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Welcome to the July issue of StrokeNet. Steve Mallory shares the
latest organization news. Grace Moulton, a survivor from New Zealand,
writes about running marathons. Jean Riva shares her views as a caregiver:
Caregiving Aphasia and Apraxia Style. Cleo Hutton's new book "After a
Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier" is reviewed. Kate Adamson is
celebrating the tenth anniversary of her stroke. Jean Gugenheimer reviews
the newest stroke health news. July birthdays are listed. Featured bios
are Carmen Gonzalez and Kim Brasher.
Have a good read.
Organization Highlights,
by Steve Mallory
Steve Mallory is back after a brief illness. He tells about the
illness, and about meeting a Stroke Network member at a recent meeting.
Steve announces a change to the Time Conversion link. Check it out if you
are having problems figuring out when chats are happening.
Read Steve's Report...
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Overcoming Stroke
and Running for the Cause, by Grace Moulton |
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 Grace is a New Zealand stroke survivor. She has run
in several marathons. They have been her way to participate in stroke
prevention and have helped her in her recovery. David Ray, who usually
writes the column "Life with a Stroke In New Zealand" sharing his
stroke club's programs, sends the article to us.
Running... »
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Caregiving Aphasia
and Apraxia Style: View from a Caregiver, by Jean Riva |
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Jean shares with readers the experience of working
with her husband Don, who is a stroke survivor and who has Aphasia and
Apraxia.
If you would
like to share your experiences with stroke recovery, please send your
learnings to the editor.
Aphasia Caregiving... »
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Book Review, by Lin
Wisman |
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 Cleo Hutton is a contributor to this
newsletter. Her new book "After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life
Easier" is reviewed. If you are new to stroke this book is for you. If
you are not new to stroke you may still be interested.
300 Tips... »
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Kate's Korner, by
Kate Adamson |
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 At the end of June Kate celebrated the tenth
anniversary of her stroke. She shares some insights of keeping in
shape as a stroke survivor.
Kate's Korner... »
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Stroke Article
Newsfeed, by Jean Gugenheimer |
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 Jean reviews several articles of interest. Subjects
covered include use of low dose aspirin as a preventative, laughter as
recovery medicine, and a new blood test to determine who is
susceptible to stroke. Also covered is the use of speech therapy for
those who experienced stroke years ago and the discovery that "Deep
Throat" is a stroke survivor.
Newsfeed Review... »
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Stroke Network
Members Birthdays |
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 The Stroke Network wishes a Happy Birthday to all
those born in July. Click below to see the list of Members who have
added their July 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.
Birthdays... »
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Bios: Carmen
Gonzalez and Kim Brasher |
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 Carmen Gonzalez, who is 36, had a bleed
four years ago. Since then she has been working towards recovery.
Kim Brasher
tells how her life has changed since her stroke. Kim is Fund Raiser
for The Stroke Network. She is currently organizing a charity golf
tournament to be held in Alabama.
The link
below will take you to the Members Bios in the Gallery of the message
board. To read the bio, click on the photo.
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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