What is Aphasia
Aphasia is a loss or impairment of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to brain damage. It is usually a result of damage to the language centres of the brain (li...
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On June 23, 2009, my wife of 18 years had a stroke. She is 41 and I come to find out that while shocked not uncommon. As a result of the stroke she now has Aphasia. We are just over 2 months out and I feel as though Im running in circles. After a month of acute rehab we have not started outpatient rehab. It has been a fight to get her to go. She has made improvements but is still basically unable to communicate.
She has her phrases that she says like, "I know", "I see", still gets yes and no switched and so forth. I cannot get her to understand that she needs to go to therapy. We are still working on getting her back on her feet and recovering use of her right arm. This weekend she did a lot of things around the house and now she thinks that she should stay home. A. because she can do things from her chair and B. she doesnt thank that she will get any better. How do I get her to understand that she needs to go? I no that this is hard on her but I am lost. I have all these feelings inside and sometimes feel as though Im going to collapse. Someone give me some ideas, please. I know that we have a long road to go. Has anyone had a loved one that would refuse therapy? How did you handle it? I know that everyone is different and while she will probably never be the way she was, how long before she might possibly understand better and be able to communicate? Im crying for help and understanding of the horrible situation. Posted on 08/24/09, 11:08 pm |
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