The ABC’s for Survivors & their families

Advocate
Be positive, be patient
Caringbridge.org
Don’t give up
Educate people on strokes
Family & friends
Give back
Hold on to hope
Indulge every once in a while – you deserve it
Judge each person individually
Keep the mind stimulated
Love
Make it happen
Never give up
Overcome / compensate for disabilities
Push yourself
Quality, not quantity in everything you do
Rehab, rehab, rehab
Strive to exceed your therapists expectations
Talk to the locked in patients
Understand stroke symptoms, so stroke can be ruled out
Visualize yourself doing it
Work hard
Xcellence in all your efforts
You are unique, every stroke is different
Zero in on a goal.

with kind permission from Allison O’Reilly – Stroke Survivor and Author (Out of the darkness)