Just opening my left hand is difficult and draining.
Trying to describe to my father, the other day, the difficulty I encounter opening my hand like pictured below after the stroke. What had been so easy and simple (automatic), after the stroke, requires a lot of effort and energy to regain this basic functionality. My hand wants to be in atrophy, a fist. It takes a lot of effort and energy to straighten out my hand and open it fully. My hand is weak and doesn’t want to stay open. It is one of those small little things that we overlook and take for granted. Right now, I can’t button a shirt or zip my pants. Someday I will be able to do those things again. And it’s going to take time and a lot of hard work and effort, but I will get there.
2:46 PM 01/18/25
