stroke recoverers review aug 2012

“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 13, Issue 149 August 2012

Photos by Victor Toy

www.templetonstrokerecovery.com

Inside this issue:

August 2012 Volume 13, Issue 149

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RECIPE: Quick/Easy Chicken Noodle Soup

It’s hard to wait around

for something you

know might never

happen; but it’s even

harder to give up when

you know it’s every-

thing you want.

A dream doesn’t become reality

through magic; it takes sweat,

determination and hard work.

—Colin Powell

Marriage is a relationship in which

one is always right and the other

is the husband.

—submitted by Loy Lai

Templeton Stroke Recovery

ENCOURAGEMENTS

Ingredients:

1 tbsp .......... Butter

1/2 cup ........ Onion, chopped

1/2 cup ........ Celery, chopped

4 (14.5 oz) cans, Chicken broth

1 (14.5 oz) can, Vegetable broth

1/2 lb ........... Chicken breast,

cooked and chopped

1-1/2 cups .. Egg noodles

1 cup ........... Carrots, sliced

1/2 tsp ......... Dried basil

1/2 tsp ......... Dried oregano

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. In a large pot, over medium

heat, melt butter. Cook onion

and celery in butter, until just

tender, 5 minutes.

2. Pour in chicken and vegetable

broths and stir in chicken, egg

nood les , carro ts , bas il ,

oregano, salt and pepper.

3. Bring to a boil, then reduce

heat and simmer (20 minutes)

before serving. Enjoy!

Prep time: Cook Time: Ready in:

10 min. 20 min. 30 min.

“There’s life after stroke”

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Published every month, if possible. Contributions are always welcome. The articles should be in, not later than day 25th day of every month.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in Stroke Recoverer’s Review newsletter: articles, submissions and spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’s Review. Editor reserves the right at any time to make changes as it deems necessary. It is the purpose of this periodical to share a variety of viewpoints mostly from stroke

survivors.

August 2012 Contributors:

Loy Lai, Ollie Stogrin

Jim Walmsley, Karel Ley

Werner Stephan Victor Toy, Jose Suganob

Production of SRR:

Jose Suganob

Email: [email protected]

Printing Pick-up Person:

Ollie Stogrin

Recipe...Chicken Noodle Soup

(easy and quick)

2

Encouragements 2

Last Month’s Happening 3

Jose’s Notes, Jim Internet Joke 4

SRABC-DELTA Branch Cruise 5

Mommy Wars 6

It seems, it just was

July 26th and we

were having our

picnic at Trout Lake,

almost impossible

that it is now Sept,

I don’t know if our members

have had a busy summer. I do

know for myself that I still need

time off. It seems between

having company from out of

town, being away to visit

Victoria. About 5 years seems

like a foreign land after not being

there for such a long time.

It was nice our picnic was

enjoyed by our members and

guests. The weather cooperated

so one can say ‘it was a

success’? There was enough

food, as always. Some members

played bocci. The other groups

visited. It too bad that we don’t

have time to have at least 2

picnics during the summer. As it

seems, our members and guests

always have an enjoyable time.

We had members from Delta,

North Shore and Douglas Park

come and join us. Maybe, next

year, we will try to arrange an

autumn picnic? which be a first

for Stroke Recovery branches…

As always, when the weather is

nice, we try to do outings. Our

group had a bowling day at

Commercial Drive. Seems every

month, we have something

going; April is Camp BLAST;

May, we go to Coquitam



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LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING —by Ollie Stogrin, Templeton Stroke Recovery

Branch’s for their ‘Annual

Luncheon.’ In June, there was

Strides for Stroke; July was our

picnic. We close all of August

but many of SRABC Branches

stays opened 12 months.

Templeton Pool activity room is

being used during summer. Our

members all seem to keep busy

during our closed time. They

also have families that come to

visit or they go visit their families

in another country or parts of the

world.

Speaking of parts of the world;

our members come from: New

Zealand, Africa, Poland, Japan,

Scotland, Germany, Philippines,

Ireland, Italy and Czech. We are

‘world wide.’

Our group a monthly ‘dinner

night’ which most of our mem-

bers enjoyed attending. We went

to a different restaurant each

time. It was a real fun evening

with our members and their

families. We all looked forward

to getting together and getting to

know our member family. Only,

now we are informed that the

HandyDART can’t do the

evening pick-up anymore. So, it

seems that ends our nite out

with our members. We had such

a good turn out for this monthly

dinner night. Hopefully, some-

how (someone) we can fix this?

Any suggestions?

I’m sure, next month (Sept) I will

have lots to report as everyone

will be back to Templeton.

We are planning to take a day

bus trip to Harrison Hotspring,

Sept. 27, 2012. Please get your

friends, your families together.

Please call me, Ollie 604-434-

3609 or Key 604-434-6513

A DAY TRIP TO

HARRISON HOT SPRING

And

MISSION ABBEY

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012

The bus will leave at 9:00 am

Templeton Pool area.

Price: $32 per person

RSVP: September 20, 2012

Call:

Ollie: 604-434-3609

Key: 604-434-6513

Shaz: 778-986-7542

See you all next month!

— by Ollie Stogrin



Diabetes Story Jose Notes...

Sept. 1—Sept. 5, 2012

Saturday, I was at home feeling

under the weather and some-

where in the afternoon, I threw

up and did not eat anything

(bad idea) because early

Sunday morning, I have to call

911, something was happening

and I told the paramedics about

my stroke experience. Early

morning, the ambulance took

me to Burnaby Hospital.

I thought, one day at the most

that I will stay (bad idea again)

When they that diabetes to

boot, they check my blood

sugar, they were low, 2.37, de-

hydrated and me feeling dan-

gerously under the weather.

This dangerous episode starting

early Sunday, Sept. 2 and The

End at lunchtime, Wednesday,

Sept. 5 when they discharged

me...

I saved Burnaby Hospital

breakfast, lunch, supper

receipts and I can see that my

personal way of doing my food

is not right. You should, those

diabetes, that you should

breakfast, lunch and supper at

the same time, like breakfast:

8am, lunch: 12 noon, supper

5pm with in-between meal of

tea and some cookies.

And, they checked my blood

sugar before I eat my breakfast

and you can see, where is my

blood sugar level and after my

breakfast. At first,

cont’d p.5

MOM’S DRIVER LICENSE

A mother is driving her

little girl to her friend’s

house for a play date.

“Mommy,” the little girl

asks, “How old are you?”

“Honey, you are not supposed to

ask a lady her age,” the mother

replied. “It’s not polite.”

“OK,” the little girl says, “How

much do you weigh?”

“Now, really,” the mother says,

“those are personal questions

and are really none of your

business.”

Undaunted, the little girl asks,

“Why did you and Daddy get a

divorce?”

“That’s enough questions, young

lady! Honestly!”

The exasperated mother walks

away as the two friend to play.

“My mom won’t tell me anything

about her,” the little girl says to


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her friend.

“Well,” says the friend, “all you

need to do is look at her driver’s

license. It’s like a report card, it

has everything on it.”

Later that night the little girl says

to her mother, “I know how old

you are. You are 32.”

The mother is surprised and

asks, “How did you find that

out?”

“I also know that you weigh 130

pounds.”

The mother is past surprised

and shocked now. “How in

Heaven’s name did you find that

out?”

“And,” the little girl says

triumphantly, “I know why you

and daddy got a divorce.”

“Oh, really?” the mother asks,

“Why?”

“Because you got an F in sex.”

If you see someone without a

smile today, give them one of

yours!

—joke submitted by Jim Walmsley

Delta Stroke Recovery

JOSE’s NOTES...

HandyDART

JIMY INTERNET JOKES...



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Delta Branch is organizing a

river cruise on Saturday,

September 22, 2012, leaving

from Ladner waterfront and

returning there.

The cruise will be facilitated by

a Delta museum commentator

and will include lunch.

The cost is $75 per person. We

are subsidizing it for our own

Delta branch members to the

tune of $40 so that they will pay

$35 only (members only). After

September 4, the ship’s cruise

will be open to the general

public. Up to that day, stroke

survivors have preferential

booking. It is wheelchair acces-

sible and scooters can be used

but not easily loaded (the rider

will have to stand while the

scooter is loaded over a raised

portion). The deck is one level

only so no stairs to cause

problems. Payment (cheques)

to be made out to Delta Stroke

Recovery by September 4,

please. There will be a no host

bar on board.

Further details available from

me or from Delta Branch

coordinator, Dawn Sillett 604-

946-2731. —by Karel Ley

Delta Stroke Recovery

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FOR SALE - SALMON ARM TOWNHOUSE “JOSE’s Notes”-Impact on a Survivor’s


At first, I feel the prick of the

needle and after, I don’t feel

anymore, I respect Orlando

about. Doing the blood glucose

(sugar) levels, the instrument

and where is prick.

Blood glucose monitoring is a

way of testing the concentration

of glucose in the blood.

Particularly important in the

care of diabetes mellitus, a

blood glucose test a performed

by piercing the skin (typically,

on the finger) to draw blood,

then applying the blood to a

chemically active disposable

‘test-strip.’

Healthcare professionals advise

patients with diabetes on the

appropriate monitoring regime

for their condition.

Personal glucose monitoring

Control and outcomes may be

improved by patients using

home glucose meters to regu-

larly measure their glucose

levels.

The effort and expense may be

worthwhile for patients when

they use the values to sensibly

adjusts food, exercise, and oral

medications or insulin. These

adjustments are generally made

by the patients themselves

following training by a clinician.

The Burnaby Hospital team who work

on me, Thank you very much! They

said, I got a stomach flu...but became

dangerousl when you don’t check your

blood glucose. —by Jose Suganob


MOMMY WARS —Werner Stephan, North Shore Stroke Recovery Center - West Vancouver Group

It is a political term,

but what does it

mean? I became first

aware of it because

of an article in

‘Newsweek’ (May 14, 2012) and

I thought that all of us should at

least know what it stands for.

The term became more widely

known when Mitt Romney,

the conservative candidate for

president of the USA, used it in

his campaign. Why should we

care, we are Canadians? Well,

sooner rather than later, it will

be used by a Liberal or Conser-

vative candidate in Canada and

we should not appear to be old

and out of touch with the latest

discussions. Also, it is a too

much of an emotional term to be

ignored for long.

So, what does it mean? It

seems to depends on your point

of view: is someone a slacker

mom or a super mom? There is

a war between the two possibili-

ties. Some single moms

balance child care with the

demands of a job. But some

moms have given up and

provide only full time child care.

For life support, they depend on

welfare because they have no

job skills anyway. They are

overstretched with child care.

Some call them slacker moms.

Other moms acquire job skills

and balance child care with the

demands of a job. They are the

super moms. Your political

opinion determines which side

you identify with for a particular

label (Mommy Wars). I can hear

already the ‘womyn’s’ lib side

scream: ‘Hold the men responsi-

ble.’ The problem is that many of

the men responsible are already

on welfare or live a marginal

existence. The other side holds

the mommies responsible for

these children. What is to be

done? Forced adoption? State-

run child care and residential

schools? Clearly, a realistic

debate is needed. Our thoughtful

opinion is called for!

Bay Buchanan, the secretary

treasurer of the USA in the

Conservative Reagan cabinet,

and a single mom of 3 boys has

written a book about her

experiences ‘Bay and Her Boys.’

She stresses the importance to

grow-up in a complete family and

her difficulties, often amusing, of

balancing work with parent

responsibilities. She uses as an

example, her little son, who tried

to get her attention during an

important phone call and when

he did not get it immediately,

peed all over her briefcase. She

also stresses the importance of

having excellent job skills.

Hillary Rosen, also a single mom

and a Democratic strategist, says

that her personal wishes are:

‘that the difficulties of having to

balance a career with the respon-

sibilities of child-rearing are more

openly discussed. She had

accused the wife, Ann, of the

Conservative candidate Mitt

Romney, of never having to work


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a single day in her life. It is true

that money helps being a single

parent; no worry were the next

meal or rent check is coming

from. Does she imply that one

has to be poor to truly under-

stand the difficulties of a single

mom? It is interesting that the

ultra-liberal Rosen and super-

conservative Buchanan seem to

agree that the job of being a

single mom is stressful and often

lonely, and it requires lots of grit.

It would appear that the

difference between a super-mom

and a slacker-mom is not the

amount of money a mom is able

to spend, but the amount of care

she is showing.

Instead of screaming across the

political divide, politicians should

have a serious discussions about

child care and other issues

relating to single parenting.

These discussions should not be

limited to issues specifically

concerning single moms, but

should be expanded to problems

concerning single parenting. That

is right, there are single father,

too! Their problems have been

widely ignored by public opinions

and by the politicians. The same

requirement of equal attention

applies to the media also. Hope-

fully, the problems of single

parenting are behind us because

almost all of us are now grand-

parents. Mommy wars? Who

cares? We made it and survived!

—by Werner Stephan,

West Vancouver Group North Shore Stroke Recovery Center

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