@tricia3
I believe that The Stroke Association do provide a service where someone in a situation like yours can get a one to one conversation.
I might be speaking out of turn here but try ringing the Stoke Association number and see what they can do for you.
As most people will say we are all in this together so you are not alone coping strategies have got better for me since joining and taking the good advice you get from fellow SSâson the forum.
I find doing exercises on my bike keep me sane plus walking from lounge to kitchen, take a look at some of the yearly progress update s people post-it gives you an idea of what you have accomplished and what you need to do to get something like a level life of sorts.take care
i did ring the helpline and she sent email with a form to fill into find people in my area for phone calls, i did fill in and send off
Hi @tricia3 i had my first call using the service yesterday and I found it very helpful. 
I hope they find you a buddy soon but in the meantime we are all here if you want to chat on-line.
A great startnow create a topic and talk to the responders
Sometimes when engrossed with so many of our own problems there is a solution. Look around you, outside of yourself and look how you could be of use to another.
An encouraging word, just a smile, could be enough to lift both your world and theirs. A pair of ears and a willingness to listen can break ice and open up possibilities. It doesnât hurt to give it a try.
I know that for a stroke survivor it is easy to feel isolated and alone, but the Internet is the modern meeting place. Be wise, stay safe, but make good use of it. You are not really alone at all.
This forum is a safe, caring environment, so a good place to start. Post anything, something youâve done, random thoughts youâve had, your hopes and dreams, experiences, whatever. There are folks here interested in what you have to say, who will chip in with their reaction. Youâll soon feel you are a part of something.
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i did write about experiene in hospital as i was in writing group,and poetry, but i cant use right hand so well
writing but i have to be with other writers to get inspiration, hubby dont as he writes as well, but christian or crime. he has wrten poems same as me. not anything published
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i have filled inform for phone calls
ok,its allover the place my computer
I get excited if I make it back from the toilet without an incident 
simple things, getting mentally prepared for my shower morning where my poor wife helps me stumble to the shower and wash my back and anything my right arm canât reach oh to be able to walk in normally one day
its on there but i cant seem to upload, only pics
here itis if you can read
that was written maybe ages ago, for the poetry group, but not been since april, cos of stroke
i have loads of poetry and stories as i was in a writers group since my thirties
I really like the free verse style that youâve used. 
Evening @tricia3. Thank you for sharing this. In the first bit I felt like I was really there. You have a talent, keep going. It all helps in reminding us we are fundamentally the same person we were prestroke just with some annoying differences in how we have to do things. Julia x