Moving on..

There comes a time where you move on from a life of dread and hate
A life that you once thought you needed and were so dependent on..

The life I had before..

‘I used to do that,’
Bla bla..

This is me.

Yesterday I lay in an MRI scanner, terrified because it does bring back memories which obviously I do get, and always will; Distant, bad and ones I wish to forget.

‘That’s not me’

‘How are you feeling Elizabeth?’

‘URGH, I’m so bored..’
I lay there with a huge plastic head thing still as anything, facing some huge magnet scanning through my skull, amazing technology but they need music..

I’m greatful for the mirror that face me, as I started pulling faces at myself..

*20 minutes done..*

The ‘stroke life’

And the beautiful brain.

Walking

I always update my walking blog posts because well, I can walk!

Thing is;
When it’s cold my leg goes stiff making the swing come back, causing people to stare..

After a stroke, I don’t know if this is just me as I never did it before..

I watch others walk, curious of their ‘gateway’
The patterns in their leg movement, how they control their knee and hips..
That’s how you’re taught to walk after a stroke
‘NOSE OVER TOES! BEND STRAIGHTEN’ RIGHT STOP!’
*dreaded sigh from a young girl who’s so fed up of being told when and how to walk..*

My balance is genuinely terrible but I do and always have worn stupid shoes.
I celebrated buying my first pair of ugg boots after my stroke because after a stroke you need this awful splint if like me you have drop foot.

Yes four years on it’s still here..
I had a dream it’d gone, but it hasn’t.

I quite like wearing it, it makes people aware of my disability and shows I do struggle so
 ‘DONT PUSH ME!’

but walking is good..

University..

I haven’t written a blog post for ages.
So I could focus on my goal (university) which is going SO well it’s almost as if I’m going to wake up and it will all be a dream..

I completed a project  about neuroplasticity, I taught myself how to stand up from the floor. I created; a mock up of; an app, a book, a website and two posters that you will be able to view on the website I’ll post below.

For the project I received 63% which is the equivalent to a B, yes I know ‘Elizabeth actually got a B?!?!’
I cried... the brain filter is still improving, so the crying was hard to stop.

I’m writing (with a lot of support from my mum) my dissertation on public health campaigns and how they can shock the viewer in the 21st century.
 for my dissertation journal (basically a sketchbook) I received 64% which I was also shocked with..
now to finish the actual dissertation!

I graduate on the 26th of June..

So here is to the next few months and my graduation.
My goal after my stroke (NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO!)

The link to my minor project website;
Where brain injury survivors reading this can learn to stand in photographic stages
 (photographs taken by Liam) there is no text due to some survivors struggling to read, you can go backwards and forwards through each stage if you forget the stages..


https://eashmore4.wixsite.com/learn/home

Including my posters :)
‘DO and TRY’ designed and made by me.