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Dear Steve,
Welcome to the December issue of StrokeNet. This month we introduce a new
contributor to StrokeNet. Dez Crawford is the assistant director of a
municipal animal shelter. She has agreed to write a series of articles of
advise for Stroke Survivors about pets. Thanks to Dez for providing readers
with her expertise.
Steve introduces new board and staff members. Joe Flasher writes about
remedies for mild pain. Dez Crawford advises on how to obtain a pet. She
also gives some helpful tips for pet owners. Penny Wohlford shares her
experience using the Neuromove. BBC's Stroke Website is reviewed. Steve
Sanchez and Violet Lawrence share their biographies.
Organization Highlights, by Steve Mallory
This was a month of new additions to staff and board. Steve introduces
two new board members, a new daily chatroom moderator and a new message
board moderator.
Read Steve's Remarks...
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Mild To Moderate Pain With Some Aspects In Stroke, By Joe Flasher |
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This month Joe covers solutions for mild to moderate pain. He also
explains the difference between chronic and acute pain.
Mild to Moderate Pain... »
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Pet-Care Options for Stroke Survivors, By Dez Crawford |
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Dez is the assistant director at a fairly large municipal animal
shelter. Her husband, Dave, had two ischemic strokes last year. In this
article Dez shares some of her professional advise for obtaining a pet.
She also gives some helpful tips for pet owners.
This is the first of several articles, which Dez plans to write for
StrokeNet. She also includes her email address. If you have questions
please send them to her.
Pet-Care Options for Stroke Survivors... »
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Neuromove Review |
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StrokeNet reader, Penny Wohlford recently sent her reflections on the
Neuromove, which is designed to improve affected limbs. Check out what
she has to say and visit the web pages of the manufacturer. Is this a
devise, which could help you?
Neuromove... »
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Website Review |
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The website review is of the stroke website of the BBC. This is a place
to go for easily understood stroke information.
Website Review... »
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Bios: Steve Sanchez and Violet Lawrence |
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Steve Sanchez had a stroke at 34. In his bio he shares the experience
with other readers.
Violet Lawrence stroked over 10 years ago, in September 1993. She
shares her story and parts of her medical record.
Bios... »
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Our Organization |
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What is The Stroke Network? Where did it come from? Who are the people
that work there? Read the FAQ if you would like to know.
Just what is FAQ? I've seen it on the Internet several times but I've
never understood what it stood for. What is FAQ and why does our
organization have these letters? FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked
Questions. It's basically questions that most people are going to ask if
they want to know about your web site and service.
Our organization has a FAQ in order to give you some background
information and insight into our organization. The FAQ is linked from
virtually every single page on our whole web site. If you scroll down
the page and look on the left column you will see a button with a
question mark. Click on the button and you will be hyperlinked to our
FAQ web page.
You will learn about the formation of our organization and it's
history. You can find out who are our partners and learn about our basic
policies. Most of the frequently asked questions can be found here but
if you have more please let us know.
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