Tuesday, 1 December 2009

A really good work out

Jo had a really good work out in the water today. Performing the scissor movement the left leg was stronger than ever and the hydrotherapist got her to do 40 of these. Then she moved on to pedalling and, once again, the left leg was much stronger and Jo performed 40 of these. Finally with the squat to stand Jo performed better than last week and did 40 of these. She was tired afterward of course but there was a real sense of achievement and progress.

That evening, putting Jo to bed saw a vicious return of neuropathic pain in the left knee. Perhaps as a result of the exercise or just simply a sign of a new awakening?
Posted by Unknown at 17:42

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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.