[elite mike]

all the best .

[davids3511]

I've nothing helpful to add I'm afraid but I hope you get well soon.

[Tom White]

Were the eggs okay?

No, seriously, get well soon, Rich.

[gary999]

All the best Matey

[EandM]

I'm sorry to hear this - I hope you get well very quickly.

[britishwill]

Take a week off and see how you feel. No one will notice you not cleaning.
Take on an employee with experience and take them out for a hour or so if poss.
Do you have any trusted employees/self employeed staff that can help you out. You can still earn a dollar for you after there cut?
Get well soon…

Do you drink and smoke btw?

[duncan h]

Sorry mate. Life kicks some poop at us at any time.
Doesn't sound like a bad stroke. Some cant speak correct. My friends wife had one, or a brain clot...cant remember. Anyway, she had a young baby. She couldn't remember anyone in her family  Her hubby was gutted. It was like living with a stranger. I thought she was toast. She ended up training to be a teacher. She was on Educating Yorkshire, but not saying who. Wonderful woman. Never gave up.
Just see what they say. Strokes take a few years to recover. No reason why you cant work. Driving could be an issue.
My advise is. Employ someone with family, who can drive. Work along side him. Pay him a good rate.

[G & M]

Good luck Richard, let your health be your first concern and then worry about the work when you know where you stand.

[Rob@Blast off]

Hope you get well soon.

[Alex Gardiner]

So sorry to hear this Rich - Hope you're back on your feet again soon.

[P @ F]

Thanks for all your kind words  so far chaps , means a lot to me,
I do drink yes, too much I suspect , but thats just one of the possible reasons I'm in this position , I have also just been stuck on another med to lower my cholesterol so it also comes to mind that my diet needs looking at , I gave up the tobacco 12 months ago and moved onto the  E cigs going well on those , so thats a step in the right direction at least.
As for the stroke its self , what I had was by no means as bad as some get , I didnt have the full monty like you see on the telly with the dropped face and that , but its still a kick when the doc says you've had one , I sort of found myself looking beehind me to see who the doc was talking to , cos it couldn't have been me could it ...........?

What would make my return easier would surely be an  SLX  eh Alex 

I was up until now using the stiff extreme which made  my superlites and radius redundant overnight, so as I say , maybe the change from clx to slx is a way to make my life easier right away, not much in it I know , but I do get the feeling that this is where I should  start .

Time to get my head down I think

Cheers Rich

[Frankybadboy]

hope you get well soon rich and back fight fit as soon as



would you really find someone who would want to drive a pink van ?

[lal]

 All the best to you Rich and a speedy recovery, before you even think about going back to work listen to your
 doctor and seriously take his advice onboard, like has been already said on here you only have one life, look
 after it.

 Best regards
 Lal

[paulben]

Get well soon
I was in similar position in 2012 had to take 6 months off Lucky for me had son to do bungalows but he wont do houses.
First thing to do is write a letter to customers telling them whats happened and when you think you will be back cleaning again .Keep them updated. Just before you restart work go and visit customers telling them you are about to start again . Be prepared to drink tea by the bucketful .
Take it slowly on return to work

I only lost a few customers and most of those were to another slimey window cleaner that said he was doing me a favour.

If your self employed there is a government scheme that will pay you some money whilst you are off
 
Ditch ladders what happens if you have a turn up ladder !!
Make more time to do things with wife partner etc its a was a big wake up call for me
 All the best to you

[Perfect Windows]

Good luck and get well soon.  Follow the doctor's advice and rest as much as they say you need to.

If you tell your customers you won't lose many of them (and any you do lose you won't miss).

Vin

[shina]

I had a scare last year and made me think, but really things are never that bad you just have to slow down and thake things easy. I am the same age as you and have come to realise that things do happen to me and not always the other bloke.
Hope you recover soon mate

[8weekly]

Hi Rich,

I had a heart attack at 45. I smoked, drank heavily and was overweight and I did no exercise.

For me the thing I was most worried about was money as although I wasnt a windowcleaner then, I was self employed. I know that there is a "connection" between heart attacks and strokes but I don't know much about strokes. With a heart attack it is a pretty quick recovery with stents and I was back at work within two weeks. I should add that my work then wasn't physical so it may take you longer. However long it is, in the grand scheme of your life it will only be a blink and soon enough you will be back and catching up with earnings.

Beyond that I resolved to change my life. I stopped smoking, modified my diet and got fit. Eventually I stopped drinking too. It was nearly 6 years ago now and no one that knows me now would believe how I once was. My heart attack was quite a major one and one of my three arteries is still blocked, but it was for me a "good thing".

The important thing is to be positive and learn from the experience.

[Arnold Palmer]

Get well soon.

[sunshine windows]

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

You seem to have a very good round from previous posts on here, so I'd seriously consider employing or start franchising.

[S.A.J]

Rich I'm sure some of us Plymouth lads could help poach you out on your work to keep your round going and money coming in for the Mrs to spend