Why I Needed Writing Therapy
My writing was weak, one-sided, and limped a bit.
When I had my stroke, I think I knew it was happening, but I probably thought it was just a worsening of my MS, so I didn’t worry too much about moving poorly until I really couldn’t move much at all.
Expensive two-wheeler
At the hospital, the nurses would help me to the restroom only by standing me on an expensive two-wheeler.
Like my writing, my body didn’t do the things I wanted it to do. So after a few days, I was started on a program of physical therapy as well as one of occupational therapy.
As it turns out, the PT was to help my legs work better, and the OT was to help my brain, memory, and my being able to get dressed on my own, so I could go to work.