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Originally Posted by doomsday

Thanks! One would think that it was frightening experience but oddly enough, scared never even came to mind.The only emotion I had was of sadness and not even for myself but for my wife. Our daughter has CP and while she may be 16, mentally she is around 2. She is wheelchair bound and needs constant supervision. This placed an even heavier burden on my wife as she was now going to have to do everything for our daughter and most everything for me as well. So other than that, I have not really had any emotions over the stroke. To me, shit happens and you just have to deal with it and move on.

Oddly enough, Doctors seem to think that attitude is odd lol. What am I supposed to do? feel sorry for myself? get angry and say why me? I went through all that with my daughter when we got her results at 6 months of age. I learned a long time ago, shit just happens and you deal with it and move on. Mind you, we took a class while in rehab on "dealing with having a stroke". They go through the gambit of why strokes happen, risk factors for having a stroke and so on. The conclusion of listening to that crap for a week was laughable. It all boiled down to, shit happens. risk factors mean nothing, a perfectly healthy person can have a stroke just as easily as an over weight, smoker with high blood pressure and diabetes. So the motto that I live by, is the same reasoning on why a stroke happens to one person and not another. If there was any need of validation, I guess that would have done it lol.

As for me and riding, I am able to get on and off the scooter with very little difficulty, I can bare the weight shifting it from side to side. Hold the handle bars fine, Its just how slowly my hand opens to grab the break that is of concern to me. If I didnt have to worry about emergency breaking, I think I could be riding right now but I figure its better to wait and see if I can improve that reaction time as all of us on two wheels knows, People dont pay attention on the roads! So I guess in a way, I can blame others for me not being able to ride lol.

I dont know if it was the damage to my brain from the stroke or just not being able to ride but when I look at scooters now, the retro scooters that I always thought were ugly are now just as appealing as the new sporty looks. Trikes was never a consideration for me either and now they look just as good as any two wheeler. It has given me a new appreciation on scooting, that is for sure.

Well then let us hope your braking ability (along with everything else) makes a full and rapid recovery, while keeping your new found (all-encompassing) scooter appreciation outlook!