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Tell us about yourself

_Kempy_on August 04, 2019

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Signed up - Was interested in the blogging. I've never blogged before, so just checked it out and seen the profile was asking me to "Tell us about yourself". Thought that was a good place to start... so i started and typed.

"Tell us about yourself" ….is an interesting request (…is this character limited is my first thought).

Prior to the quadruple-bypass and multiple subsequent acute strokes, i was an only child with a privileged career, living with my husband in the suburbs of western Sydney.

I have now become so many things that I wasn't 3 1/2 months ago - I am luckier.

I am now:

- A PRIMARY CARER for my single father

- A NURSE (unqualified - but when sh!t happens and you are a first responder....you need to step up!)

- A COACH (Let's work through this process together....)

- A DETECTIVE (Dysphasia - Did you drink the liquid you aren't yet meant to have? Signs are telling me the bottle is empty and I haven't had any yet. I'm on to you sneaky deaky)

- An OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (unqualified - but bath boards, daily visual "to do" boards, sticky notes)

- A TRANSLATOR (for Aphasia)

- A PHYSIO (Let's get out of the house and enjoy the sun)

- A DOMESTIC HELP (cleaning, cooking, washing)

- PERSONAL ASSISTANT (No, we are not free during that timeframe due to another appointment, however free after 10:30am)

- A TAXI DRIVER (Don't worry dad, I will drive us to that appointment)

- LUCKY to have my father alive & active. \o/

I am a Carer. Completely unqualified, but learning every day. Books don’t make you qualified....... practical experiences do."

7 Responses

Toni

05/08/2019 02:04

Hi Kempy and welcome :) On the job training sure beats a manual!

Toni

Nina Wilde

05/08/2019 05:49

"Lets work through this process together"

Such sweet words. Sounds like some great team work going on there Kempy.

Welcome and keep at it!! Have a great day.

Sheryl

15/08/2019 11:35

I have been a carer all my life. My children, my mother, my job as an aged carer and then a disability carer... which was my job when I had my Stroke in January 2018. I was fortunate that I don't seem to suffer much physical disability except for both biceps in my arms. The GP is not sure why I suffer, blood tests have come back as not Stroke related. Maybe something to do with age? Who knows?

It may be because I had a fractured sternum a week prior to my Stroke.

Did my fractured sternum cause my stroke or did it save my life????

I'm trying to decide which?

Reality is physically I am functioning as best as I can as post-stroke but emotionally and mentally I struggle with, causing me to cope with a lot of stuff.

I unsure how things will be when I go back to work hopefully next month as I don't qualify for any assistance and up to now, we have been very lucky financially but that won't last. I'm in a hobby business and logically it would have been a positive time to be doing the business but I have rescinded which I am having to push myself to climb back up.

Michael R

16/08/2019 08:37

Dear all, you are decent human beings. I wish I'll say g'day to you on the street. Have a great weekend! Michael

Toni

20/08/2019 00:35

Hi Michael, I had a great weekend. I took my dog fro a walk along the beach on Saturday and then Sunday went for a walk around a conservation park and saw a koala, yellow robins and some emerging green hooded orchids. Hope you had a great weekend too

Toni

Wendyg

21/09/2019 23:20

Great way to sum up all the roles we do 😀

garrylawson

11/04/2025 23:24

Sounds to me your dad is lucky to have a such devoted daughter withh all the talents required for a care , your lucky you still have him , and he is lucky to have you .

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Tell us about yourself

_Kempy_on August 04, 2019

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"Tell us about yourself" ….is an interesting request (…is this character limited is my first thought).

Prior to the quadruple-bypass and multiple subsequent acute strokes, i was an only child with a privileged career, living with my husband in the suburbs of western Sydney.

I have now become so many things that I wasn't 3 1/2 months ago - I am luckier.

I am now:

- A PRIMARY CARER for my single father

- A NURSE (unqualified - but when sh!t happens and you are a first responder....you need to step up!)

- A COACH (Let's work through this process together....)

- A DETECTIVE (Dysphasia - Did you drink the liquid you aren't yet meant to have? Signs are telling me the bottle is empty and I haven't had any yet. I'm on to you sneaky deaky)

- An OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (unqualified - but bath boards, daily visual "to do" boards, sticky notes)

- A TRANSLATOR (for Aphasia)

- A PHYSIO (Let's get out of the house and enjoy the sun)

- A DOMESTIC HELP (cleaning, cooking, washing)

- PERSONAL ASSISTANT (No, we are not free during that timeframe due to another appointment, however free after 10:30am)

- A TAXI DRIVER (Don't worry dad, I will drive us to that appointment)

- LUCKY to have my father alive & active. \o/

I am a Carer. Completely unqualified, but learning every day. Books don’t make you qualified....... practical experiences do."

7 Responses

Toni

05/08/2019 02:04

Hi Kempy and welcome :) On the job training sure beats a manual!

Toni

Nina Wilde

05/08/2019 05:49

"Lets work through this process together"

Such sweet words. Sounds like some great team work going on there Kempy.

Welcome and keep at it!! Have a great day.

Sheryl

15/08/2019 11:35

It may be because I had a fractured sternum a week prior to my Stroke.

Did my fractured sternum cause my stroke or did it save my life????

I'm trying to decide which?

Reality is physically I am functioning as best as I can as post-stroke but emotionally and mentally I struggle with, causing me to cope with a lot of stuff.

Michael R

16/08/2019 08:37

Dear all, you are decent human beings. I wish I'll say g'day to you on the street. Have a great weekend! Michael

Toni

20/08/2019 00:35

Toni

Wendyg

21/09/2019 23:20

Great way to sum up all the roles we do 😀

garrylawson

11/04/2025 23:24

Sounds to me your dad is lucky to have a such devoted daughter withh all the talents required for a care , your lucky you still have him , and he is lucky to have you .

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