Aphasia
QA staff walk from London to Cosham and raise thousands after nurse suffers life-changing stroke
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00:00 Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty.
00:20 Nearly.
00:21 Hi, what's your name?
00:25 Jorrell.
00:26 And your surname?
00:29 Fraser.
00:31 Okay. And what happened to you?
00:36 I have aphasia and a stroke. A stroke September the 11th. 9th.
00:54 That's right. 9th. Okay. And how else did the stroke affect you? Any other problems?
01:02 My right hand is... my right hand is...
01:10 I can't use it. It has no grip?
01:15 Yeah. It has no grip.
01:18 And what did you used to work as?
01:23 A nurse.
01:25 What type of nurse?
01:26 A stomach care nurse specialist.
01:29 Great.
01:30 Yeah.
01:32 Alright.
01:34 Thank you.
01:36 You
01:38 you
01:40 you
01:42 you
01:44 you
02:13 Hi.
02:14 Hi.
02:15 So, what do you use to help you with your aphasia? Anything help you?
02:19 I use a app. I forgot the name of it.
02:31 I think it's called constant therapy?
02:35 Yes. Constant therapy.
02:37 Yeah. And anything help for your hand?
02:43 Yes. I have NeoFlex. NeoFlex. It's a glove. It's a glove.
02:53 And what does the glove do?
02:57 It's used in activities and the glove controls them.
03:05 Okay.
03:06 Okay.
03:07 And reading and... can you read?
03:13 Yes, but my wife is... yes, but my wife is controlling it.
03:26 I help you practice sentences and reading stories, children's stories to help with speech.
03:34 Yeah.
03:35 Yes.
03:36 Good.
03:37 And I... Holly is my speech and therapist. Speech and therapist.
03:51 Speech and language.
03:52 Speech and language therapy.
03:55 That's it.
03:56 Yeah.
03:57 And how about going outside? Do you get out much?
04:04 No, but... no. Lost my confidence, but I'm getting back. I take the kids to school and I'm back.
04:25 Yeah, that's good. You're building on your confidence, aren't you?
04:27 Yes.
04:28 And hopefully in the future you'll be able to collect them.
04:32 Yeah.
04:33 But it's too overwhelming at the moment.
04:35 Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
04:39 Yeah.
04:40 All right?
04:41 Yeah. Yeah.