Wednesday, 17 June 2009

First steps with the gutter frame

The physiotherapists tried Jo walking with the gutter frame today. Jo was in pain at first, which seems to be more muscular than neuropathic, possibly as a result of Jo moving the affected limbs more. When Jo stood up initially she had pains in her foot, her leg, arm and hand. By the end of the session the pain was largely confined to her foot.

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Different strokes...

It has been nearly seven years since Jo suffered a "controlled" stroke whilst undergoing brain surgery to clip the blood vessel that had caused a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2000. Sadly two successive coilings did not occlude the bleed and so Jo had a craniotomy in August 2008. During surgery the surgeon discovered the coiling had penetrated the rear of the aneurysm, occasioning emergency repair procedures. Consequentially they spent one and a half hours longer in surgery than expected, leading to the right half of Jo's brain forgetting it has to look after the left side of her world.