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My Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA-stroke), occurred on 5/05/2007, and I was in intensive care for nearly (2) weeks. Thereafter, the Docs said that I had a CVA-stroke, a small-stroke that limited both my speech and handwriting on the left-hand side my dominant side, would heal over time, a short time. I of-course did not comprehend what healing involved. Everyday is a new adventure in learning and re-learning all of the habitual things that I used to take for granted. Simple tasks became the things of Herculean effort and dismay; shaving-by-hand-razor, clipping nails, brushing hair, etc., all created problems and difficulties, which I who was supposed to heal shouldn't experience. Wrong wrong wrong each day I faced challenges and awaited healing. Healing, is a long process and I just endure, now 8/25/2007, and I do improve but not to my satisfaction, a long healing process indeed. Healing will occur, I just don't know how long the process will take. I remember, just the week prior, I was with my friends, my family and I was assisting my Mother, with her business of (20) some-odd years, and computerizing all of Mom's files. The week before I was consulting with a friend about one of his legal client/matters. I remember, the week before driving without incident and discussing life and my next steps with my wife of (12) years whom I love dearly. My therapy (2x) weekly is at Cornell-Weil Hospital in NYC, my therapists are great and just ask for my patience while I recover, to them a definite occurrence. Then, without warning, a stroke, and my life as I was familiar with it, changed forever. Who knew? Who expected? Why? The Answers are not forthcoming, and I don't have the patience or time I must heal.

I do all that is asked of me by my therapists/my healers, I continue to strike-back and fight my way back, at (44) years-of-age and a male I am young, accordingly, and will return to myself. I continually ask why? And Why do I have to experience all that will I hope, lead to recover.

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