August

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STROKENET Newsletter

August 1, 2001 Issue #9

Linda Wisman , Editor,

mailto:LWisman@strokenetwork.org

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IN THIS ISSUE

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=> Sponsorship Notice

=> Special offer to Newsletter Readers

=> Position Open

=> Organization Highlights

=> Editor's Message

=> Stroke in New Zealand

=> Miracle after Twelve Years

=> Website Review: www.intelihealth.com

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POSITION OPEN

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The position of Nurse is currently open on our web page www.strokenetwork.org. If you are a Professional who would be

willing to help our readers please contact Pat Provost at Pprovost@strokenetwork.org. We would also appreciate your

passing this request on. Thanks.

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ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTS, By Steve Mallory

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We have risen sufficient funding to file for non-profit status.

Our documentation and filing fee is with our attorney right now

and will be filed for us in the near future. Thanks to everybody

who has contributed in order to make this happen.

There is absolutely no doubt that our organization is the largest

of it’s kind on the Internet and we will soon be able to ensure

that we will always be there in the future for those who need

us. I am able to read our records of Registration for everybody

who joins this organization and I can easily say that we are

being visited by at least 150 people, sometimes over 200, daily.

It is so nice to see that we are making our resources available

to so many people that are dealing with stroke, especially

those that are new to it and have no idea what is happening

to them.

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Editor’s Message, by Lin Wisman

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Welcome to the August Edition of the Strokenetwork Newsletter.

If you missed the opening article in the Newsletter, please

check again. Noblemotion is making a special offer to our

readers. This is a wonderful product. I have had mine for

three years. It has definitely increased my independence!

Immediately following is an is an article where David Ray

continues his musings on winter in New Zealand. Also in the

letter you will find a great note from Vicky Beard, who

experienced miraculous improvement after twelve years. Barbara

Layne reviews a website for us which features health information

from Harvard Medical School.

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Stroke in New Zealand by David G Ray

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It is now winter in New Zealand but the wonderful weather

continues. Today my wife and I sat outside in the sun and

watched the Waxeyes (small birds) attempt, with some success,

to demolish all the fruit from our guava tree. We attract the

birdlife to our property by feeding them with bread and other

tidbits on our lawn. We do this every day at about noon and

every day at about 11.30am the birds congregate about our

pear tree waiting their lunch. We also have blackbirds,

sparrows (by the hundreds it seems), and thrushes. Fantails

also arrive but they never land on the grass, merely hover

above the trees. We also have a couple of Little Blue Penguins

nesting under our house. These flightless birds eat a diet of

fish that they catch at night in the nearby harbour. They bring

them back to their nests and this creates a strong smell of

rotting fish sometimes, but in the interests of conservation,

we don't mind the inconvenience. The local cats ignore them

or cannot get into their burrows.

Our Stroke Club is about to start another season of 6 monthly

meetings, outings etc. In August (besides my 68th birthday) we

will begin by hearing from an eye specialist. It is very

important, as we get older, that we look after our eyes. The

older we get the more we seem to read, watch television, watch

our flowers or watch our grandchildren at play etc. The second

meeting will see us enjoy a demonstration of oriental painting

and we will be able to try it for ourselves. A physiotherapist

from the local hospital is booked to talk to us on exercise.

Besides these we will visit the gardens at Government House

(where the Queen's representative lives) and later in the year

listen to some entertainment following our lunch to celebrate

the birthday of the Lower Hutt Stroke Club. As usual, in early

December, our members will enjoy the Christmas lunch to

complete our year.

At the last meeting of our Stroke Club we heard our outgoing

President give his Annual Report of activities. It had been a

full and busy year and the programme organised by our

co-coordinator had been very well received and enjoyed. One

aspect that dismayed me a little, was the lack of response

from members to volunteer for a stint on the committee.

Apparently members are happy to come and enjoy each meeting

but are most reluctant to help with the organisation.

Fortunately, (or perhaps it is unfortunate) no one criticized

the 2000/1 committee for what had been organised or achieved.

I wonder if this is a problem with other stroke clubs where

members are willing to take but not give. I am reminded of the

words of the late President Kennedy who said "Ask not what your

country can do for you, rather ask what you can do for your

country." One person did volunteer to come onto the committee

and this person is full of constructive ideas.

So the Lower Hutt Stroke Club begins another 12 months (until

June 2002) of activities designed to entertain and inform stroke

victims. One thing I have found is that it is a wonderful place

to meet people who have conquered adversity with hope and a

cheerful heart.

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Miracle after Twelve Years, by Vicky Beard

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I just joined your Stroke Group, and had to share a miracle.

After 12 Years Of a paralyzed arm, I got feeling back. I'm

back In Occupational Therapy. Right now I'm in Intensive

Stretching Therapy. I am also in an Antispacisity Brace for

my hand, as my hand & arm were in the fetal position for 12

years. I can lift my arm up, and touch my shoulder, and wiggle

two fingers -- all in 1 month.

God Bless

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Web Site Review by Barbara Layne

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This month’s website is www.intelihealth.com and it features

health information from Harvard Medical School. It is an easy

site to use with a lot of interactive links. There is the usual information pertaining to stroke overview, warning signs, and resources, but then there are some wonderful interactive tools:

Blood Pressure Interactive Diary

Harvard Symptom Scout

Harvard Tests & Procedures

Health Risk Report

The related topics deal with everything from Weight Management

to Caregivers. There is even a search engine to use to search

Medical Literature.

The entire site deals with so many health issues and concerns.

You can search for information that deals with Men’s Health,

Women’s Health, Children’s Health, and Senior’s Health. If

you or someone you know will be having a test or procedure, you

can look it up and learn what to expect, what to do to prepare,

and what the doctor can expect to learn.

I hope you get as much out of this website as I do. This is

one that I use often. I hope you find it helpful and

informative.

See you in September!

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