how long is the typical recovery time of a stroke patient?

it depends on the seriousness .. anywhere from a few months to 6 months or more including physical rehab, speech therapy...

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Stroke Recovery Time

Approximately 40% of people who have a stroke and survive it will go onto to recover fully. The remaining 60% have some disability. That degree of disability that someone has at the initial time of their stroke is not necessarily the degree of disability that they will have forever.

There is definitely a recovery period. We use a simple rule of thumb. After about a month after a stroke with good aggressive physical therapy, approximately 50% of what we could expect to return in terms of function should have could have come back. After about 12 months, just about everything that you can expect to recover should have recovered. Most people outside the 12 month window are sort of left with the disability that their stroke has given them.

I would say that every stroke victim benefits from aggressive physical therapy irrespective of what type of stroke they have had or where their stroke is. Institution of physical therapy and occupational therapy immediately after the stroke will optimize the amount of recover that they are going to have from that stroke.

My mom had a stroke and was paralized on her left side of her body when I was twelve years old. She never fully recovered. However, with physical therapy she learned to live with her new limitations. She got a scooter that helped her get around without feeling like she was in an electric wheelchair. She died at 54 of kidney failure 18 years after her stroke. I can't comment on the severity of your particular case. Physical and speech therapy are the only things that can help now. Expect a life change.

It probably depends on the severity of the stroke. My mother had a mild stroke on her 60th birthday. She recovered within a few weeks, with only a few effects left. Her speech and her walk are difficult when she gets overtired. I do know of others who never recover to their "normal" functioning level because of the areas of the brain that are damaged.

Depends on what type of "recovery" you're seeking!