Botox Clinic

I have been lucky enough to have been given the opportunity of having Botox injections as part of my treatment. I first visited the clinic in September & December 2011 and last year I visited the clinic in February, July and November.
Botox is given under strict supervision and at an appropriate time, too much can be counter-productive. It will never be a cure but gives the widow of opportunity for exercising as muscles relax.
I had injections at my February and July appointments, but as my fingers were quite relaxed when I visited the clinic in November it was deemed not to be appropriate.
I returned to the clinic this week and again my fingers are really relaxed, as they have been for some months now, even in the cold weather. So, after a lengthy discussion it was mutually agreed that I would be discharged, but can make contact if I get into any difficulties. This means that I have now been discharged from all of the clinics that I have attended as part of my rehabilitation.
After three and a half years this feels like a massive milestone. However, I still have a long way to go and I am now in charge of my own destiny. Exercise is the overriding factor and I believe the key to recovery.

For sometime I have had a mental conflict with the use of mainstream medicine alongside complementary medicine - where they cross over. I have had such fantastic care with everyone at the hospital but now must look for assistance in other directions. I still go to Acupuncture around every three weeks and I firmly believe that this helps with my stamina levels.
I also go to weekly Chairobics classes and in the two or three months that I have been going I feel that my muscles have loosened up and have given me a broader range of movement. At times it can be painful when I stretch further than I would normally, but then I do feel the benefit. One of the ladies who attends the class has made comment that she has noticed the difference in my range since I have been attending. This is very gratifying to me as sometimes I cannot notice any changes on a daily basis.

I have also been recommended a practitioner of Neurological and Muscular Skeletal Diagnostics whom I have seen twice. The visits were pretty amazing, and after short discussions, I have had the appropriate treatment for what was at that time causing me discomfort.
I have been susceptible to neck pain since my Stroke and have also always maintained that I have some kind of "blockage" in my right arm on the inner elbow joint.
On my first visit my neck was worked on and I left with my joints put back in alignment and have felt much better since.
On my second visit work on my right arm was undertaken and almost immediately my arm and fingers became more relaxed and long.
These visits are not by regular appointment, but only when I feel the need. The practitioner told me that: "if something is broken then he will fix it".

I only have praise for the staff at the hospital for all their time and effort that has been invested in me, I endeavoured to play my part by exercising and being mindful. I have had wonderful care from the ward staff, physiotherapists, eye clinic, botox clinic and occupational therapists and complementary practitioners.

I have had, and continue to have, fantastic support from my family and friends. I will continue treatment of a complementary nature and continue exercise classes and also beaver away at home.

. . . I will, of course, continue to write about my recovery which is still very much work in progress.