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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Squeezing my handgrips for thirty seconds without them shaking

 My Thursday morning began at 10:26 a.m, by making my bed. I then had a cup of tea while eating my fruit. At 10:42 I then two slices of toast with fluff and peanut-butter along with half of a banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:15 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:30 I had shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:45 I then used my hand grips holding them tight as possible for thirty seconds without them shaking five times strait. At 12:50 I began to do my thera band exercises strengthening  my arms and legs. At 1:05 I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my legs exercises. I then grabbed my dumbbell's to work my upper body, doing two reps of ten for each exercise. At 1:10 I then ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:25. Once I woke, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:45 I had eaten a salad before eating my dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed my day. 

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Another great work out

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At. 9:07 I then had a slice of toast with some omelet and some banana. Once I had finished eating, I then at 9:45 had brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then did my back stretches. After making my bed, At 11:00 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was soon on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:10 I went to the client lounge to wait for my speech therapy session with Carina. I soon made it to her office at 12:30 Once Carina had the electrodes connected to parts of my throat I soon began to eat as Carina raised the level of intensity slowly. I made it up to level five today, giving a little jump as the voltage raised a little higher. Once I had finished eating, I then practiced taking my pills in pudding instead of with water. Amazingly enough they went down better. After speech I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. We started the session by walking three laps. I then went back into the gym to ride the Nu step on level 3 for fifteen minutes. I then went into the parallel  bars to do some leg exercises While in the parallel bars I also stepped up onto a block from a mat so as to practice shifting my weight. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, she and I I first did ten sessions on how to get to typing .com. At3;00 I THEN WENt home. UPON MY ARRIVALAT 3;15 I had eaten my dinner, taken my shower and blogged of my day.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Taking a brain quiz

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 6:07 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a slice of toast. At 6:30 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After taking a shower and was dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I began to do my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then grabbed my things and jumped into the United Wheelchair van, "Not Literally" and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. At 9:30 I had arrived. At 9:45 we had to join groups and did some brain trivia with Caryn and Dan. At 10:30 I then had P.T. With Dan. I began the session by walking 420 feet with Dan. I then road the Nu Step for fifteen minutes going .75 miles. Dan had me go into the parallel bars. After doing leg exercise's in the parallel bars, at 11:15 I then went to the conference room for Brain Injury Education Group with Lauri and Alicia. Today we reviewed parts of the brain. This month is also Brain Injury awareness month and there is a resource fair going on. We then took a brain quiz. At 12:00 During O.T. Session with Laurie we made a cheat sheet for my pass words for my e-mails. We then made in more visible for my typing program. At 1:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair Driver who would be taking me home. It was Ron. At 1:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:17 After taking a shower and comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 3:05 I had pulled up my blog  and typed of my day. 

Monday, March 9, 2026

Wring a poem during writing group

 Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 5:40 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana along with a toasted english muffin with jam and peanut-butter. At 6:55 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking my shower. After putting in my eye and nsoe drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:50 I began to do my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then took the sheets off of my bed and made it with clean sheets. At 8:30 United Wheelchair had arrived, so I had grabbed my things and out the door I went. I at Neuro Restorative at 10:15. At 10:30 I had going to the conference room for writing group with Carina. Today I wrote a poem. At 11:15 during my O.T. Session with Angela, I had answered a question for, Taylor for my video. I then wrote an entry and it to Tayler in an e-mail. At 12:00 I then had a half hour break before my speech therapy session with Carina at 12:30. Once the Once I was set up I began to eat my lunch. I then began to swallow choking as usual. Carina turned up the level of the e-stem as I continued to eat. At 1:15 during painting group with Faith I continued to paint the picture that I was working on. During my recreational therapy session with Faith  we continued to draw pictures to put in my book. At At 3:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair driver who would be taking me home. I arrived home at 4:30. Once inside I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:45 I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Connecting with my cousin Dawn

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched Sunday Mass until 7:30. I then went back to sleep, and slept until 11:10. I just can't beat this medication that I take for my seizure and headaches. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:21 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with toasted english muffin with jam and peanut-butter. At 11:50 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 12:08 began to do my back stretches. At 12:21 I then started to do the stretches that I have been doing since have my stroke. At 12:35 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 12:50 I then called the pharmacy to order a script that I was running low on. At 12:56 I then shaved At 12:05 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:25 I then started to do my thera band workout, strengthening my arms and legs. I then ended my workout by doing another round of back stretches. At 2:00 my workout was complete. I then called my cousin Dawn and left a message. At 2:43 I had taken a shoer, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. AT 3:10 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Keeping in shape

 My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cider. At 10:45 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana, along with a toasted biscuits with jams spread on them. At 11:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then made my bed. At 11:25 A friend had called. We spoke briefly, I then at 11:40 began to do my constant theapy. At 12:21 I had began to do my back stretches. At 12:30 I then shaved before using my Gand grips. At 12:50 I began to do my thera band workout. Strengthening my arms and legs. I then began to work my upper body with my five pound dumbbells. I then strapped on my ankle weights to work my legs. I ended my workout out by doing my back stretches one more time. After doing Mendel on stretches for my throat to help my swallowing, At 2:25 I lied down to rest. I slept until 3:30 before waking and taking a shower. Once I was comfortable for the evening, at 3:55 I then had eaten a salad. After doing so, I had eaten my dinner. At 5:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Another day of exercises mind and body

 My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. I then had three pancakes along with a banana on the side. At 11:15 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:24 I then made my bed before shaving. At 11:50 I then did my back stretches. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon while doing the stretches that I learned after having my stroke. At 12:13 I had used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises. At 12:25 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. I then grabbed my five pound dumbbells and began to do my weight exercises. I then ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 12:50 I then began to do my back stretches. At 12:50 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 1:18 I then began to do my typing exercises. At 1:45 I had watched a movie on Netflix. At 2:40 I had eaten a salad before eating my dinner. At 4:00 I then took my shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:25 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.