Learning to fall
After a stroke at 58, his rehabilitation team spent the first fortnight teaching him something that sounds like the opposite of progress.
Dr. Sofia Renard · 22 Feb 2026
Topic
The review in the spring moved contact from fortnightly to monthly — the first time in three years that the frequency of appointments had gone down rather than up.
After a stroke at 58, his rehabilitation team spent the first fortnight teaching him something that sounds like the opposite of progress.
Discharged with four new medicines and no one to ask. A pharmacist-led call now covers the first fortnight.