Kevin Fairgrieve Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 All the best @MattyB, hope you make a full and speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Roger Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 So sorry to hear this Matty. On the bright side, surviving scrapes like this can help us appreciate life like never before. I bet you will LOVE getting back in the air all over again! 🥰 Get well Matty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Best wishes Matty, you'll be fine. Been through the mill myself over the last couple of years, know how you feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Bowlan Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 So sorry to hear this Matty. Get well soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 That's a really tough roll of the dice but 🤞 for a full and speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i12fly Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Best wishes Matty, I can appreciate how you feel but you will gain confidence as each day passes until it becomes a distant memory. Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hazell 1 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Echoing everyone else's sentiments on here, I am also hoping you make a full recovery and are able in time to look back upon this as a fading memory. Wishing you a full recovery MattyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Elam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Only just seen this. Sorry to hear your news Matty but sounds like you're getting good treatment. All the best for a speedy recovery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learner Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Sorry to hear that, fingers crossed you make a full recovery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) Quick update, I am now out of hospital in an amazing rehab centre , and am now doing loads more physio and they have lots of incredible specialist equipment including an exercise bike that has electrodes that you attach to your weaker limb that fire in time with the rotation of the pedddles to encourage your less good limb to relearn it’s role! I am so lucky to get a place here, as sometimes people wait weeks, but I got in last week only about 2 and a bit weeks after my stroke. That is ke, as apparently the early days after a stroke are when you have the best opportunity to improve. Edited March 20 by MattyB 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Good news Matty. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Good to hear it,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Good to hear you’re making good progress Matty. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Have you suggested climbing Ivinghoe Beacon as suitable physio? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Great news that Matty, keep pedalling! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Good to hear you’re making good progress Matty. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Have you suggested climbing Ivinghoe Beacon as suitable physio? It's quite a tough climb on a bike. I rode a hill climb there a good few years ago when we were staying at the YHA nearby. When I had the accident that damaged my spine, I got out on my bike as much as possible. Glad you're making progress, Matty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Elam Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Good to hear you're in such a good rehab centre Matty. It's obviously never great to have a stroke at any age but at 44 I'm sure they will be able to successfully rehabilitate you to a good level. All the best with your recovery and keep up the good work with the physio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 All the best, keep going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Day Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Speedy recovery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Good news Matty, the physio and support where you are sounds to be excellent - very much a post code lottery as to what's available and when, is usually the case. Lucky where I am in N.Essex, can't fault the treatment or aftercare when my old pump decided to play up a while back and needed a refurb. A big problem is getting one's head around what's happened, especially if like myself one rarely ever went down with even a cold for years on end or in your case being young for such an ailment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) On 20/03/2024 at 13:26, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Good to hear you’re making good progress Matty. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Have you suggested climbing Ivinghoe Beacon as suitable physio? That may.be a tad ambitious for a bit! Edited March 21 by MattyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Some years ago I was on a Coastguard call out to a man walking the Pembrokeshire coast path who was reported to be having heart problems. This was in a spot well away from any roads. We were crossing several fields in our 4x4 rescue truck when we came across two Ambulance men who were on foot carrying their equipment. Picked them up and between us all were able to sort him out and get him to the ambulance still conscious. Talking to the paramedic he said that just three weeks before he had had a triple heart bypass! He said he had been told to do plenty of exercise. Told him we did not think the doctor meant walk the rugged Pembs coast path. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) On 20/03/2024 at 12:27, john stones 1 - Moderator said: Good news Matty. 👍 And today I stood up under my own power and can now transfer between bed and chair without the hoist on a natty trolley-like contraption they call the re-turn https://www.directhealthcaregroup.com/app/uploads/return_product_brochure_uk_12pages_1505_low-10.pdf Edited March 23 by MattyB 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Good to hear Matty. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Keep at it Matty, small wins every day... 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Great to hear you’re making progress. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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