{"id":1836,"date":"2014-07-31T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:37:34","slug":"glen-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=1836","title":{"rendered":"Glen &#8211; the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22048021_179.jpg\" alt=\"Glen\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22048021_179.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_22048021_179-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>\nI&#8217;m now looking forward to the future. I&#8217;m starting to plan a holiday abroad &#8211; something I thought I would never be able to do again when I had my stroke.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also looking to be a stroke mentor as I feel I can help people in a similar situation.<\/p>\n<p>I realise it will not be easy but I&#8217;m determined to move forward and enjoy my life.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"activity\">\n<h3>Something to try<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What things are you looking forward to in your future? <\/li>\n<li>What plans do you have?<\/li>\n<li>Why don&#8217;t you write these down and talk about them with your friends and family. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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>I&#8217;m now looking forward to the future. I&#8217;m starting to plan a holiday abroad &#8211; something I thought I would never be able to do again when I had my stroke. I&#8217;m also looking to be a stroke mentor as I feel I can help people in a similar situation. I realise it will 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-1836","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\/1836","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=1836"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7605,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836\/revisions\/7605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}