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Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue

• >> Stroke >> Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue >> Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue

 

Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue

• >> Stroke >> Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue >> Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue

 

Thinking, understanding, memory and fatigue

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Gavin - Interview 63 >> The stroke initially took a toll on Gavin’s marriage but him and his wife are finding ways to make it work.

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 >> Interview 47 >> Her mum's personality has changed since the stroke she is now snappy and swears and is uncharacteristically flirty.

Carer for mother who had a stroke at the age of 83. Her mother now suffers from vascular dementia and some visual loss. She is registered partially blind. Medication: bendrofluazide, perindopril, (blood pressure) omeprazole, (gastric resistant tablets) citalopram, (antidepressant); senna and/or movicol, (laxative) calichew (calcium/vit D3 supplement) alendronic acid, (bisphosphonate ), detrusitol, (urinary continence).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Jackie - Interview 64 >> Jackie commented that she felt she was less passive since her stoke; the “filter” that kept her from speaking up in the past was no longer there.

Jackie suffered a stroke in 2003 while home alone and was found by her daughter 28 hours later. She voluntarily chose to retire from work so she would have enough stamina for other things including recreational activities in the community.