The Long Road Ahead

I really do believe you can get out what you put in I had a stroke I lost the ability to walk and here I am 17 months later I’m back to walking now that isn’t saying that I’m back to normal but one day I may be at a point where I can say that I am, at least by my own metric.

In 3 months of 20 to 30 minute physio sessions I was released home with very little improvement I was told the possibility of me walking even 20 metres when I left the hospital was going to be next to impossible, that was my diagnosis it was bleak I’m telling you they didn’t even think I could get over my front door but I wasn’t going to take it lying down.

a couple of days had passed I was getting used to being home again I was paid a visit to the community stroke team that was assigned to start my in-house recovery and a member of that team named Áine talked to me about positive risk-taking, I had 3 months of physiotherapists telling me how I should walk and here was someone telling me that I should do it my way so I used that idea or maybe you could even call philosophy as my guiding path to getting back on my feet but again it was all up to me.

I poured this willpower into my recovery and that has led to this point. So what is my life at the moment I go out everyday walking I make my day about me, prioritisation is my key I tried the gym but it was tiring me out so I couldn’t do much else “I will be back” but I love myself & my life and it’s only gonna get better.

You get out what you put in. life is short you live & die but it’s what’s in between that counts.