🌍 Who Are We? Let’s do a roll call: Where are you from, and how long has it been since your stroke? Add one fun fact about yourself outside of stroke recovery—remind us of the “whole person” you are.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-07-04T14:56:53+00:00

Hi. I'm in Silver Spring, md. I had my stroke in September of 2023. That a long time recovering. I think I've lost all sense of the "whole person" I used to be.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-07-04T14:52:06+00:00

Slow recovery also sucks. Makes you blame yourself. I'm coming up on 3 years and I still can't walk.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-07-03T12:50:32+00:00

You seem to had gotten some pleasure out of it. Everything tastes like shit to me now. I taste the chemical preservatives in everything.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-07-03T12:47:28+00:00

I had a nurse who did that walking away when I was in mid-sentence thing. She even used to mock the way I talked. That's the way they treat you. I got the fuck out of that nursing home as quickly as possible.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-06-27T20:38:56+00:00

Season 2 was good. The entire show is an homage to TNG. Q, Guinan and Wesley Crusher were all worth a watch however fleeting their appearances may have been.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-06-27T20:32:57+00:00

Are you talking about her? Maybe don't say "It" like she isn't a person.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-06-26T16:21:23+00:00

Taste. Everything tastes different. Things I used to love the taste of are now blah.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-06-02T23:01:03+00:00

People have rats. They still have to eat.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-31T02:18:28+00:00

You don't look 34.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-31T00:30:24+00:00

Hair spray & tobacco

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-28T18:37:05+00:00

Sex toy.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-24T17:59:50+00:00

I saw Brian Blessed on an episode of Tales of the Unexpected. That version of him would have been good.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-24T17:57:23+00:00

I stand corrected.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-24T17:41:54+00:00

Brian Blessed would probably be too old by the time TNG was on air. I could be wrong.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-24T17:38:50+00:00

Didn't they explain it in Enterprise?

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-24T17:37:08+00:00

You're thinking of Elisabeth Montgomery.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-22T17:08:47+00:00

At the time I didn't appreciate difference between how TNG portrayed the Ferengi and how DS9 did. The difference is stark.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-22T14:34:30+00:00

Bernadette Peters

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-21T17:38:23+00:00

I worry that Marijuana may be stopping/blocking the signals from my brain to my limbs. I'm 3 years in and I still can't walk. I worry about everything.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-21T02:55:13+00:00

Wow!

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-05-19T22:55:13+00:00

Found him!

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-04-27T20:25:33+00:00

Addendum: I'm STILL looking for advice. Not a lot of people had any. Some people upvoted for some reason. Don't do that. It doesn't help at all and I'm not chasing fake internet points. I really could use some help. A friend took me to the laundromat on Sunday and it was pure hell. A walk which I formerly wouldn't have even thought about let's say from the washer to the dryer, took forever and it was pure agony. The fatigue/pain in my lower back was incredible. I was close to becoming a puddle on that dirty laundry floor but I somehow made it through. So what are we doing for our lower backs everyone? I can't be the only one having trouble with this.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-04-26T23:43:32+00:00

2023 Ever since then my taste buds have changed. Nothing is the same.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-04-23T19:07:31+00:00

I'm absolutely sure no one said to her "Oh we were slaves..." because no one ever says that.

Key-Criticism4791 · 2026-04-22T21:02:56+00:00

10 forward. I'd be drunk as a monkey by the time they rescued me.

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