Varies a lot. I get a lot of minor strokes if I skip blood thinners for a week or so.

At peak I’m a highly effective programmer.

If I’ve had one recently, a “for loop” is a challenging concept.

After a few days to weeks I’ll be back to near normal. Some symptoms last longer.

Highly active Factor 5 Leiden, so I clot like crazy.

That sounds incredibly difficult. You must be a very strong and intelligent person.

Thank you, yes beyond challenging. Mostly at this point because I work technical jobs and have no idea how to step down to lower role where periodic reduced intelligence is less of an issue.

It's an average. Strokes can be very small and localized.

The impact of a stroke varies a lot with the kind of stroke, and the proximity of quality treatment.

An awful stroke speedily treated by top doctors has the chance of imparting basically no change to cognitive function. Of the same token, not-the-worst strokes with mediocre care can ruin one's capacity to work.

It's a really complicated medical event, with high variance in outcome. Strokes suck.