Hello Tony - I am pleased to welcome you to this community and I hope you will get some comfort and reassurance from others who can relate to your specific situation.
I am myself a carer and so only speak from an advocates perspective and based on things I have learnt through observation and from providing care and support to a stroke survivor who has been severely impacted by the stroke.
What I am about say is based on our personal experiences and views and if it in any way comes across as insensitive then I apologise in advance. We have learnt a lot from over six years being a stroke survivor who had the stroke in their late 80s and who today is in their mid-90s.
There have been many ups and even more downs (set backs) but what has got us to where we are is we accepted everything that happened and then considered how to move forward. One step forward and two steps back became two steps forward and one step back.
All progress was welcome and celebrated.
All set backs were acknowledged and then filed (in case needed in future) as lessons learned.
We accepted that just as the stroke happened when it was not expected (super fit, healthy active and not in group of people at risk), it may happen again (yes, there are no guarantees it will not happen again). If it happens so be it - we are doing all we can to reduce the risk, but if it happens we are not going to beat ourselves up - in life S*** happens 
When we had long spells of “good health” we made the most of it and enjoyed life as best as we could.
When blips happened we took that as a sign to have a break - let the mind, body and brain rest and recharge. Do what is necessary to get back on track and then carry on.
Our recovery has been on the up all the time. Yes, there have been pullbacks or corrections but that is normal. It is very rare for anyone to enjoy continuous success.
So how does this compare with where you’re at?
Well for a start you seem to have had a very good six months of recovery and you have made good progress and have managed to have a mini cruise. Not that we can compare, but we are still trying to stand up and walk and this after six years of trying.
Have we given up? No.
Do we worry? No.
Do we get the support from the healthcare professionals? No.
Being a nonagenarian who is seen as a statistic, next to no medical help is offered and only when we force ourselves on them i.e. end up in A&E when they have to act do we get some sort of token help.
Do we let that bring us down? No.
So after six years of slow and steady progress, we continue and we keep going. Whatever life throws at us we accept and we get on with doing what we must which is our best to help ourselves.
Each day we embrace with
“Today is the first day of the rest of our lives, what are we going to do with it?”
In closing Tony, I hope that once you have time to reflect, you will perhaps not feel that your recovery is going backwards. And in fact, you will recognise you have made remarkable progress and you are in a very good place right now.
In such times as you find yourself now, we see this as our body and brain telling us to take a break. Six months of hard work as got us where we are now, let us stop, reflect on what we have achieved, celebrate and then plan the next steps.
I hope this might be of some use to you. My “pep talk” might not go down too well with everyone, but if it offers you anything, I hope you will take it in the spirit in which it is meant.
Finally, never think like this. You are letting no one down.
Wishing you all the best.
Namaste|
none of us like where we have landed post stroke but its what you make of it. 
