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Welcome to the November 2004 issue of
StrokeNet. Steve Mallory discusses changes
to the message board and chat room,
recognizes members and talks of future
plans. David Ray reports on two birthday
celebrations. Members attention is drawn to
the Active Forever website, which has items
available to aid stroke survivors. Concrete
Change, an organization which provides
information on accessible housing, is
described.
Jean Googenheimer reviews three sstroke
articles, which appeared this month. Janice
Rodriguez reviews websites which provide
stroke survivor education. November
birthdays, which are in the member database,
are listed. The only new bio this month
belongs to Julie Burdyshaw.
Organization Highlights, By Steve Mallory
Steve opens his report this month by
discussing changes to the message board and
chat room. He encourages all to participate
in chat. Steve gives special recognition to
several members, including those who have
become official mentors. He then talks about
encouraging local hospitals to recognize The
Stroke Network. Finally he speaks of
Computer Therapy as an outreach program.
Read Steve's Remarks...
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Life In New
Zealand with a Stroke, By David Ray |
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 David
reports on two birthday celebrations. A
friend of his turned 70 and the Lower
Hutt stroke Club celebrated its 23rd.
Life in New Zealand...
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Active Forever |
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 The Stroke
Network Information web page includes a
link to the company Active Forever. They
provide an assortment of products, which
solve stroke survivor problems. This
article describes what is available on
their website, http://www.activeforever.com.
Active Forever... »
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Concrete Change |
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 An
interesting website has been brought to
the attention of StrokeNet. Concrete
Change at http://www.concretechange.org
provides information to aid those
building a new home or redesigning their
home to increase visit-ability, to
increase accessibility.
From their website: "To change that
reality, three essentials can become
routine: 1. One ZERO-STEP entrance; 2.
All main floor interior doors--including
bathrooms-- with 32 inches of clear
passage space; 3. At least a half bath,
preferably a full bath, on the main
floor.
In other words, get in and out of the
house and be able to use the
bathroom--the essentials for visiting,
and for surviving in your house with a
temporary or long-term disability."
They provide a handout which can be
used to promote accessible housing.
Concrete Change
Handout... »
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Stroke Article
Newsfeed, By Jean
Googenheimer |
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 This month
Jean reviews three articles. The first
is on restoring vision following stroke.
The second is about a study which
indicates MRI's give more info following
stroke than the more commonly used CT
scan. Finally she provides a link to the
recent speech given by Dana Reeve.
Newsfeed Review... »
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Website Review,
By Janice Rodriguez |
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 The topic,
which Janice chose to cover this month,
is stroke survivors. She reviews several
sites, which provide survivor education.
Website Review... »
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November
Birthdays |
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 The
following Stroke Network members are
celebrating their birthdays in November.
The Stroke Network sends birthday
greetings to all of these members.
1st TLShark (38) Il.Tammy is a
caregiver; 5th Lainy (23) Ks. She
stroked in April 2004. Lainy enjoys
swimming, reading, movies, and reality
TV; 9th Anniebarb (60) Ca. Barbara
stroked Mary 1997. She is a Social
Security and SSI disability advocate;
9th Cyndip (39) Ar. Cyndip is caregiver
for her mom. She enjoys NASCAR and
antiques. 11th rstalnecker (47) Pa. A
survivor since October 2001, rstalnecker
enjoys classical rock and science
fiction; 14th oldwoman (44) Tx. Debbie
stroked in 1998. She lists her interests
as TV, computer, and feeding fish in the
pond; 16th Debbi (47) Ga. She is a
survivor since Nov 2003. 23rd Cinder
(38) In. Cindar is a caregiver to her
father and enjoys creating and inventing
reading, mowing 4 acres, and taking care
of her dogs;
26th PerryS (46) Ky. Perry Stevens
stroked on Christmas Day 2000. He stays
connected to the world through his
computer. He enjoys TV, and church. His
wife and he created a web page. He keeps
a journal, which he used to help write a
book, "I'd Like to Return this Gift,"
which was recently published; 27th
Vickie (53) Il. Vickie is a caregiver to
her father who had a stroke July 2000.
She lists her interests as bird
watching/feeding, reading, travel, and
antiques. 27th trubrat98 (33) NJ.
Trubrat is a caregiver. The mother had
the stroke. Trubrat lists interests as 5
ferrets, 2 cats and 3 dogs; 28th Lin
(54) Il. Lin Wisman is the editor of
this newsletter and is Director
Information Resources for The Stroke
Network. She had a brainstem stroke
March 6, 1997. Lin enjoys reading,
computer work, cooking and caring for
her cat, Cleopatra.
To be sure your birthday is included
on the list of member birthdays, add the
date to your profile. From the home page
of the Message Board, select 'My
Controls', on the left hand side of the
screen look for the category 'Personal
Profile.' Select 'Edit Profile.'
Message Board... »
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Bio: Julie
Burdyshaw |
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 Julie
Burdyshaw stroked 21 years ago. Click to
read what she has to say about it and to
see a photo which includes her daughter.
Bios can be entered by members or
sent to the editor. Instructions for
entering the bio for members: From the
Members Bio page: 1) Click the button at
the top 'New Image'; 2) Enter the
following data:A) Caption: your name; B)
Large text box: Enter the bio; C) Upload
photo: At the bottom of the page upload
your picture from your computer; 3) Save
If you do not have a digital photo
contact the editor at the address at the
top of this newsletter. She can send you
a snail mail address where you can send
a paper photo to be scanned.
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. The print version of this
newsletter is available at the website.
Contents of this newsletter may not
otherwise be reprinted without the
organization's permission. Please
contact the editor.
Frequently Asked
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