stroke!!

Originally Posted by nehimama

A stroke is a frightening experience, One moment Iwas at the door, calling my two Jack Russell terrorists bsck to the house, and the next moment vIwas on my face on the kitchen floor!!!
Ididn't so much fall as CRUMPLE, My lrft le ghad turned to Jell-O snd would not support nme, There was bo warning' this struck out of the blue!

Fortunately the temps have been mild, and Idid not have the wood stove fired up,

i fell against the vwood stove once, and was happy that it was cold,
What a totally helpless feeling to be on the flooor and totally unable o get up!
I knew I could lie there. unaided, for days UNLESS I could reach the telephone. . . . . And there was the phone, on it's perch above the level of the kitchen table, HOW ON EARTH would Ibe able to get a-hold of it???????

Sitting on the floor on my butt was no fun, either, I had no balance, and kept on rolling over onto my face, Eventually Iwas able to grasp a loose piece of moldng off one of the base cabinets, providing myself with a long, slim, stiff tool with which to tease the telephone handset off its cradle and off the table. I was able then to call my neighbor, who cane to assist me and got the 911 ball rolling,