{"id":2661,"date":"2014-09-23T14:41:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2015-05-29T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T11:08:30","slug":"going-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=2661","title":{"rendered":"Going outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet\u00a0Allan. Allan\u00a0has had to overcome some problems following his stroke in order to\u00a0get out and about. \u00a0Lets see how\u00a0he has got on. Tap on the picture to find out what Allan&#8217;s advice is.<\/p>\n<div id=\"03allanstreetv2_hype_container\" style=\"margin:auto;position:relative;width:821px;height:500px;overflow:hidden;\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/Hype\/03_Allan_StreetV2.hyperesources\/03allanstreetv2_hype_generated_script.js?73927\"><\/script>\n\t<\/div>\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\">View text alternative<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\">I am feeling too low to get out and about. I had to work out what was really stopping me. Was I depressed or was I just tired? I spoke to my GP about this. I find that getting out really helps lift my mood. I feel a lot better now. <\/p>\n<p>What if I get stuck? I was worried that I might get myself into a situation and get stuck, 2 streets from home. Common sense helps. I keep an ete on the weather, don\u2019t go out if it is too dark, wear the right shoes and always take my mobile phone with me<\/p>\n<p>I need to pay more attention to things. My stroke didn\u2019t affect my eyesight, but I do make an effort to pay more attention to things as I am not so quick on my feet, especially when I am crossing a road. I had a support worker who came out with me for a while to get used to this. I had to build up my confidence, but it was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>What if over do it? As I started to go out more by myself I would over do it the odd time. I learned to pace myself by landmarks. I now measure everything out in the distance between lampposts! I used to be able to do one and take a rest. I can now to 2 at a time. Sometimes I can walk into town and get the bus back so I am not walking both ways, especially if I am carrying bags.<\/p>\n<p>I am not confident around other people. I was worried about what other people thought about me and also a bit nervous in crowds, because I was not as steady on my feet as I was before. The first few times I went out, my son came with me and we did not go far or to busy places. This helped my confidence.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet\u00a0Allan. Allan\u00a0has had to overcome some problems following his stroke in order to\u00a0get out and about. \u00a0Lets see how\u00a0he has got on. Tap on the picture to find out what Allan&#8217;s advice is. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-saving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2661"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7523,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661\/revisions\/7523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}