A stroke survivor shares her baseline experience following a stroke suffered in November 2023 and records her real-time progress following Perispinal Etanercept (PSE) treatment.
The video documents patient-reported observations across multiple areas, including pain reduction, improved speech projection, ankle joint mobility, taste perception, and hearing clarity.
Patient-Reported Changes Featured in This Video
- Pain Relief across Multiple Areas: Prior to treatment, the patient reported constant baseline discomfort (rated 4/10) affecting her shoulder, arm, leg, foot, and ribs. Post-treatment, she describes her leg and rib pain as completely gone.
- Ankle Mobility & Reduced Limb Heaviness: The patient demonstrated active ankle movement during her evaluation without discomfort, noting a reduction in the heavy, numb feeling she previously experienced down her right leg.
- Speech Clarity & Vocal Volume: Before the procedure, the patient expressed frustration with her speech limitations. Post-treatment, her voice became noticeably louder and clearer, with the patient expressing excitement at being able to speak fluently again.
- Sensory, Taste, and Hearing Improvements: The patient noted clearer auditory perception, better right-side awareness, and improved taste perception while enjoying orange juice.
- Energy & Reduced Fatigue: The patient reported a reduction in chronic post-stroke fatigue during the post-treatment observation period.
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When was your stroke? My stroke was 11/11/2023. And what kind of problems has it caused for you? Oh my gosh, my stroke is just taking my life away. Um, I actually got it when I was crossing. It’s caused some trouble on your right side. Yeah, on my right side. All right.
And you do have some discomfort on that side? Yes, I do. Okay. And you feel some level of pain all the time, correct? Right. Okay. And how would you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10 right now? Um, four. Okay. My shoulder, my leg, um, my foot, and my arm. Okay. And you’ve had some changes to your speech as well. Yes. It’s it’s it’s not me. So, some balance difficulty. Yes. You’ve had some brain fog. Right. As well as fatigue. Correct. I have numb all the way down to my my foots. They feel um very heavy and I don’t know what to do.
Your ankle’s moving. Good. And you have an AFO. I don’t have to.
How does it feel in terms of the pain? Oh my god. I don’t have any pain.
doesn’t hurt.
How about the rib pain? It’s not there.
Feels a little different. Yeah. Probably going to keep feeling a little different. Mhm. Your leg feels different. No. Everything. How is your perception of things towards the right it? Yeah, that’s good.
Can I take this off? Sure.
Feels good. No, I don’t feel any fatigue. Good.
You like orange juice again?
I do. It tastes [clears throat] good. I can feel it.
The the leg pain is I don’t feel it. Can you hear me better? Yeah, I can hear you better. Good. Yeah, my voice sounds better. Sounds a lot louder.
Oh, wow. I think I can talk.
I think I can. What do you want to say? I don’t know. I haven’t said anything in in months and years. Do you feel like it just keeps doing more and more as the time passes? Yeah, it does. I don’t even know what to say. I I missed so much of my life.
