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If you put your mind to it, you can really find a silver lining in just about any situation - even stroke recovery, says Stromie Sarah Conaway.

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2018

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I force the needle into my bruised belly and give myself a shot every night around dinner time. It’s not like it’s a big deal. I’ve been giving myself blood thinning shots for two years. Yes, it hurts. Sometimes it sucks. But we hope it’s keeping me alive. The truth is that we don’t really know for sure. It’s just the best option we have for my rare clotting disorder. There are several new oral blood thinners on the market, however they have not been tested on my rare clotting disorder. Did I

February

2018

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In nearly all cases, humor helps.   When my family was told that I would not survive the life flight to NE Medicine, my Mother insisted that my family have the opportunity to see me and say goodbye while I still had 5% heart life.  Though the doctor was reluctant, family was allowed to go into my room two at a time, for no more than 30 seconds.  When my daughter Alexis came out of my room, she said, "Grandma, I saw an angel by Mom and she told me it will be okay."  I've heard that I was nearly

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2018

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Something strange happened to me after I left the hospital. I quickly realized that some stimuli was just too much. It makes sense, considering my brain was already doing overtime in its attempts to repair the damage the stroke caused. But it caught me off-guard that people looking me in the eye and talking to me suddenly became exhausting and too much to handle. The only way I can describe this is it was as if I had a bucket in my brain that accepted stimulation and once it was full, I

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Sarah Conaway experiences short-term memory loss from her stroke. In this quick video, she gives some advice on how to best deal with people with short-term memory loss. HINT: There's patience involved.

February

2018