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My dad went from someone I can chat with every day about something or build something together to partially disabled due to first stroke and now unable to communicate fully or easily due to the second stroke at 65.

He lost his job and sadly there are few things to help with those who are unable to communicate.

This all happened over a single weekend.

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That sucks. If it happened recently, though, don't completely lose hope. My mother-in-law had a stroke with a poor prognosis, and years later she's fully recovered and teaches piano!

Thank you, i'm so glad your MIL made such a wonderful recovery!

We're about a year in and he's gotten to the "I can do this myself, I'm not depressed" phase, haha!

Happened to my brother as well. Extremely fit and sharp guy. Had one stroke at his 31 years of age and another 6 months later.

I make sure to enjoy every day as much as possible now.

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