Links, Sources and information.
Be active in one or more relative Facebook groups.
Here are a few:
There is More Meeting Group (this is US!)
Young Stroke Survivors
Stroke Survivor Support Group
Second Chance Stroke Survivors
Brain Injury Awareness
Get OUTSIDE.
Make sure you are getting plenty of sunshine.
Phone Calls, Getting Help from Strangers.
My first sentence often is: Hello, I am a brain injury survivor and I easily get confused, but I really need to (get this matter cleared up, get an answer to my problem, etc.), so please be patient with me. Every time I have done this, the person on the other end has been incredibly kind and helpful.
Find Ways to Laugh
Read funny books or listen to funny audiobooks.
Watch funny movies.
Remember funny stories.
Find Ways to Think
Jigsaw puzzles are a great way to have fun and engage the mind. Free software and apps are available in Windows, Android, iOS and others. Look for "Magic Jigsaw Puzzle" and"PuzzleBoss."
Find Ways to Be Creative
Add art, music, poetry, creative writing, photography, painting, sculpting and origami, anything that you or your family can think of.
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Helpful Links
Hartford Hospital Stroke Center Patient Support
National Stroke Association - Help After Stroke
Stroke Smart.org - Resource Directory
Stroke | The Hospital of Central Connecticut
Stroke Center - UConn Health
The Stroke Center at Yale New Haven Hospital
Healthy Minds at Home - Hartford Health Care at Home
Connecticut Department of Rehabilitation
Mount Sinai Hospital Stroke Support Group Meetings
National Spinal Cord Injury Association Connecticut Chapter - www.Sciact.org
COME SAIL WITH US!
Connecticut Sail Access
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Tom Schuck has written several books about living with stroke and about his favorite animal - the squirrel.
This book deals with the depths of depression that many survivors of stroke and brain injury go through, whether they are able to express it for themselves or not.
The book ends abruptly, without hope, at the end of despair - for that is a common a experience. In fact, the primary reason for the book was to bring hope and healing through the understanding that the pain the reader is going through IS a common experience.
In my sequel Building a New Me. Search for Spiritual Meaning After Stroke/Brain Injury, I discuss my journey away from the depression and finality of the first book, into answers and solutions. The sequel is NOT about roses and platitudes, because the pain never goes away, it is about successes in building a new me.
Click here to view or purchase.
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This stroke book is unlike any other. Even though no two strokes or brain injuries are exactly alike, there are enough similarities that support groups and resource materials from survivors abound to help new individuals affected by brain injuries. In Tom Schuck's third book on the subject, rather than writing about his experiences, he gathers information from the support groups that he has led, the support groups that he has participated and the volumes of common sense good advice for all survivors that are shared across online resource groups.From the moment that you or your loved one wakes up in recovery, to many years down the road, Tom diligently describes each detail that "not all, but many" will take of this journey.
Click the link to purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com//dp/1671251717/