Aphasia

The News, Portsmouth

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.

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