Hi, a couple of years after my stroke a friend told me to gargle. He seemed to know what he was talking about and I now gargle with mouthwash every day. Apart from improved dental hygiene I wonder if it has done any good? My thought is it can’t have done any harm and I am training the muscles in my throat?

Morning all I’m really struggling at the moment controlling my Hbac1. I’ve always found it a challenge but I’ve managed to keep it pretty low. Now it’s consistently high. Especially after lunch. Any tips?

For anyone coming to UKSF in sunny Aberdeen I'll be doing some talks on stroke and the environment in the Green zone of the exhibition hall and chairing a talk on individualised stroke prevention on Wednesday at 11am. Hope to see you there.

Thanks for all your feedback about the best day for our catch ups. On average Monday evenings work best although I do note that Steve works Monday evenings. Next week I'll be on my way to Aberdeen for the UK Stroke Forum on Monday, so I'm going to move our catch up to a week on Friday. Going forward I'll aim for them to be on Mondays. See you a week on Friday! Or in Aberdeen if anyone's going.

Hi everyone. We've got a community catch up scheduled for Friday evening. These are the meetings where we can all get together and share our experiences and ideas. I've certainly found them very valuable. Unfortunately, I now need to work in the medical assessment unit that evening. When we met last we did suggest that we might look to have the meeting at a date/time that better suits everyone. Please could you fill in the below survey, and another one that will be in a separate post to initiate which day of the week and time of day would suit you best for regular catch up meetings?