Shane shared details about the stroke he suffered ten years ago in this recent national news story on Channel 9, and said he considers himself lucky. The 56-year-old from Perth was working as a nurse manager at the time, and lost his speech and had to learn how to walk and talk again. Read the full story here.
Shane spent months in Sir Charles Gairdner and Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospitals at the beginning of his post-stroke journey.
“I remember it was hard,” he said. “I remember doing physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy during that time, which continued for many years.
“The speech therapists at SCGH were excellent and my physiotherapy experience was great. The therapists at the State Head Injury Unit were helpful too.
“At the Perron Institute, Dr Soumya Ghosh has been my neurologist for about five years, and he has been helpful with my therapy. My other neurologist is Dr David Blacker, who I met the day I had my stroke, and he has been fantastic.
“My psychologist Michelle Byrnes, who I met through a friend who was a patient at the Perron Institute, has been involved in my ongoing therapy for almost ten years. She is encouraging with all my therapies and some of my goals, she has been wonderful.