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Welcome to the April issue of StrokeNet. This month Steve Mallory
makes several important comments about chat. David Ray reports on Lower
Hutt Stroke Club March meetings. Kathy Bosworth reseached the Merci
Retriever, a new devise for early ischemic stroke treatment. Next find a
poem by Carolyn Benson. Kate Adamson shares her experience of becoming a
US citizen. Jean Gugenheimer brings several articles to our attention
including two on predicting stroke. April birthdays are listed. Featured
bios are of Pam Braidt and Michael Crowe.
Have a good read.
Organization Highlights,
By Steve Mallory
Steve reveals addresses for chat and guest speaker transcripts.
He talks about the chat schedules and offers instruction to sent yourself
chat reminders. Finally fall fundraisers are announced.
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 the March meetings of his Stroke
Club. The first featured a commercial supplier of garden mulch. A
retired orthopedic surgeon spoke at the second.
Life In New Zealand with a Stroke... »
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Merci Retriever , by
Kathy Bosworth |
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 Many Stroke
Network members saw the episode of ER a month or so ago where a
patient made a miraculous recovery from her ischemic stroke because
the doctors were able to use a new devise, the Merci Retriever. Kathy
researched the Merci Retriever for The Stroke Network. Here is her
report
Merci Retriever... »
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Thanksgiving in
Meeting Room 1B by Carolyn Benson |
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 This poem, contributed by Carolyn Benson, reflects on
holiday changes, which can occur because of stroke.
Poem... »
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Kate's Korner, by
Kate Adamson |
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 This month Kate's experience of becoming
a US citizen is covered.
Kate's Korner... »
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Stroke Article
Newsfeed, by Jean Gugenheimer |
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 Jean draws our
attention to several articles including two, which focus on predicting
stroke.
Newsfeed Review... »
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Stroke Network
Members Birthdays |
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 The Stroke
Network sends birthday greetings to all those celebrating in April.
Click below to see the list of Members who have added their April
birthday to their profile
Birthdays
are listed in the Calendar and each day the current birthdays are
listed on the Message Board. To be sure your birthday is included on
the list, 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.
April Birthdays... »
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Bio: Pam Braidt and
Michael Crowe |
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 Pam Braidt is Chat Room Administrator for
The Stroke Network. She stroked in 2002.
Michael
Crowe is a caregiver for his wife. She stroked February 2005.
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 Questions »
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