In the hospital I had an Occupational Therapist (OT), a Physical Therapist (PT) and a Speech Therapist. They each had their different roles but by far the hardest was the speech therapist, she did not really work on my speech but my cognitive functions!

Occupational Therapy:

For this, they had me hanging up clothes and folding laundry. I practiced making a cup of tea. All very useful! The most difficult thing was folding the laundry. Anything where my hands had to cross was difficult. My brain wasn’t paying attention to the left side of my body so I had to reteach it to do so, and I’m struggling with this still. One of the things they also had me do was turn bolts onto screws, and that was very hard. I also had a hard time letting go of things with my left hand. I have to tap it and look at it and remind it to let go!

Physical Therapy:

This was my favorite. I got to go on walks outside, they set up obstacle courses for me to maneuver, and had me on a Wii Fit which I was terrible at! Mostly because I don’t play video games! I enjoyed trying to beat my timed scores each time. The hardest part of physical therapy was balancing on one leg and standing upright with my eyes closed. Again, my brain isn’t recognizing my left side. This is unusual for me because I have done so much yoga, my balance is normally great!

Speech Therapy:

My speech therapy was actually speech and cognitive therapy, and it was the hardest. It was working on thinking, reasoning, and remembering. One of the activities she had me do was giving me the brainteasers where she gave me a short story and I had to figure out the details of what each character was doing or wearing and so on based on the information provided. They were so hard they made me sweat! I had to think very hard on the answers. My short term memory was a little hard, typing has been hard, hence why it took so long to get this blog up and running! It involved so many steps that were difficult.