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Messages to others

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What's important in care?

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What's important in care?

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What's important in care?

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Gavin - Interview 63 >> Douglas Bader, a famous spitfire pilot in the Second World War was a source of inspiration for Gavin.

Gavin is a 47 year old media representative/spokesperson. He lives at home with his wife and two children. He is not working right now because of his stroke, but hopes to return to some type of work one day. His ethnic background is White British.

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Gavin - Interview 63 >> Gavin talks about fighting to recover versus acceptance.

Gavin is a 47 year old media representative/spokesperson. He lives at home with his wife and two children. He is not working right now because of his stroke, but hopes to return to some type of work one day. His ethnic background is White British.

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> David - Interview 61 >> David referred to others who have overcome great odds to make important contributions to the world. This helped him to realise that anything is possib

David experienced two strokes in 2003 in addition to two episodes of pneumonia. The stroke, which affected his mobility, balance, and ability to drive, led to an early retirement from his job as a monitoring officer for the local council.

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> David - Interview 61 >> David talks about the importance on focusing on one thing at a time during the recovery process.

David experienced two strokes in 2003 in addition to two episodes of pneumonia. The stroke, which affected his mobility, balance, and ability to drive, led to an early retirement from his job as a monitoring officer for the local council.

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 05 >> She visualised a piano keyboard in her mind. By pressing notes she would visually send signals to her body to help with movement. Her technique proved

She had two strokes 3 months apart (aged 43) due to haemorrhages from arterial venous malformations. The second stroke caused right-sided paralysis and muscles spasm. Medication: baclofen (spasms), phenergan (anxiety), phenytoin (epilepsy due to a brain tumour age 41).