Stroke of Luck KINDLE EDITION

On 17th February 2017, Robert suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in the shape of a pontine stroke. 999 and emergency surgery, 4 hospitals later including rehab he returned home in 2019 with huge gratitude and thanks to the NHS.

Along the journey a speech and language therapist told him that she tried to do some research on the type of stroke I had, found a paucity as so few live to tell the tale – that was chilling for him..

“The clarion call is that all strokes are different. For a truism look no further than the BBC’s Andrew Marr. He has endured a lame arm and hand whilst mine moves. I on the other hand (excuse pun) suffered severe facial palsy which has taken 3 ops to try to correct and would not make for good broadcasting not that pre-stroke I would have been any good at it” he says.

A bit of a theme running through both hospital and now carers at home is his determination. Personally, Robert cannot see it myself but my family attribute it to it being hard wired into his DNA and a strong desire to participate in the real world we inhabit.

Having travelled this journey from operating table to home he is pleased to share this journey to obviate reinventing the wheel.