How Long Does Stroke Recovery Take?

This is the question I get asked the most, and why I’m going to answer it today. Let's dive in!

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:08 What does recovery mean?
01:04 What is the timeline?
04:14 What impacts the timeline?
05:47 Outro

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[kathieowen]

Hi. I’m alive and so grateful for that. It’s been almost 23 years since I had my stroke. Left side paralysis. I drive!! I’ve watched my kids to grow up to be wonderful adults. I’m now a “Grammie “ of 4 beautiful little girls.
Married 38 years to the man of my dreams.
I’m alive and kicking!!!

[shubhangichandanshive]

As someone who just suffered a hemorrhagic stroke few days ago while I am just 20 years old now, it all feels very crushing.

[davidbennett]

Thank for this show, wit my 11/29/22 stroke i survived it. I will never drive again or work, my first 5 months was in bed with a Migraine headache like 5days a week. I lost like 15% physically just my mind is like 8 to 12 years old. That is why i cant drive or work, I have learned a lot from you. Left brain 100% blocked for 5 I feel like im 1% 0f people who had bad stroke but when people talk to me i hear different things and like to get mad a people for talking bad to me. I lost 85 pounds have long hair my tattoo and a gray beard. WTF im 58 years old. Im ok..

[carloshoegg]

6 years post hemorrhagic stroke. Left brain, right hemiplegic .

Some may be wishful thinking, some a type of placebo effect, but sincerely, as long as I keep practicing, like any exercise, I improve.

Recovery, as far as what I lost, I know will not happen. So I avoid that word ; " recovery "
Healing, re learning, many words describe this journey . I refuse to think of an end point. Decay is inevitable, it is called old age .
But I honestly believe I can improve greatly and I shall keep shooting for that goal .

Thank you for the posts . The more that people know of all such things the better off we are.

I appreciate your channel.

[lawrencebautista]

It’s been about 20 years now and it’s a journey and still trying to be better mentally and physically.

[petermoray]

Just reached my one year anniversary of my ischemic stroke last Tuesday and while grateful to be alive, I wish my recovery was faster. The advice from your videos has helped me a great deal. God bless you! ❤

[coreensabat]

This is so true, and I love how positive your message is. The body & brain are miraculous - always striving to heal & restore. You give people hope, and not falsely !

[chatelinolivier]

Great thanks for all informative and motivational videos ! I have recovered from a stroke which happened back in March 2021 hence i discovered your YouTube channel and follow it since then.

[tareksayed]

I am Tarek from Alex Egypt I have major stroke since 2019 you helped a lot with your guidance thank you really it is masing to see you over the Internet I feel happy and better

[rawan.]

Thank you so much for this video🙏🏼 You have really helped me to stay hopeful ☺️My father had a stroke 5 months ago and he is experiencing constant dizziness and numbness on his right side, I worry that this won't go away however we are staying hopeful. I think the scariest part is that there is no definitive answer with how recovery goes since everyone has a different experience 💔

[erbtxkt]

I don’t know anyone on her but I have had several strokes since April just has small ones last week. I just turn 50 this past March. I just want to say I pray that everyone on this platform is healed and have many many years of joy and healing. I have been blessed through this situation because it could’ve been a lot worse for me. I got all my functions and mobility in less than 24 hours. And I’m blessed to be still able to do the normal things in life. So keep your heads up stay prayed up because YAHUAH has your back

[berttroubleyn]

Thank you for your message of hope.
I notice how I'm recovering, relapsing, and then recovering again sometimes. My eyesight has been affected by no less then 4 posterior strokes. Some days I bump into everything and everyone, other days I feel like my sight is almost back to normal functionality. The good days are wonderful, on the bad ones I cling to the knowledge that it's a back-and-forth process.

[angelayan]

You really hit this so true. I really appreciate this message.

[Coolmike]

Yeah, I get that question lot since it been my year and 2 mos now since my stroke and I tell everyone I'm making progress slow but surely and that's all I can say. I have made great progress I work a front desk job now 5 days a week and work 6hrs a day, plus I drive my self to and from my job, I'm walking with my cane and use my effective hand 50% of the time, plus on many job I work at a pool so I swim every other day, So I just thank God just being alive. Thanks again for your video it keeps giving me hope

[pokerchamp]

Thank you for this video. I love to watch your videos.

[davidmarks]

I have noticed that your exercises make a big difference. Through the exercise I am now walking smoother around the house. I think its been 6 months since I had my Sub Cordial stroke, which left me temporally weakened in my right side.

Also I am autistic and repeated movement is something I do everyday. I now do the weight shifting exercise as my movement. :) One thing I do recall is I was/am very positive and that might really help with recovery.

Other things I did/do now is piano, touch typing and drawing, and I have also made covers by sewing. All these really help with my recovery

One of my goals is to improve enough to attend to my fruit and veggie organics garden.

Stay positive, keep safe and listen to your body.

[heatherguill]

I’m glad you made this video. I know personally that I struggled with timeline in the first few weeks. I wanted to be better the same day and that’s just not realistic. I personally had to ask God to use his timeline to heal me as much as I meant to be healed of the time, I meant to be healed, and to take away my personal timeline. That was the only thing that gave me peace, and let me stop focusing on when the recovery would happen, but on what recovery was happening. As I said, that’s what gave me peace and help me not be as frustrated with the process as I had been. I think your video will help a lot of people.

[rizvanaisya]

Thank you for this video, I'm still recovering from spinal cord compression after 3 years. So yes recovery continues, 😊😊

[cjnthn]

as a stroke survivor, i would suggest not comparing pre stroke with post stroke.

[CarlosRodriguez-ywiz]

Two years ago I’m still my recovery keep going 💪🏻