goingtorun

G’day Vonbon1,
Welcome, I hope you are as well as can be. Sound like your partner is doing well for the short time he’s been in recovery. No one really knows how long or if you’ll make a full recovery.
I had a clot in the brain stem, in March 2010, they told my wife “if he lives he’ll never walk”, well two years and a lot of heart ache, I’m walking, driving, and got a job although I’m nowhere near 100% I’m grateful for my recovery so far.
It’s good that he’s stubborn, sounds like he’s fighter, and that’s a good way to be. All the symptoms you mentioned are common in stroke patients. Strokes are very frighting, in a instant your world is turned upside down and inside out, you are left confused and disoriented. What you considered normal has gone out the window and you are left with this new you, you don’t even know.
Find a good therapy team and get into regular therapy, and stick to the routine. All recovery takes time, remember slow and steady. There will be times you take one step forward the two steps back, but don’t be discouraged.
Every stroke is different from the other, not one stroke is the same as the other. You can’t play the comparison game.
I have trouble controlling my emotions, crying one minute then laughing the next. Control of my emotions has not improved but I’m sure it will, give it time. It takes time and courage to fight on, never lose hope.
Hope to hear from you soon with some goods news. Please keep in touch. God bless.

George