I can't or can i

I have to remember that phrase often. I have lost count of how often I have had that thought. From the time I "came to" in the hospital things have been presented that were impossible! This has become the norm it seems. At first nothing could be done. I have to remember that even the simplest of tasks required either help in the form of someone else or a device. This was summoned by the call button or by using the urinal! Thankfully that was replaced by allowing me to get up even if only to move into a wheelchair. I sill have to use a wheelchair or walker for many things! Thankfully the urinal is no longer used. The walker eventually supplemented the wheelchair for getting about! This didn't happen fast though. At first this was only allowed under close supervision! It took about 5 or 6 weeks to be trusted on my own! Shower, shaving, laundry, cooking, and much more are examples of what has only been mastered over the past few weeks! They are not done in the same way that they once were but at are at least done.  They won't be  done in the same way in the future either! As the wheelchair and walker become less necessary,  more things will be able to be done too. First with adaptations and in time the old way. Even driving will have to be re-learned! I am slowly learning the skills and adaptations that will be needed for that! At times it seems like nothing is going the same as it was before the stroke. I have to remember that while if may seem like a long time since it happened but I have to remember that as of today it is only 10 weeks since I was "sroked".