{"id":1830,"date":"2014-07-31T10:41:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T10:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:34:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:34:16","slug":"scenario-2-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=1830","title":{"rendered":"Scenario 2 &#8211; Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22042868_200.jpg\" alt=\"Glen in his wheelchair\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22042868_200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22042868_200-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>18 months following my stroke, I returned to work with the help of the Access to Work scheme. It was a long journey and there were many obstacles that had to be overcome. I had to learn to carry out all my duties without the use of my right hand as unfortunately I did not regain the movement of my arm. I also had to use my wheelchair some of the time. I felt however that I was finally moving on from my stroke. I can now think of some of the positives that have come from me having a stroke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-1\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">Q. Can you tell us about your life before your stroke?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\">Before my stroke I was financially secure earning a reasonable wage that allowed me to provide well for my family. This however had its downside as I:    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked 12 hours most weekdays and also had meetings on a Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Rarely exercised, smoked 20-30 cigarettes a day and had a 1-2 pints each evening whilst waiting on train home from work.<\/li>\n<li>Rarely enjoyed family days out or attended school\/social events. I was rarely around to support the wife with the kids.<\/li>\n<li>I always felt stressed.<\/li>\n<li>I suffered from high blood pressure, too busy to get checked regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-2\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">Q. Can you tell us about some of the positive changes to your life since your stroke?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"> Positives following my stroke:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The stroke has made me think about what matters most to me.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m enjoying being able to spend more time with family because I have shorter working days.<\/li>\n<li>I still have good days and bad days but I&#8217;m proud of the fact that I&#8217;m no longer smoking; I&#8217;m drinking less and I have started active health classes at the leisure centre.<\/li>\n<li>I have made many great friends from my local support group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div class=\"brainwave\">\n<h3>Key point<\/h3>\n<p>For more information on some of the things that helped Glen, please see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/supportus\/volunteer-for-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens new window\">Chest Heart &#038; Stroke Scotland: Volunteer for us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/access-to-work\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens new window\">UK Government: Access to Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfdirectedsupportscotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens new window\">Self-Directed Support in Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens new window\">Citizens Advice Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 months following my stroke, I returned to work with the help of the Access to Work scheme. It was a long journey and there were many obstacles that had to be overcome. I had to learn to carry out all my duties without the use of my right hand as unfortunately I did not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-move-on-and-keep-going-forward-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7603,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions\/7603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}