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What happened? The first few days after a stroke :
The event: A stroke or transient ischaemic attack
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Changes to movement
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When stroke happens at a young age
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Interview 07

Interview 07

Age at Interview: 52
Sex: Male
Background: Is married with 2 adult children. He was a master plasterer but now medically retired. Ethnic background/nationality: White/Scottish.

Brief outline:He had a stroke/hemorrhage aged 47 which caused left paralysis, vision loss and epilepsy. Medication: bendroflemethiazide, celiprolol (blood pressure), atorvastatin (cholesterol), phenytoin, sodium valproate (epilepsy), paroxetine (depression).

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He has been given equipment make peeling vegetables with one hand easier.
Print Did you do different things? Yes. Started doing cooking in there as well. I'd done cooking when I was at home. I done all the cooking because my wife's idea of cooking is to open a tin, which I don't mind. She laughs about it as well because I like cooking but in there, they'd come in on a Friday night, I sometimes made a meal for them coming in on a Friday night. It was just … How did you find that with maybe not having the use of your hand? It's a bit… well, you get a thing for holding vegetables and that but they don't tell you, they think it's just a case of putting the vegetable on and peeling it and that. It doesn't work that way. I found out now if you get big carrots and potatoes, the biggest, you can stick them on that you've no bother peeling them but it's sort of medium sized or anything like that, you have an awful job peeling them because they'll no stick on to the machine, you can't get in proper to peel them. So is that sort of a spike that you put it on? There's three spikes, yeah, and there's a grater in the middle. It's just a circle that sits on.

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