Author: Helen Delevingne
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Love is the key
I am coming to the end of my series of practical tips on helping anyone who finds themselves in the same position I did, of having to care for someone who has suffered a stroke. I hope these posts have been helpful over the past weeks? Today, I want to focus on the powerful force…
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I have been nominated to win an award
It is an honour to receive the Vincent Ehindero Blogger Award. It was such a lovely surprise to open my email yesterday and see I had received this prestigious award from one of my best friend’s Melody, thank you Melody. As Melody mentions in her amazing blog https://journeyintohope2020.vision/2020/07/12/hope-into-writing/ The title of her blog is based…
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Having the determination to keep going
In today’s blog I want to focus on the road to recovery being a marathon and not a sprint. Very often and I speak of myself here as much as anyone else, we hit things head on with great enthusiasm and in our mind we are determined we will make a difference. Perhaps three or…
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Stone Art — janbeek
Today I met a new artist: Akie from Japan. I LOVE her art! Take a look: Stone Art — janbeek
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Your own mental health
I hope you have been finding these blogs helpful? Particularly if you have found yourself in the position I did of caring for a loved one after they have suffered a stroke. Please do feedback with any questions you may have. Today I want to focus on a very important part of caring for someone…
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Hindsight, the wonderful gift
Over the previous weeks we have been looking at the care and subsequent recovery of my mum after she suffered a major stroke. Hindsight as they say is a wonderful gift and looking back the signs were all there. I remember clearly mum had been having breathing problems very much like the pandemic of Covid…
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Help from others who are experts
In my last blog I covered how my mum smashed her goals and how we went from strength to strength on a daily basis. I would however, like to share, about the expert help out there for you when you are caring for someone who has suffered a major stroke. You are not alone, although…
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Goals and smashing them
I have run through the daily activities I engaged my mum in during her road to recovery and the diet she went on. I will write a further post giving more detail on the importance of diet for health and wellbeing, but for now I want to concentrate on my mum. By now her daily…
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The purpose of pain
Today I would like to introduce my esteemed writing friend Melody, who has a wonderful blog, “Adventure into Hope 2020” https://journeyintohope2020.vision/ Every day she writes recipes of hope, which I am sure you agree with me are much needed during this Covid outbreak. She has a published book and she regularly appears on television, radio…
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The road to recovery after a major stroke – Diet, exercise and repeat the basics
During the first six months when mum came home, it was tough. She could not communicate with me as her speech had been destroyed from the stroke. At the time of writing we are in a serious Coronavirus pandemic and sadly people are losing their lives to this indiscriminate silent killer. I have always been…
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