Since my TIA earlier this month, my eyesight has fully recovered, but am suffering from intermittent weakness/fatigue in my left forearm which usually lasts around a minute, , also tingling in my left cheek/ jaw and neck area, are these normal symptoms that are to be expected after such a short recovery period?
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Having any neuro- incident means that you can tear up the normal anything previously a reliable benchmark and start again with learning the bodyâs idiosyncrasies
The ÂŁ100 car analogy still holds 
Every new change IS a consideration for a trip to a&E for a 13hr sit in a corridor and a conclusion of âWe donât know eitherâ - But over time you may learn which ones are something you choose to ignore - the anxiety these events cause has decreased for many of us over time but speaking for myself itâs never gone away and itâs triggered mostly on a daily basis - just something I have to live with now and so might you ?
Have you been on your holiday or is that still to come? Roland is a firm advocate of the healing power of the sun
Caio
Simon
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Cancelled holiday in the end, I didnât want to risk another episode in a foreign country, extra pressure on my wife she doesnât deserve.
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Hello @Injebreck99 .
Iâm 15mths post stroke. Iâve had all that you describe more or less since day one. And lots of numbness too. The intensity has increased over the last few months. But that doesnât mean it will for you.
Stay strong, take one day at a time and try to find and do things to distract you from what youâre feeling in your body. It helps although it doesnât make it go away of course. Hopefully, everything will improve for you over time.
Trace
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The brain is recovering and like any surgical procedure you will experience a certain amount of temporary minor issues in the process. When I had my hip replaced several years ago, I experienced all sorts of minor issues with including thinking Iâd dislocated on a couple of occasions, got all kinds of twinges and sharp pains even down into my toes. In all I think it took about 18 months to settle down to near normal before I could relax and forget about it.
Its just the same with the brain. You have healing and repair work going on inside your head. That is bound to cause some minor temporary signaling in the brain, naturally down the side thatâs been affected by your stroke. That is one of the reasons they say it takes 6mths for recovery. Once all the damage repair/mop up has been done, then youâve got long term process of relearning.
Those first 6mths are usually where you feel its two steps forward one step back the most. So try and relax and let the brain do its job. Thats partly what the fatigue is about. Its the brains way of forcing you to rest, do nothing else while it processes uninterrupted.
Fatigue can also be a sign that you are lacking in certain nurtrients. But the only real way to know which, would be for your doctor to do a blood test of your vitamin levels. Mine was low in Folic Acid and after a two week course high dose of FA reduced the fatigue and heavy limb feeling dramatically.
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Itâs possible that theyre symptoms to expect. Fatigue can cause it too. If youâre concerned it may be worth running it past your GP. I think we are hyper alert to everything post stroke & it is difficult to know what we should be concerned about & what we shouldnât. Try & see if there is a pattern to them i.e. do they happen after youâve been active? A fiary might help with that.
Shame about your holiday.
Best wishes
Ann
Ann
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Many thanks to people taking the time to answer my queries, I guess we are nervous and hyper sensitive after a stroke, assessing every twinge, I will just have to get used to everything.
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Yep
Except while the mass of stuff is just the after shocks of a life-changing event sometimes it can be more sinister
Unfortunately thereâs no way we can do other than say what is ânormalâ in our collective experience & not whatâs a fact in yours/ any of ours actual circumstances
Youâll get used to it 
and feel less anxious with time (I hope )
Caio
Simon
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Glad you replied with this, it sums up what i have been trying to say how i feel to my son.
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