The following day in hospital was my 2nd full day in Harrogate.

I felt like I was getting to know some of the staff. They were all so friendly.

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It was my Birthday the other day.

There were a lot of comments saying, “it might not be the birthday you were hoping for this year”, “I hope you still manage to celebrate under the current circumstances” …

I did! I did manage to celebrate in my own perfect way & it was just what I wanted. 😌

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I had a bit of a bad day yesterday. I got upset about money of all things. I felt worried and stressed and had a good cry.

I guess I felt the need to write today about the other challenges I’ve come across since having a stroke, which a few people have said they had no idea about and they are unseen. I don’t like putting too much negative stuff on social media, which might make it sound a bit fake, but I wanted to say it’s not peachy all the time and I do have days where things do get to me and I get upset. Even just having a tired day, or in earlier days being frustrated if I couldn’t quite do something.

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My first full day in Harrogate was a good day.

I had breakfast around 8.30am and met some more staff.

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Monday was the day they were hoping to send me back to Oakdale Ward in Harrogate.

I had breakfast and fairly early on, one of the physios came to see me. She had a chat with me and then did some assessments with my hand and arms. Once she’d done this, she said we were going to go for a little walk. She didn’t help me today.

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Back to my story today, Sunday!

I can’t say that without singing the next line, “talk this way” 🤣

Sunday I was still very tired. Sometime in the morning, I think after breakfast, I asked the nurses if I could go to the bathroom. If you’ve ever been in hospital, you’ll know what I mean when I say I really wanted to try.

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The outcome after my stroke would quite literally not have been the same without the NHS.

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I am sitting in bed just finding myself wanting to write.

On Monday I got really great news, hopefully you have read my last post. I can exercise, the chances of the same thing happening are minimal, I should pretty much get back to a “normal life”.

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Today was my 8 week follow up with my consultant in Leeds.

I’m not going to lie, I felt a little sick first thing. I’ve been shaking all day, just before we left the house I was shivering (with nerves, I wasn’t cold). I was apprehensive, even though I knew nothing had changed medically. I had a stroke 8 weeks ago which I’ve been trying to get my head around and have been very unsure as to what I can/can’t/should/shouldn’t do and also what my future looks like.

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