I am sorry to hear of your wife's unfortunate stroke, and wish your wife
the best possible recovery. You may want to look at the following text
to get some--albeit slightly out of date--research in the area. As there
do seem to be some agents that have permitted brain tissue to regain
plasticity, you should be talking with the latest researchers. One thing
is probably true: TIME is important. Don't wait. Get as much work done
as soon as possible. The book:
Finger, S., LeVere, T.E., Almli, C.R., & Stein, D.G. (1988). Brain
Injury and Recovery. Plenum Press, NY and London.
Good luck.
--Tom
Murray Hynd <Murray at kainet.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Greetings one and all,
>>First of all, Happy New Year. This message is a request for information
>about post-operative recovery on stroke patients.
>>-BACKGROUND------------==========================------------------------
>>>In essence, last June
>my wife Jackie suffered a massive stroke resulting in lost of speech and
>paralysis of the right side. An emergency biopsy removed the clot, also
>revealing the cause of the haemorrhage, an AVM (arterio-venus malformation).
>The surgeon considered her lucky to survive, as the haemorrhage blanked out
>one third of her brain on the CT scan. He also said that the AVM had probably
>been there since birth, therefore it was a timebomb with an indeterminate timer.
>The surgeon and his team removed what they could see of the AVM, and if there
>was any remaining could be either zapped with radiosurgery (gamma knife, or,
>linear accelerator) or blocked by embolisation [linear accelerator chosen,
>done just after Xmas].
>>Jackie up to that point had been very active, balanced diet, non-smoker,
>occasional glass of wine, and lived a relatively stress-free life (current
>age of 34 years). Her recovery so far has been thus :-
>> 1. voice has returned 60% +
> 2. walking ability/right leg 50%
> 3. right foot manipulation 10%
> 4. right arm, very little controlled movement
>>She is continuing rehabilitation with therapists every week, although the
>rate of progress is beginning to plateau.
..
>-ENQUIRY--------------=======================--------------------------
>>It seems that the brain can re-map some (or maybe all) of its functions
>from historical (ie. by default / from birth ...) areas which I will refer
>to as 'normal' to other areas when the normal areas become affected. How
>this is done, or how it can be promoted I do not know.
>>I want to know if any research has been done, or is being done currently
>to help promote re-mapping of the brain to cater for lost faculties due to
>rain disorders.
>>Thank you for your interest.
>>Yours sincerely,
>>Murray & Jackie Hynd
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