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A warm welcome to Stroke Support Group and thank you for taking the time and trouble in joining this website. Stroke Support Group is the concept of several Stroke Survivors who felt the importance of imparting their experiences some good, some bad and to share their feelings, emotions and to aid and support one another through the exchange of information. We value the participation of Stroke Survivors and Carers and we hope you grow with us in maintaining an informative website for all past, present and future users,

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the signs of a stroke are now well l publicized thanks to TV advertising. However, few people actually know what the effects of a stroke are, the immediate care and treatment required and the long-term care that may be needed in the future. A stroke is a major event in anyones life and can have long lasting effects on families, friends, employment and social activities. Most families are completely unprepared when someone has a stroke. Our group recognized this and is able to offer support right from the start, or when needed. However to become a member, of our forum it simple and free and family members can join,
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While everyones experience is different, meeting other stroke survivors or caregivers who understand what you are going through can help you throughout your recovery. With over 110,000 people stroke survivors, and 150,000 new strokes occurring in the U.k. each year, you are not alone. In addition to providing social opportunities, support groups promote wellness by helping members with making difficult decisions, problem solving and locating local resources, as well as providing: advice
............................................................................................................................................................................................................. While everyoneâ€™s experience is different, meeting other stroke survivors or caregivers who understand what you are going through can help you throughout your recovery. With over 110,000 people stroke survivors, and 150,000 new strokes occurring in the U.k. each year, you are not alone. In addition to providing social opportunities, support groups promote wellness by helping members with making difficult decisions, problem solving and locating local resources, as well as providing:

advice

stroke treatment
stroke awareness
Rehabilitation
stroke symptoms
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blood pressure
stroke brain injury
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
walking after a stroke
all types of strokes
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hello my story
I still can not quite accept that this has happened because it all sounds a bit bizarre. Indeed some medics say "Oh you can't have a stroke because of migraine" whereas my neurologist , said to be one of the best in the country & who I trust implicitly, says you can. My stroke nurse says you can and My dr says my neurologist is so well thought of that if he said black was white he would accept that So I guess I have to accept this awful situation

I woke up on a Tuesday in October 2009 (can't remember exact date) and just felt very heavy, like I had sunk into the mattress and thought "Blimey how am I going to climb out of bed; it's like I've sunk into it" It took a while but I did it. I remember I was very quiet; I talk a lot - lol - but I needed all my resources of energy just to concentrate on getting up.

There was no cooked meat in the fridge for my son's lunch box so I had to open a tin of corned beef. I looked at that key thingy and the tin of corned beef and just did like a Tommy Cooper thing in my head - key, tin; tin, key - and thought what on earth do I do? How do I get the corned beef out of the tin. I'm 46, I've done this loads of times before. So as I cottoned on what goes where I had to really really concentrate on co-ordinating key to tin - it was awful. After making my slowest ever corned beef sandwich I can not believe I actually got in the car and did the school run. When I got home and got out of the car my right leg gave way beneath me I decided it was time to go back to bed & rest. In all this time I had told no-one how odd I felt.

Kate Allatt's Story

Winner of Extraordinary Woman 2011. Finalist in the Jane Tomlinson award for Courage at the Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards (Decision May 2012!)
See her progress on runmadkate on YouTube, or herbeatinglockedinsyndrome or Fightingstrokes Facebook pages or@gonnaflynowbook on Twitter.

Kate, 41, is a mum of three who lives in Dore and suffered a massive brainstem stroke in Feb 2010. Kate was diagnosed with Locked-In syndrome and was told she would never walk or talk again and wired up to a life support machine for nine weeks. I suppose think of the sad story the â€˜Diving Bell & Butterfly.â€™
At first, Kate wanted to die but then she decided to fight back and moved her thumb nine weeks after her stroke which gave her hope she would one day get back to 'normal.'

Now, she is walking talking and driving again and has proven the medical profession wrong. She is a medical and inspirational speaker and ambitious, driven woman, who has a genuine interest in anything to do with stroke recovery, neuroplasticity and positive thinking on coping with illness. She has featured in the media many times over the last 18 months. She has been interviewed on the Jeremy Vine BBC radio show and ITV's This Morning as well as the Holding Out For A Hero ITV game show.
Her new book is called 'Gonna Fly Now! locked-In laughter Unleashed' - a self-publish and sequel to her first book Running Free: Breaking Free from Locked- in syndrome, published in May 2011. Kate founded her charity - Fighting Strokes 5 months after she left hospital, where she was for 8 month .