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| Stroke
Survivor of the Month
- November/December
2004 page 3  Saundra L. Barnes New York, New York My work is not done, I continue to have falling episodes due to my equilibrium being off balance because there are still residual effects from the stroke today. At times my speech is somewhat sluggish and slurred and I must force myself to work harder in enunciating so that I may be understood. I strive to overcome these shortcomings. Then there is the continuous battle with my many degrees of depression that every waking day I must struggle with keeping the feeling of hopelessness at bay. I have been dissatisfied with my medical treatment since my discharge from the hospital. The feeling that the quality of one's life is truly not worth very much once one is labeled with an illness has affected me. However, I have a new lease on life these days since my exposure and involvement with the Stroke of Hope Foundation. I now feel that there is hope and that I am not alone because this is the beginning of the rest of my life.”
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