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My husband had a massive stroke at the age of 48, which left him paralyzed on his right side, unable to walk, talk, read, write and use his right arm/hand. Over time he was able to walk with the help of a brace, could say short sentences, and simple words, but never regained his ability to read or write, or use his right arm/hand. And his comprehension of the spoken word suffered as well.
He had a lot of physical, occupational and speech therapy to get him to the point he ended up as, so although your wife is much older than my husband was at the time of his stroke, therapy still can help her if she is willing and able.
We adjusted to our "new normal" over time, but my husband continued to have lots of health issues due to his stroke and eventually ended up developing vascular dementia in 2018, and died Sept. 2020, at the age of 72.
Thankfully I was able to keep him home the entire time and was blessed to be able to care for him right up until the end.
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You don’t tell us anything about the extent of the stroke damage. My mom had a couple of seemingly mild ones before a huge hemorrhagic one that was devastating. The one thing I know now that we didn’t realize then was how common depression is after a stroke. My mom had a real loss of interests, became very lethargic and emotionally flat. It was depression. That word was seen as insulting by her, but it was there nevertheless. I regret not insisting on treating it
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