Blog For Stroke Survivors

I’m so sorry to hear of your broken bones, Candy. I hope the pain subsides very quickly for you and that the splint will prove to be less of a hindrance than it is now. I hope that that is all it is — a hindrance and not uncomfortable to wear.

Has your doctor advised you to take any calcium supplements? I’ve heard that they can be helpful, but perhaps Zooky or Kate will comment on this. They know far more than I. My very best wishes for a very rapid recovery,
Mary Claire

Hello Melissa,

Just a thought here, and I don’t know whether this will apply in the USA or not:

When Dennis had his stroke, I was able to go on extended paid sick leave, without a question, because it comes under the law of what is allowed here in New Zealand. (It helped that I also had the sick leave owing!).

Does your employment/union have the same conditions? Might be worth checking, even if you can get unpaid leave, say, a day each week or something like that. Does your boss actually realise the seriousness of the situation? – perhaps you could… well, not exaggerate, but you know what I
mean.

Good luck,
Gwenda

Dear all,

My daughter, Louise, arrived by plane on the 27 March 2001 from England. She visited me on Wednesday the 28 – great joy! On Friday the 30 March we were seated at the University of Pretoria for the graduation of four year students. She obtained her BA Communication Pathology degree spes. In audiology (my star !).
Today the whole group (my ex-wife, myself, three of our children, my father, my brother and my ex-parents were at my father having lunch.
Tomorrow (Sunday) my daughter will board a ‘plane to go back to Britain where she is working in a hospital in Torquay
Regards

Henning

Hi to Group,
It is sick to think that “low-life people” are trying to capitalize on the Sept. 11 tragedy. If anyone phones you, emails you, or solicits at your door, or even sends you a letter asking you for funds – which they promise to forward to the American or Canadian Red Cross as part of the relief
effort – they are all bogus. The organization of the Red Cross does *not* solicit funds in this way. To donate, a donor has to go to them. For those of us online they have a website (since Sept. 11, their site has been given links from most of the browsers and news websites).

If you are “off-guard” when you get a phonecall, or door-to-door visitation, ask them to mail you or give you information about their group while you consider. See if they’ll give you a telephone no. and report them to your Better Business Bureau, local police authority, even City
Hall.

I just about forgot and it is a good thing that they tied that rope aeround my neck. I don’t know but they were an anxius lot. They were trying to get me to sit on this horse under a tree. They must have been goibg to have a church service because there was this priest there in his nightgown
or something.. He kept uttering, ” I can play dominoes better than you can pat dominoes” I didn’t want to play anywat, I just wanted to get to Marys BIRTHDAY PARTY.Have a good and great day my love one of these bright years I will see you on your birthday. I was stationed at Ent AFB in Colorado Springs many moons ago. I was the onlt Canadian sailor around and noone could figure out who or what I was. Once more, all the best wishes in the world. It is my pleasure to have met
and had the spirit of you. GOD BLESS AND LOTS OF LOVE,

Rick

Dear Betty J, Yes it would be lovely to meet with Gwenda in Seattle in late April. That is a long way for you to come (from California). I would love to meet Cheryl also, but Cheryl lives somewhere in California. Patti lives in Olympia, much further south than Seattle. I woulld be able to travel further south. Let’s wait and see which City Gwenda will be closest to. Already I am so happy at the prospect of meeting you again.
love,
whitegoose