Putting lifes problems into perspective
Greetings all from the manipulator
Well my little padwans here we are 3 weeks from pcr's with still so much to learn. My blog this week relates to a 24yr old male i encountered on my neuro placement. Whilst playing AFL footy (as if there is any other type of footy) as a 19yr old he broke his jaw and subsequently had a massive left MCA CVA. Due to his expressive aphasia it is hard to determine the exact mechanism of the stroke, but presumably it was either a fat embolis or mechanical obstruction of ICA by the displaced mandible.
This young man has full cognitive capabilities and can understand everything spoken to him but his has severe difficulty formulating a sentence. He finds this extremely frustrating as he knows exactly what he wants to say to people he just cant say it. He has very poor motor control of the R side of his body and ambulates poorly even with AFO's in-situ. I have found that meeting this young man has put my problems in perspective. I might feel unlucky having to do another 3 weeks of neuro, but this fantastic young man will spend the rest of his life as a R hemi with expressive dysphasia. It really makes me appreciate my health and it makes me determined to help improve his QOL as much as possible in my time there.
Peace
The Manipulator
posted by the manipulator @ 5:27 PM
2 Comments:
I really do understand what you are saying. I think if anything these placements really give us an insight into how our pts cope with there troubles day in day out. It gives me an appreciation of life but like you too, it make me want to be good at this physio thing and to use our skills to make a real difference to somebodys life.
michelle
I totally agree Jez. Cam eacross the patinet you mentioned while also on thast placement. Seems that too many genuine nice people get dealt a rough hand and then have these consequences for the rest of their lives-hardly seems fair!! Good luck with the rest of your placement.
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