About Me: Female, 52, Anchorage, AK, member since Mar 2011
It's been 1 1/2 years since my youngest daughter had a stroke. Not only has she suffered as this condition has affected mom and family. My beautiful daughter use to walk and talk. She was in the hospital for 4 months, in a coma for some of it. She lived in a skilled
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[More] nursing facility for a year as she was on a feeding tube. Currently she is living in assisted living with hopes to live independently with care giver. This has been life changing for all of us.
Mostly I would be interested in how others cope and get on with living. Her condition devasted me and I stopped living. I have shut everyone out and become an isolated hermit. My situation has allowed me to not participate in "life".
Does anyone relate?
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