My Friday morning began at 10:40 a.m. by going into the main camp to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 11:00 I then had a grilled ham tomato and cheese sandwich. At 11:30 I then returned to my camp to try to get the address changed from home to camp with Maine Care so that United Wheelchair can bring me to and from camp. I also tried calling my doctors to prove to Maine Care that I still need United Wheelchairs services for transportation. Neuro Restorative is trying there best too. At 1:00 I then began to do my constant therapy. After doing so, I then shaved before doing my typing exercises. At 2:00 I then did my back stretches. At 2:11 I began to do my stretches that I had learned after my stroke. At 2:15 I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. After using my hand grips, I went in the main camp at 2:30 to talk with my mother. At 3:10 I then went into my camp to take a shower to get comfortable before blogging of my day.
Riding the Brain Train Toward Recovery
Friday, August 7, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Taking pictures of some paintings
My Thursday morning began at 5:40 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 5:47 I then had some french toast with some banana. Once I had finished eating, at 6:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After doing so, I then took in two puffs fo air with my inhaler before beging my constant therapy. At 6:30 I started to do my typing exercises. At 6:41 I filled my empty pill containers. At 7:11 I then went back to bed. At 7:11 I then went back to bed and slept until 12:00 noon as my mother was arriving back to camp from work. I then went into the main camp to a salad while drinking a glass of ice tea. At 12:45 I then returned to my camp to get comfortable. At 12:50 I then brushed my teeth and shaved At 1:00 I then made my bed. After fining filling my pills, at 1:21 I began to do my back stretches. At 1:30 I began to do the stretches I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:58 I then took pictures of the paintings and crafts that I have done in the pasted years here at camp to post on insta gram to to music. At 2:27 I then went into the main camp where there was a.c. After talking to my mother for a while, we then ate dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed my day.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
An appointment at the chiropractors
Wednesday morning began at 8:40 a.m. by by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 8:44 I then had an omelet with a slice of toast. At 9:30 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. I then took a shower before. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I did my back and the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 10:15 my father and I left camp to go to go home. We arrived home at 10:45. Once I father started a wash and got the mail, We then went to the chiropractor for an 11:15 appointment. Once we arrived we both had our backs adjusted. After doing so we left the chiropractors at 11:40. We arrived home at 12:00 to put the laundry in the dryer. At 12:10 we left the house. At 12:30 we arrived at camp. At 1:40 I then did my constant therapy. I then went on insta gram. At 3:00 I then went into my camp to take a shower and get comfortable for the evening. At 3:40 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Looking forward to an outing at Shaw Park
My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a slice of cinnamon swirl toast. Once I had finished eating, at 6:00 I had made my bed before doing my back stretches. After brushing my teeth and shaving, I then took a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. At 7:30 United Wheelchair had arrived to take my to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 8:45, I had gone to the client lounge to do my typing exercises. At 9:00 I then went to Faiths office for Recreational Therapy. Today we worked on my new book. How I can get resources to creat my new book and things to continuing to talk about in my new book. We then printed of some things that I can talk about in my new book after googling them. At 10:00 during my P.T. Session with Dan, I started with a walk. Dan then had me on the Nu Step for fifteen minutes. He then had me in the parallel bars doing leg exercises. At 11:00 I then went to knitting group with Tobie and continued to work on my project. I am now out of painting group to do knitting group. Tobie then asked me if I wanted to go to Shaw Park in Gorham for a river boat ride a picnic, games and socialization. But we have to bring out own lunch. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, we worked on my appointment with Hanger Clinic. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby to see Calvin from United Wheelchair to take me home. At2:12 I arrived at camp. I went strait into my camp to blog of my day.
Monday, August 3, 2026
Working on publishing my book during rec therapy
My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After eating a bowl of oatmeal with a slice of toast, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I had put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air, I then did my back stretches. After doing my typing exercises I then did my constant therapy. At 8:00 United Wheelchair soon arrived to take me to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 10:00 I had going to the conference for Cog Skills group with Mindy. Today I continued to do my word search puzzle. At 11:00 I then went to Angelas office for my O.T. Session. Today we first edited my posts on insta gram. At 12:00 then had lunch. At 1:00 I then during writing group with we were given two promps to write about. We then read them. At 2:00 I then went to faith's office for my rec therapy session Today we into Kindle to work on publishing my book. At 3:00 I then went back to camp. Upon my arrival I had taken a shower to get comfortable for the evening before eating dinner. After doing I then pulled up my blog to type of my day.
Sunday, August 2, 2026
A busy day
My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:12 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 6:25 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with m inhaler, at 6:40 I then watched Sunday Mass online. At 7:10 Once mass was finished, I then made my bed. At 10:58 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:20 I then did my typing exercises. At 11:30 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:40 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 11:55 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to do my upper body exercises. At 12:00 I had grabbed my hand grips and squeezed them five times for thirty seconds each. At 12:05 I had strapped on my ankle weights before doing my leg exercises. At 12:12 I had ended my workout by doing another round of back stretches. At 12:25 I then felt like writing, so I wrote a poem. At 1:34 my mother arrived back at camp from church and gave me communion. Once I finished praying, At :48 I then I had filled my empty pill containers. Once I was finished I then did a work search puzzle. At 3:00 my sister arrived at camp. She had made dinner for us. While there she had connected Net Flix up to my Television in my camp. At 3:56 I then went into the main camp to eat dinner with my sister and parents. At 4:50 I went to my camp to take a shower to get comfortable for the evening. I then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day.