Handy Hints

I created this site to share my experience in the hope it can help raise awareness and benefit other stroke survivors.

Paul Fink

Pushing through the fatigue barrier…

Most stroke survivors experience fatigue in some form. Like many debilitating symptoms of stroke, fatigue is an invisible symptom.

Paul Fink

Handy Hints - How to do shoelaces with one hand

After my stroke, my inpatient rehab occupational therapist - Bianca - tried to get me to consider getting orthopaedic type-velcro shoes,...

Paul Fink

Handy Hints - How to wear contact lenses with one hand

I was 12 years old when I started wearing glasses and I was 20 years old when I started wearing contact lenses. Luckily, my prescription...

Paul Fink

Sharing is caring

I started this blog a few years ago and the aims were to try to document my recovery, but also to raise awareness of stroke and help...

Paul Fink

Use the force Paul...

Being a very healthy man before my stroke, my first experience with Occupational therapy (OT) in my life was after my stroke, so starting...

Paul Fink is lucky to be alive. His family was nearly torn apart when - aged just 34, he suffered a massive stroke.