To my friends at the VFB - an update and some good news.
My recovery from the stroke is going very well and quickly. Feeling a
little better each day, but it still feels like I was rode hard and put up
wet.
I have 'issues' with the entire right side of my body, but therapy has given
me limited use of the affected areas.
I have progressed to a cane for walking, but I'm nowhere mobile yet.
My eyesight will take time, but I'm told it will recover- hopefully back to
normal. No hope of tying a #32 RC right now. 40% blind (the right side of
each eye gone).
So that leaves my right hand- the real meat of this memo.
I decided to challenge it and myself by tying a mouse pattern as my first
try. A 1-hour tie took over 20 hours- lost track of time. Just threading
the bobbin took an hour (spastic muscles with no feeling), tying an anchor
took 2 hours. You get the picture- not pretty.
But out of it crawled Percy (for 'perseverance'). He's not too tightly
wrapped, but that applies to the tier also. But he looks good for a Baits
Hotel resident.
Joyce knows what this fly represent in stroke therapy just 3 months in.
Next- rope dubbing.
Working on my fly casting also. Not pretty either. Neither is my penmanship.
But I did manage to draw a fly if anyone wants to see my 'Picasso'.
Regards, Don
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