Hi so sorry for this long post. My partner aged 60 had a stroke while at work 2 months ago, we did not know which way it was going to go he was so ill. He was in hospital for 2 weeks then in rehab for 4 weeks. He was just sleeping well trying it’s not always easy in hospitals. He lost function on his left side. He started physio 3 days after the stroke, within the 2 weeks in hospital he started to walk slowly with a frame on the ward and the same in rehab, his speech wasn’t affected. In the last 2 months since it happened he can walk so far unaided, dress himself, shower himself, feed himself, shave himself. I cannot believe how far he has come in 2 months and i am so proud off him and the progress he had made. He says he can feel things but he is not sure if the feeling is slowly coming back or if his brain is tricking him to thinking he is when hes touching things if that makes any sense as he says he still feels numb. We don’t live together he lives with his parents. While he has in hospital and rehab i was needed and doing things for him, then when he went home his parents and carers did everything for him and i wasn’t need anymore which was hard especially from seeing him everyday to nothing when he returned home and it hurt so much. I went to see him yesterday for the first time in 2 weeks and wow what a difference i cannot believe the further progress he has made. He is not sure about the feeling coming back yet but we are hopeful and thinking positive.I wanted to share his journey to tell people that there is hope and not to give up.
Welcome Maymay. This is a really positive post and it’s lovely to see. I hope you get to see your partner a bit more so you can celebrate those wins with him. Maybe see if he would like to join the forum too. He’ll be inspired to keep on going reading the stories here.
Hi Maymay,
What a wonderful post 
Thank you for sharing your story and I am sure that anyone reading this will never doubt there is hope and I expect they will be truly inspired to never ever give up.
Well done you and well done your partner for a wonderful achievement.
Wishing you both all the best.
Namaste|
P.S.
No need to be sorry - this is not at all a long post. In fact, if anything it is too short and I am sure we would love to hear a lot more. As @Bigmugoftea says, maybe your partner can join this forum and share his views with us
@Maymay hi & welcome to the community. It is great to hear how well your partner is doing after a relatively short period of time. It sounds like he is full of determination & that you are a great support to him too.
It sounds like he is starting to get some of his feeling back. It can be hit & miss initially & it may take a while for it to return fully but every little step helps.
I hope you get to see more of him in the weeks to come.
Best wishes
Ann
Hi @Maymay
Welcome to the community, I’m sorry to hear about your partners stroke.
It’s great to hear that he’s doing so well and I hope it continues to go that way and also that you get to spend some more time with him soon. It’s always great to have a strong network of family and friends around you when going through recovery.
If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community, please don’t hesitate to tag me using the @ symbol and my username.
Anna
Hi all an update on my partners recovery. After making such great progress unfortunately he is back in hospital after having a 2nd stroke. He had a blood clot on his brain and it has affected his left side again. He is doing ok, his speech hasn’t been affected and he can still feed himself but looks like he’s back to square 1. He still has his sense of humour that never went. He is still the same as he was after the first stroke just the left side function again so that means he has to start again but we are staying positive and not giving up. We are hanging on to the phrase it gets worse before it gets better. He will be monitored in hospital for a couple off weeks but he is determined not to let it beat him. Luckily if this is the right word to use it was a mild stroke and not like the last one. He can still move his left side he just got to learn to walk again. We are hopeful he will start to recover again soon.
I’m so sorry to see this, but I am glad you are remaining positive and not giving up. You could well be right when you say it gets worse before it gets better. The good news is, and it is good news, that the stroke was a mild one - this might suggest the preventative medication may have helped to keep it mild though it did not stop it.
It may be the case that the worst is now over and once your partner is discharged you should be able to plan ahead.
Wishing you and your partner all the best.
Take care.
Peace & Love
Sorry to hear this. Good that you are both remaining positive & that your partner still has his sense of humour.
You’ve done it before so can do it again. At least you are armed with a bit of knowledge this time.
You’re right about the it gets worse before it gets better. I often use that phrase. You’ve had the worse now so here’s to it getting much better for you. Xx