My Neighbours

Although all four of us in my room had suffered a stroke we all had very different symptoms which shows how no two strokes are alike.  Therefore treatment needs to be designed for the individual.

                              One size does not fit all!

In bed one, the guy had had a stroke on the right side of his brain, therefore his speech was not affected and he talked all the time, but the music part of his brain was affected which was sad as he played an instrument in a brass band.

In bed two, the guy couldn't talk at all and struggled to walk, his family had to take him everywhere in a wheelchair.

In bed three, the guy had to also use a wheelchair but he could talk.  His bed was lowered almost to floor level as he kept falling out of bed and he had tried to "escape" a number of times!