Happydawn

DAwan I hven't made it back to work yet (7 months post clipping) & alhough I could probably manage a lot f things I get sooo tired all the time & not sure I could do the problem solving/be pro active like I used to be. I ahve a goal to get back to work but there is not time scale on it. Like Sally the financial situation is pretty dire without my salary no beenfits right now

How come you don't get incapacity benefit? I'm still on this but was never able in the early years to get Disable living allowance. Try to get someone to take you or go on your behalf to citizen advice as they are good at helping get what you are entitled to. At the end of the day no one asks to have a SAH and we all try to move on.

It is early days for you.

I know that I have beaten myself up about not working but doing volunteering work has helped me as I feel that i'm doing something constructive. But it took years.

Focus on the positive and i'm sure things will look up

Hi Dawn,

I have been unable to return to my original job ( not driving now), but have been doing one day a week (saturdays) in a local shop. I do enjoy it but I'm unsure how the owner views my progress there. I have tried arranging to go out in the evening afterwards,but find I immediately need to sleep for acouple of hours instead. I just dont seem to be regaining energy in the way I'd like to. I can't continue in this way though as the financial situation is pretty grim.

Sally x

Hi Sally

I was concerned about finance after my SAH but I was later diagnosed with a stroke. Luckily i had critical illness policy and the burden of finances was lifted. I now that everyone else is that lucky.

I enjoy doing my voluntary work but still 5 years later, i still need to cat nap in afternoon. If i go three days without i really feel it and im sure i can fall a sleep standin up. I hope that one day i can return to work.

I did go back to work after mine but had lots of medical problems and been in and out of hospital. I would have like to have kept working but it was too much.

I have after five years started to get involved with volunteering for the NHS, such as Expert Patient Programme which has helped me and now Health Peer Mentor which I very interested in helping suceed.

Just wonder how other people are managing to work

hi andy i havn't had pins and needles much in my life, didn't have them at the time of my sah and stroke, up until now 6months after it happened, i wake up with pins, needles and numbness in both hands especially my left - my effected one, docs not very concerned said it may be caused because of the anxiety i'm currently living with

I had a lot of pins and needles and numbness in my arm after my SAH and at times they did frighten me as I my left arm went numb when I had a SAH.

I bought a new memory foam mattress a couple of years ago and it solved it. I also think that when I was a sleep that I did not move much and this might also have added to it.

Hope that helps you.

If you sleep with someone, ask them it you move position as you sleep.

Take Care

Dawn

hi andy i havn't had pins and needles much in my life, didn't have them at the time of my sah and stroke, up until now 6months after it happened, i wake up with pins, needles and numbness in both hands especially my left - my effected one, docs not very concerned said it may be caused because of the anxiety i'm currently living with

I have suffered a lot of pins & needles after my SAH/stroke and numbness in my arms when I wake up. Doctors just suggested better pillows, but I bought a new memory foam bed and it's a lot better. Hope that helps.

Dawn