Welcome to the February issue of StrokeNet. Steve
Mallory updates Stroke Network events. Louis Caplan's
new book "Stroke" is reviewed. Christopher Tobin shares
his post stroke trip from US to Australia. Kate Adamson
writes about sharing disabilities with children. Jean
Guggenheimer shares the latest stroke news. The second
announcement of a new advice column appears. February
birthdays are listed. Finally the bios of Hank Rotzel
and Tom DeHaas are featured.
You may have noticed that David Ray's column "Living
in New Zealand with a Stroke" has been absent for a few
months. David has not been feeling well. In it not clear
when he will be able to rejoin the staff. StrokeNet is
looking for a new column. David's column reports on his
stroke club. The new column could be a report on your
local stroke club or could take a different slant. If
you would be interested in writing a column contact the
editor.
Organization Highlights, By Steve Mallory
Be sure to read Steve's article to learn all of the
changes which have been made to date with the new
upgrade. He also reports that the Bracelet program, The
Stroke Network's plan to sell stroke bracelets, should
be up and running by the end of February.
Steve announces a new partnership The Stroke Network
has entered into.
"Stroke" by Louis Caplan, MD, Reviewed by Lin
Wisman
The stated intent of this book is to narrow the
stroke information gap between doctor and
patient. It covers many topics and provides a
lot of information to stroke survivors, their
caregivers and family members.
Jean reviews three items this month. They
include a new NIH center proposed, research to
block a molecular switch, and aspirin benefit
differences between men and women.
In the spring a new column comes to StrokeNet.
Marty Arlen's column entitled "Ask Uncle 007,"
will be a not so serious advice column. Have you
thought of your not so serious questions?
Click below to find the email address where
you can sent questions.
The Stroke Network wishes a Happy Birthday to
all those born in February. Click below to see
the list of Members who have added their
February 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.'
This month requires a bit of a search for
featured bios. As this newsletter goes to
publication, Hank's is in the second row of page
1. Tom's is in the third row of page 2. Hank,
who lives in Connecticut, stroked in December 9,
2004. Tom DeHaas lives in Washington state and
stroked April 25, 2004. You may remember him as
Rezdog.
When you click the link below you are taken
to the Members Bio section of The Gallery. To
access a bio, click the photo.
If you would like to have your bio featured,
add it to the Gallery or send it to the editor
and she will add it for you. In order to be
featured you must write a 200 - 1,000 word bio.
If you do not have a digital photo, contact the
editor.
To add yourself, from the Members Bio section
of The Gallery select New Image. In the caption
box add your entire name, first and last. Place
the bio in the large text box in the middle of
the screen. Add a photo by selecting Upload at
the bottom of the page.
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.
