He had a stroke and aphasia, right? It can take a long time to get your brain back in order, like speech therapy, physical therapy, assuming you can recover. Plus it's likely very traumatic. He might be able to talk but with difficulty, or have trouble getting words out coherently enough for the pod. Lots of potential issues when your eggs get lightly scrambled and you're in the process of recovering and figuring out how much of your life you're going to get back.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

I get aphasia before, during, and after migraines and with extreme distress.

Not being able to communicate is very frustrating. Yesterday afternoon, I couldn't find the words to ask my husband to please get my sunglasses from the front pocket of my purse. What are those things that help my eyes called? And the dark green bag I take around with me?

Matt relays a lot of detail and complicated ideas – I couldn't even ask for sunglasses. I can't imagine how much time and patience it must take for him to have a conversation of any substance at all.