Almost 4 weeks since my stroke and recovery seems to be taking forever.  Progress to me is measured in millimeters it seems sometimes.  Most little successes happen as a surprise.

Today I caught myself driving down the Parkway at 200 mph as I usually do, but left handed with my right hand loose on my leg...my normal driving mode.  Seein' my left hand has had a life of it's own for a month, I have not been using it to drive as I normally would do - being left handed and all.  It was jerking around too much to hold a steering wheel.  I guess I'm getting the fine motor control back, but slowly.  When I am sitting and working, I feel almost normal...but moving around is an adventure and it's easy to get tired.

The numbness is gone from my left hand except for a bit of tingling on the end of one finger, but my jaw is still numb.  Walking is doable, sometimes it actually feels normal, but most of the time I feel out of balance and lurchy.  Typing is slow, but has to be good rehab for the hand...altho it does gets tired and stiff.  After I sit at work or home for a while my left leg gets stiff too and I have to get up and walk around a bit.

I can see how awful rehab must be for people with more debilitating strokes...this is a pain in the ass even at the level I got smacked.