back into my lift chair, and for the last few times, I’ve been strong enough to do it myself. Over the next several months, until winter raises its ugly head again, I will try my best to become more independent,including my ultimate goal of walking to the bathroom consistently without my wheelchair or AFO brace. I will definitely need to use my quad cane, but that’s perfectly acceptable. I need to use this strength and energy as much as possible while I have it. I NEED TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT. It will be a full decade since my stroke on August 24th and I feel like I should be farther along than I am. So I’m going to use the strength and energy to fuel my determination and tenacity so I can reach my goal of walking to the bathroom consistently with just my cane and that will be a huge accomplishment for me.