Saturdays News - Trevor's Brain Was Almost Cut In Two

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Trevor's Brain Was Almost Cut In Two ...
W5: Baby Steps (movies part 1 & 2)
2nd March 2012









If Trevor Greene and Debbie Lepore had never met, you wonder if he would have had the will to recover from a devastating injury to his brain in 2006.  It happened in Afghanistan when Trevor, a Captain in the reserves, was serving with the Canadian Army.  After removing his helmet as a gesture of peace during a meeting with elders in a remote village, Trevor was attacked by a Taliban fighter who had an axe concealed beneath his clothes.  Trevor's brain was almost cut in two. It was the beginning of a long march to survive and recover, a six-year saga of willpower and the love between Trevor and Debbie.

Captain Trevor Greene, Canadian Armed Forces 

(in YouTube)

Remembrance Day - 11th November 2009

Update on Capt. Trevor Greene of CAF, recovering from a brutal axe attack in Afghanistan.

See also:

• Very nice site, ReBuildingYou (http://www.rebuildingyou.com/).  Many articles about stroke and brain injuries.  One article, Peace Warrior, a remarkable story of recovery, Captain Trevor Greene.
• In YouTube, there are at least about a half-dozen movies about Capt. Trevor/Debbie Greene and most them are good to view.

Saturday Comics - March 10th / 2012

For Better and For Worse  by Lynn Johnston /2006-10-20

(This a serious topic of stroke but with a very nice cartoons. It is all about Grandpa Jim had a stroke and 88 further cartoon "strips" that happened to Grandpa Jim [11th of the series stroke of 88 -- every week])

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 "... I don't have to eat my carrots !"   

Dilbert               by Scott Adams / 2012-03-10

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"What went wrong this time?"

Garfield            by Jim Davis / 2012-03-04

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"I'm done with March!"

Pickles                 by Brian Crane / 2012-03-07

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"Earl, aren't you going to answer the phone?"

* I tried to get low or free price at the people http://www.UniversalUclick.com/ for the images for the cartoons.  It was too high for Stroke Survivors Tattler i.e. we are not a regular newspaper and our budget is very low.  Fortunately, you will have to do only 1-click more to see the cartoon image, it is legit and it is free using  GoComics.com and Dilbert.com.

Saturday News Articles - March 10th / 2012

Stroke Rehabilitation - Who Says It Can't Be Fun?

Written by Julie Taylor

I loved reading this story by Dakshana Bascaramurty in the Globe and Mail on the 14th June 2010 - I thought you might enjoy it too? It's yet more about the near-miraculous rebuilding that the brain can do - if given a chance...

While Jean-Guy Thibault was in a Montreal rehabilitation hospital in 2008 after a massive stroke, he made a promise to his occupational therapist: "One day, I'm going to have a beer on Saint Catherine Street and watch the girls go by."

It seemed like a long shot at the time: He couldn't walk, sit or even hold a pint. The 66-year-old underwent intensive rehab for eight months, but his left arm was still paralyzed by the time he was sent home to continue his recovery on his own.

Then, about two months ago, he participated in a clinical trial for an emerging field of therapy: video-game rehab. In recent years, researchers around the world have been investigating the potential of virtual reality to help victims of stroke and other brain injuries.

Read the full article Stroke Rehabilitation - Who Says It Can't Be Fun?

Disability Etiquette.

Written by Julie Taylor

How can you enhance the day of a person with a disability?  Or just not ruin it?  Often simply by addressing them with respect and friendliness. More than ever before, I am delighted to see persons with disabilities enriching the lives of all of us by being in our classrooms, shops, workplaces and in society in general.

As with anything new, we often worry about how to behave with other people.  And that very worry often causes us to be inflexible and uncomfortable with new situations.  Relax - please - and just treat us with respect and decency.

Read the full article Disability Etiquette by Julie Taylor.

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