In this issue... Organization Highlights, by Steve Mallory Mild To Moderate Pain With Some Aspects In Stroke, By Joe Flasher Pet-Care Options for Stroke Survivors, By Dez Crawford Neuromove Review Website Review Bios: Steve Sanchez and Violet Lawrence Our Organization

Greetings,

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.

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	Mild To Moderate Pain With Some Aspects In Stroke, By Joe Flasher
This month Joe covers solutions for mild to moderate pain. He also explains the difference between chronic and acute pain. Mild to Moderate Pain... »

	Pet-Care Options for Stroke Survivors, By Dez Crawford
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... »

	Neuromove Review
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... »

	Website Review
The website review is of the stroke website of the BBC. This is a place to go for easily understood stroke information. Website Review... »

	Bios: Steve Sanchez and Violet Lawrence
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.

	Our Organization
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. Frequently Asked Questions »

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