Lo (right) chats with Roslan. Lee is at left.
KUCHING: He is unable to walk, but stroke survivor Roslan Toni is not giving up.
The 28-year-old from Kampung Betong in Landeh is optimistic about what treatment and rehabilitation can do to restore his strength.
“I’m getting better now. I can sit on my wheelchair and stand up.
“I look forward to total recovery so I can play futsal and go fishing again,” he said in upbeat mood during a visit by Batu Kitang Stroke Support Group, led by its assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang.
Roslan recalled that before he was stricken, he used to play football and go fishing at Rambungan with friends.
After the stroke, the moral support he received from his parents, friends, volunteer professional nurse Lucas Lee, Lo and his support group speeded up his rehabilitation.
“I am touched and motivated by caring people around me, especially my father and my mother, who have tirelessly taken care of me, and helped with my physiotherapy exercises day and night.
Roslan had a stroke while driving to a friend’s house at around 7pm in July last year. The attack caused his car to land in a drain near a housing estate in Landeh.
“I was bedridden for four months with half my body paralysed.
“With regular therapy received from my father, mother and their friends, I began to rise from my bed and sit on a wheelchair some time in December last year,” said the first born child of six siblings.
He still cannot use his left arm or left leg.
Roslan’s mother Nabillah Abdullah said her son received at least 10 minutes of therapy per session.
“They were days when my husband and I carried out the therapy on him two or three times a day.
“We are optimistic of his recovery and tell him so,” she said.
Nabillah said Roslan was very active prior to his stroke; he was healthy except for high blood pressure. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing, football and futsal.