My Thursday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 6:10 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with half of an english muffin. At 6:45 I then I then went back to bed and slept until 10:40. After making my bed, I then did my constant therapy. After talking to Jamie at Neuro Restorative about next weak's schedule, I then did my constant therapy. After doing my typing exercises, I then watched the news at news at noon while doing my back stretches. At 12:10 I then continued with my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12/20 I then shaved before icing my legs and back. At 1:12 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept until 3:15 before getting up to eat my salad. After doing so, I then ate my dinner. After taking a shower, I then pulled up my blog and typed of a really hot day!
Riding the Brain Train Toward Recovery
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Typing up some more notes during my O.T. Session
My Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot apple cider while eating my fruit. At 7:40 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with half of a toasted english muffin. At 7:55 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking my shoer. Once I was dressed for the day, I then made my bed before doing my back stretches. At 8:33 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:45 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 9:06 I began to do my typing exercises. At 9:30 United Wheelchair arrived and out the door I went. Upon my arrival at Neuro Restorative at 10:40 I sat in the lobby until 11:00 before going to Laurie's office for my O.T. Session. Today Laurie and I worked on typing up the notes from Sam my case manager from the Divisions of the Blind. We then spoke about contrast. Laurie than wants me to take pictures of my pill tray and my pill container in and out of the tray. At 1:00 I then went to the lobby to meet Calvin from United Wheelchair so that I could go home. I arrived home at 2:10 and went strait to my bedroom to lay down and rest. I slept until 3:25 before waking. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening. I then ate my salad. After doing so, I then ate my dinner at 4:00. Once I had finished eating, at 4:25 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Writing down direction with faith during tech group on how to use instagram
My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by doing my back exercises. After doing so, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana along with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking my shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, I then did my constant therapy and some typing exercises while waiting. United Wheelchair soon arrived to taking me to Neuro Restorative. I arrived at 8:30 a.m. I went strait to the client lounge to work on my typing exercises. At 9:00 I then went to the sewing room for tech group with Faith. Faith first began to help me write up directions on how to post aa song and picture on instagram.As we were doing so, the other client eventually arrived. We would then finish this project in our one on one recreational therapy session. The group then chose to talk about other tech related questions. At 11:00 I went into the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. We began the session by walking. We then went back into the gym so that I could ride the Nu Step. I did so for for fifteen minutes on level three. Dan then had me in the parallel bars so as to do leg exercises. He then put a mat in the parallel bars, so that I could work on my balance with my feet close together with my arms crossed looking right left and strait ahead. At 11:00 during painting group with Mindy, I finished a painting and began to paint another picture. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Lauri we first spoke about my home visit with Sam coming to my house Thursday June 25 2026 at 11:00 a.m. to go over filling my medication tray when filling my empty pill containers, so as not to spill any on the floor.We also spoke about Sam joining us on our next O.T. Session. Lori and I spoke about contacting my pharmacy. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair driver who would be taking me home. It Wa Dave. I arrived home at 1:50 and went strait to my bedroom to lay down to rest. I slept until 3:30 before waking to take a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:45 I then ate my salad before eating my dinner. At 4:40 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Monday, June 8, 2026
Going for an ultrasound
My Monday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:16 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana in it along with half of an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 6:30 I had brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready fro the day ahead. After doing my back stretches, I had put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 7:30 I began to do my typing exercises. At 8:00 I preceded to do my constant therapy. At 9:30 my father had drove me to Portland to have an ultrasound done on my legs from my knee to my feet for both legs. We arrived at the ultrasound department of the Hospital I was taken to a room after checking in. I was taken to a room. The person doing my ultrasound, first asked me if I SMOKE! "Never!" I hate it when Medical personal ask me that. I can't even stand being around people that do. I have asthma. I can't breathe as it is. Using an inhaler helps me a little. She then asked me a couple other questions. Then I had to get undressed. She then put three blood pressure cuffs on each leg and two on each arm. She then rubbed a gel on my arms and legs as blood pressure cuffs puffed up and deflated. I guess. I am a little unsure of that part of the procedure. Once the procedure was finished, I then dressed. She then told me that that. Test will be sent to my doctor. At 12:20 my father and I left for home. We arrived home at 2:10. Once inside, I immediately went to my bedroom to take a shower to get the get off of my body. At 2:45 I then ate my salad before eating my dinner. At 3:33 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Working on my typing lessons
My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa while watching the news. I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with half of a slice of an english muffin with peanut-butter. Once I had finished eating, I then at 7:00 brushed my teeth, put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:00 I then watched church on television. At 7:30 I went back to sleep until 10:30 after making my bed I then did some typing exercises. At 10:50 I then did my constant therapy. At 11:10 I then did my back stretches before doing the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 11:27 I had grabbed my dumbbells and began to work my upper body. After doing, I then strapped on my ankle weights, so as to do my leg exercises. At 11:40 I then used my hand grips squeezing them five times for thirty seconds each. At 11:45 I wrapped my workout up with another set of back stretches. At 11:55 I then shaved before continuing with my typing exercises. At 12:40 I then posted on instagram. At 1:25 I had continued to work on my typing lessons. At 1:30 I the spoke with my mother for a while until until 2:00. I then worked on my book until until 3:00 before taking a shower at 3:00. At 3:10 I then filled my empty pill container. At 3:20 I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then cleaned my bathroom before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Trying to post a picture and song on instgram
My Saturday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. AT 9:20 my sister had arrived to say goodbye on her way home. After two slices of banana date bread with peanut-butter, at 9:40 I then brushed my teeth. After putting in my eye and nose drops and two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 9:50 made my bed. At 9:55 began to do my typing exercises. At 10:10 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 10:25 did my back stretches. At I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 10:45 I began to work my upper body by doing my weight exercises. At 10:50 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 11:00 I had used my hand grips, squeezing them five times fro thirty seconds each time. At 11:05 I had ended my workout. At 11:12 I then googled directions on how to post a song and photo on instagram. At 12:00 I then iced my back and legs. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest and slept until 2:30. After shaving, I then ate dinner. At 3:30 I had brushed my teeth before filling my empty pill containers. At 4:00 I then pulled up my blog, so as to type in todays entry.
Friday, June 5, 2026
Keeping my mind and body in shape
My Thursday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by taking my medication and massaging my leg. I then went back to sleep at 6:30 sleep and slept until 9:30. At 9:47 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 9:55 I then had a banana with nutella and peanut-butter. At 10:12 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 10:20 I then made my bed. At 10:30 I began to do my typing exercises. At 11:00 I then did my constant therapy. At 11:35 I then shaved. Once I had done so, I then called United Wheelchair to make sure my transpiration was cancelled for Monday. At 11:55 I then did my back stretches. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. While doing so I continued my back and the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 12:20 I then grabbed my dumbbells so as to work my upper body. After doing so, I had strapped on my ankle weights and then did my legs exercises. I then grabbed my handgrips and squeezed them five times for thirty seconds each time. At 12:47 I ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 1:00 I had finished my workout. After icing my legs and back, at 1:30 I had lied down to rest and slept until 2:55. After taking a shower, at 3:11 I then ate my salad before eating dinner. At 4:00 I then brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.