‘When I’m not working, we walk in the Finnish countryside. You wouldn’t believe the pleasure I get from the sun on my face’
Kati van der Hoeven, 45
I was 21 when I had a stroke that left me with locked-in syndrome, meaning I can’t move. But that didn’t bother my husband, Henning, whom I met on a social networking site 10 years ago. We have been married for seven years. I speak with my eyes, moving them towards the letters on a board to spell out words. Henning is so used to this that he doesn’t even need the board, he just follows my eyes.
For 12 hours a day, I have assistants to help with my care, which means Henning gets to be my husband rather than my carer.
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