jules75

Gosh,very harrowing to read,so lovely to hear of her good recovery and going back to her job,acting on stage . Mr lovely Patel,my surgeon,my hero.Yet again he's performed wonders bless him. So jealous of her going back to work it's the one thing I long to do.

I really cannot believe a person could treat you so horrible,what a pathetic excuse for a human being.I would never in a million years treat someone like this. Anew member of my flyball club has also had a stroke and she chose to not tell her employers when she started a new job,for exactly the same reason.Sorry I have no advice to give you but try stay strong. Jules xxx

Awww bless ya that's quite funny.I hope you don't mind me having a chuckle :oops:.At least it may be a comfort to you that you're not suffering this alone.It'll get better over time,in the meantime....please try and remember that you've turned a tap on :lol: Jules xxx

Hiya all,just to let you know we've been in the Yorkshire EVENING (this time) Post....we've had media Co's chasing us already to help us go forward and we've had Look North,our local News programme approach us. James would like to take it steady so we get across exactly what we want as far as raising the awarness of Stroke's in younger people,we want to organise a fund raiser to start with but have no idea,at the moment,what to do.So if any of you guy's have any idea's what sort of thing we can do,post your thought's to me and we'll get the ball rolling Here's our feature,excuse the cheesy picture http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Wedding-dream-of-Leeds-stroke.6610812.jp Jules xxx

Hi John,gosh it must be frustrating,I'm fortunate that my short term as well as long hasn't been effected, the only thing that I slip up on is when I ask Mum what she's planning for tea then I'll ask the same thing later and I know as soon as I've opened my gob I've already asked her. She laughs and I say "I've asked you that already".I've always been rubbish with people's names but tell me a dog's name and I'll always remember,I used to/still do train dogs for the sport of flyball. In fact I have a better memory than my James.he's rubbish as are a few others I know. I sippose I'm saying don't be too hard on yourself you have a good excuse many others don't . I think it's inbred in humans to begin with so having this to deal with makes it so much harder anyway...lol. I have a few friend's from my stroke group who suffer major forgetfulness like running a bath, forgetting they've done it and flooding the bathroom,going out and forgetting to lock the door.They also suffer the same with not recognising people or more so forgetting their names. Don't worry too much about it,just learn to deal with it,don't get frustrated with yourself cause it'll just make you feel worse.You'll be doing something one day and the name will just pop into your head.

Thanks guy's to you all.We've just had Yorkshire EVENING Post come too,pretty much a similar interview but James managed to plug his 'Strokes can happen at any age',slogan.He managed to plug his Julie's Update website I managed to plug BTG here's hoping they mention it. The lady who interviewed us said her Editor is keen to make the awareness so that's a good bonus we've got the Post behind us.It's going to be front page in our local newspaper,Pudsey Times too,this is out a week on Saturday in the Post so i'll put the link up here again.Hopefully this will start the ball rolling on our campaign.Next stop local T.V if we can get a story on Calender or Look North News then we'll go national with our campaign .James is VERY passionate about this,listening to him talk to the reporter.

Thanks Gill,glad you think it's ok. xxx

:lol: Yes Sarah that's our plan and my personal goal is This Morning...lol. Well anything to help raise the awareness can only be a good thing can't it ? lol. This is the link of our appearance,excuse the picture of us well me... http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/Strokes-can-strike-at-any.6601068.jp Ju xxx

What a brill idea,James will do that.I have no idea where to get one of him,I can try clone him for you but your not having mine.:lol: Don't you worry if they do a pant's job my James will be straight over there lol. He certainly doesn't stand for nonsense hee hee. xxx

Hiya a big warm welcome fron me I missed your post until now,I'm a newbie to the site too.I can't believe what you've gone through,It's so scary isn't ? Anyway a big welcome from me. Jules xxx

A couple of weeks ago my James organised for the Yorkshire Post to visit us and do an article on what I had suffered and what he/family and friends had also gone through.He wants to make people much more aware off Haemorrhage/Stroke and that a Stroke doesn't take age into account.He want's the illness to receive much more press coverage and get rid of the stigma that the older age group are the ones that suffer a stroke.He always says Haemorrhage/Stroke is not seen as a glamorous illness like Cancer so fails to get the attention. He's not being disrespectful when he say's this at all,it's just something that really makes him very mad after going through what we all have and the lack of support we got t.My Physio told me last week that the Stroke Association gets 4 nillion a year in funding.I thought that was a good thing until she said Breast Cancer got 40 million a year in funding. Oh and he want's to plug 'Julie's Update' lol.We've got Yorkshire Evening Post coming to interview us on Thursday too.I thought they were part of the same set up with the article interview but I'm very wrong....Two seperate entities,it appears lol.So if you can get the Paper,look out for us and excuse the cheesy pictures

A big warm welcome from me,Tina. I'm very new on here too,I already feel I've been here a while as everybody is so welcoming.You will have massive support here from people that understand what you've been/going through. I'm very impressed you are back driving and are working.They're both major goals for me.I can deffo understand the fatigue side I used to suffer so badly but I'm getting there now,like it's been said,it just takes time. Jules xxx

Gosh you've been busy It is an addictive read though,bless him he's written it all so well. To have taken time to write these chapters after an exhausting visit to the hospital. My Brookie and Big Moo Man, as we call him lo,l are still utterley fabulous. Brookie is sat by my feet now as I type.We were at a flyball tournament yesterday and they both won their division's, racing.Fab little doggies,they have really helped with my recovery,especially little Brooke. For all those who have never heard of flyball have a look at YouTube,it's easier than me explaining lol :lol:

WOW that's brilliant Nita and so nice to know he was great to you too and you hold him in the same regards as me,wonderful man.I wonder how long he's been there. All of us Patel folk should get together and send him something to let him know we all met up on this forum and how much we all think of him hee hee

Hi Jo and a huge welcome, I am a very new member too and I must say everyone has been so welcoming and it really is good to be with people who can relate to me and understand.You sound like you've been through it. You do sound strong and positive,I'll never forget what a nurse told me which was Positive,Mental,Attitude,that really does work well it has for me anyway . I hope you continue your recovery well and look forward to chatting with you. Jules xxx