I do hope your dad is getting physio to help with the lack of movement. His stroke consultant should be able to give a prognosis on whether he will gain movement back through physio and maybe you need to seek answers there. I do hope you get positive answers and your father regains full use of his left side again. Be positive.
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@pamelai1 , not wrong there. Best to take baby steps. 
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It does not pass overnight. Itās all swings and roundabouts. If the brain has to teach the good side to take up the jobs of the damaged side then he has to do some form of movement every day . Be it physio/ tāai chi/ yoga or walking because in effect he is like a toddler re learning all that has been affected. He will grieve for his old self . He will have good days and bad days and sometimes he will cry . But hey-ho - heās not dead so his time is not yet. Massage for circulation. Cold shower or bath is great for waking up the brain. If he suffers side effects from the medications find alternatives. Good diet - especially salad/raw vegetables. Homeopathy is the only treatment based on blueprint of the body . He just had to learn to Love and accept himself as he now is. He will lose his temper, get angry at times . Maybe even throw stuff around, break some dishes. All totally nothing. On average seven years to recover . Itās been four years since I had a Lacunar stroke. Whole left side affected. Could not drive for almost a year. Couldnāt hold my toilet . Now I ā workoutā five days a week . Yoga, tāai chi recently started light weights. I garden , paint and decorate. Itās all so knackering but worth it . lDonāt let nothing hold me down except when I got really sick days. Still walk like a drunk . Working on it still. But I keep going. Whatās the alternative? Sit in a chair all day dreaming/wishing and crying? Stuff that . Intermittent fasting controls BP 
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I was 57 when I had my stroke, I was also hemiplegic initially. Some leg movement came back after a couple of weeks, and after a couple of months I started basic physio. After 19 months I am walking quite well but still doing lots of physio, I can twitch my shoulder but my arm and hand are not usable.
The frustration hasnāt passed but the anger has, which mainly came from losing my independence. Meeting other people with similar experiences helped. Have a look for exercise and social classes around you, and involve your dad in making decisions.
It is all too easy to sit watching tv all day, there are also support groups for carers to understand what has happened to you all, it isnāt just your dad who has had a stroke
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@caer_luel , good to hear your on the mend. Recovery will be slow, very slow. A shame my mum had no such luck (rest her soul).
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@JohnnyBoy81 
Your input on here is valuable
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@IreneFC , thank you. Appreciate it. 
Iām just speaking from a ex-carers point of view.
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@ScottishMagic , tāai chiā¦havenāt done that for years. I used to love martial arts.
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Lol . I may have given the wrong impression. I do tāai chi acupressure and exercises for balance/ healing
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@ScottishMagic , I know what you mean. 
Tāai chi is a type of moving meditation. About controlling your breathing, slow gentle movements. Itās very good. I used to do it yonksā ago. It was helpful when I was stressed. The only reason I mentioned the latter is, as I said, a martial art. Some great self-defense techniques. Looks like I got the wrong end of the stickā¦again.
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Lol. Thatās okay. Why are you sorry? Nothing to be sorry about 
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@ScottishMagic , itās just some craic on my part.
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