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Where readers of this site compare notes on the long middle of recovery: the therapy that helped, the weeks nothing moved, and the view from the passenger seat, because carers post here too. Threads go quiet, then lock, sixty days after the last reply.
Progress and plateaus
Timelines, the six-month wall, and the gains that arrived late.- Two years after my head injury I still cannot follow a conversation in a noisy pub. Does that part ever come back? started by mattw_tbi, Jul 20, 20266 replies290 viewsmattw_tbi Aug 30, 2026
- Work want me back full time at four months and I "look fine". How do I explain the wall I hit at two in the afternoon? started by davew1966, Jun 12, 20266 replies340 viewsdavew1966 Aug 25, 2026
- Physio has referred me for botox injections in my arm next month. Will it give me movement back or just make it looser? started by davew1966, Jun 9, 20265 replies420 viewsdavew1966 Jul 30, 2026
- Physio has signed me off. Can I just join a normal gym, and will lifting weights do anything for a stroke arm? started by keithb57, May 21, 20266 replies300 viewskeithb57 Jul 14, 2026
- Given an ankle splint for foot drop and I'm worried it's a crutch that stops my own foot ever recovering. Is that true? started by davew1966, Jun 27, 20264 replies300 viewsdavew1966 Jul 9, 2026
- Community physio is two 45 minute sessions a week. How many hours actually moves the needle? started by Moira G., Jun 7, 20265 replies310 viewsMoira G. Jun 30, 2026
- Discharged at 6 months because I've "plateaued". Is that honestly it for my arm? started by davew1966, Nov 9, 20254 replies520 viewsdavew1966 Jun 14, 2026
- My stroke arm lifts itself into the air when I yawn. Every single time. New damage, or am I haunted? started by davew1966, Apr 26, 20265 replies370 viewsdavew1966 May 20, 2026
Carers and family
For the people doing the driving, the paperwork, and the worrying.- Mum will not do her home exercises and every time I bring them up I become the enemy. How do you get someone to do their rehab? started by Moira G., Aug 17, 20266 replies350 viewsMoira G. Sep 13, 2026
- My husband has started talking about driving again and I am dreading the conversation. Who actually decides this? started by Moira G., Aug 3, 20266 replies320 viewsMoira G. Aug 29, 2026
- Dad eats the right half of his plate and pushes the rest away. Is that his eyes or is something else going on? started by Geoffswife, Jul 2, 20266 replies380 viewsGeoffswife Aug 18, 2026
- Husband is still on thickened fluids seven weeks on and terrified of a feeding tube. When can he eat normally again? started by Geoffswife, Jul 2, 20265 replies360 viewsGeoffswife Jul 18, 2026
- Husband cries at the smallest thing since his stroke and cant stop himself. Is he depressed, or is it something else? started by Geoffswife, May 14, 20265 replies380 viewsGeoffswife Jul 2, 2026
- Eleven months as my husband's carer and this week I have nothing left. How do you all keep going? started by Moira G., Apr 19, 20264 replies410 viewsMoira G. Jun 2, 2026