Saturday Comics - February 11th / 2012

For Better and For Worse  by Lynn Johnston /2006-10-05

(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 [6 of the series stroke of 88 -- every week])

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 "... we've been there. "   

Dilbert               by Scott Adams / 2012-02-07

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

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"... my inbox has nothing but vowels."

Garfield            by Jim Davis / 2012-02-10

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

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"Beware of Dog!"

Pickles                 by Brian Crane / 2012-02-03

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

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"What exactly do you mean?"

* 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 - February 11th / 2012

Creative Age Festival - June 7 to 13 @ Timms Centre.

Creative Age Theatre Festival

at the

Timms Centre University of Alberta.

The Creative Age Festival is held annually during Seniors Week in celebration of arts and aging.  The 2011 Festival takes place June 7 - 13.  The Creative Age Festival:

• Recognizes the vital contribution and benefit of the arts in relation to life-long learning, creative expression, mental and physical health, and well-being.
• Celebrates the artistic accomplishments of seniors.
• Encourages seniors to become more involved in the arts.
• Promotes quality arts-based programming and engagement in later life.

Festival highlights include the opening and closing celebrations, art exhibit, arts cafes, Choral Fest, Festival of Edmonton Seniors Theatre (FEST) drama workshops, and more.

Contact the Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council at 780-423-5635 for more details or visit the website at www.cafestival.ca, or, contact the City of Edmonton - Creative Age Theatre Festival.

Reminder: ad-Hoc Darts - Feb 7 (Tuesday) @ 7pm

ad-Hoc Darts

WhenTue, February 7, 7:00pm – 9:30pm

WhereHilltop Pub, Edmonton (map)

Description▶ Hill Top Pub on Tuesday on the FIRST week on every month. ▶ Various pubs in Edmonton on every other Tuesday -- e-mail: carriemylittlebluebag@hotmail.com and she will tell you where it is going to be. ▶ "I must say I am a big fan of darts, pubs and a big fan of brunch, supper, ... but i never thought the 3 could work together. I was pleasantly surprised when our ad-hoc darts team has lots a fun ..."

Car Butler - A Nice Widget - National Stroke Association.

The National Stroke Association  told us to try Car Butler (only iPhone or iPad).  It is free of course! (SSTattler, I tried it -- is a nice device).


** "Car Butler is all about convenience and having everything close at hand in one app." - Edmunds.com "Automobile App of The Week" - December 12, 2011 
** Rated 4 1/2 Stars by TheMacMob.com "Car Butler ... is an incredible ... all-in-one app which has powerful and easy to use features." - July 29, 2011
** Featured app on "New & Noteworthy" in iTunes Navigation -July 2011

Car Butler™ for the iPhone, the all-in-one app for people and their cars, offers the following powerful, yet easy-to-use features:

• SERVICES: Locate nearby gas stations, reputable mechanics, highly-rated body shops, as well as local car wash locations, and parking lots.
• PARKING SPOT MARKER: Mark your parking spot and set up alerts to remind you of the metered or timed parking.
• TRAFFIC: Check local traffic congestion condition.
• COMMUTE: Calculate commute time to destination.
• AUTO ACCIDENT REPORT: Easily document and exchange information in case of an auto accident with step-by-step car accident report.
• WEATHER: Get 5-day local weather conditions.

Car Butler™ is your car's concierge, an all-in-one mobile app for iOS device designed uniquely for drivers and their cars.   Car Butler™ will save you time, aggravation, and money. It is a powerful, easy-to-use mobile app for the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch.

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YouTube: Driving a Vehicle After A Stroke

Learn the steps you need to take to drive after a stroke. Your vision and memory can impair your ability to drive, however, if you pay attention to these impairments during rehabilitation you can prepare your self to drive again. It is important to meet with your physician to obtain a prescription to receive a driving evaluation at Brooks Rehabilitation. (This video was made in Florida - minor terminology is different in Edmonton).

Saturdays Comics - February 4, 2012

For Better and For Worse  by Lynn Johnston /2006-09-30  

(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 [5 of the series stroke of 88 -- every week])

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 "I don't want to leave Jim, ... "   

Dilbert               by Scott Adams / 2012-01-31

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

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"That's called the singularity."

Garfield            by Jim Davis / 2012-02-02

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

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"We cats have got to get into ..."

Pickles                 by Brian Crane / 2012-01-29

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"... Right off that something was amiss."

* 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.

News – Centre for Stroke Recovery - January 2012

See the Newsletter: RECOVERY News – January 2012 

I solved the problem of wet slippery shampoo.

I solved the problem of wet slippery shampoo & body wash bottles in the  shower! Last night a new bottle of baby shampoo slipped & half of the  content was lost not to mention the floor tiles in the roll in got slippery.  ... SOLUTION: Today I found some wide rubber bands & slipped them onto the bottles, now even when wet the bottles stay put when holding them & won't slide out of your soapy hands... EUREKA!

I found the wide elastic rubber bands at WalMart in a variety bag of different widths & sizes.

Thought this tip might be helpful to pass along.

Huggers / Carol

Comics Delivered Only On Saturday Or Spread Through The Week?

The results of the first poll:

• Comics Delivered Only On Saturday Or Spread Through The Week?

This is the first trial poll (see above) and based on BlogSpot tools.  It works just OK but it is too limited for the kind of useful and bigger polls.  For the next, second,  poll we will try to use Google tools  - it is free and much more powerful than BlogSpot.  We are in the middle devising the second poll based on Google and it going to be published sometime in February - I think it is going to be much better. If you have question(s) about strokes and you want the answer to a kind of poll just e-mail me, SSTattler, and I will tell you exactly how to do it and when!

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YouTube: Broca's aphasia - Sarah Scott

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Sarah had an unexpected ischemic stroke when she was 18. She now suffers from aphasia, a
communication disorder.  A million people in the USA have aphasia, and 250 thousand in the UK.  Every 11 minutes, in the UK, 3 people will have a stroke. One of them will have aphasia.

More young people are suffering strokes. The probable reason for Sarah's stroke was a PFO, a hole in the heart. This was only discovered after the stroke, when Sarah had a barrage of tests to try to find the cause. The hole was closed using an amplatzer device, in November 2009.

We hope that this video might help other young people in a similar situation. I spent hours and hours online, looking for support and answers in the darkest days when Sarah was in hospital.

Please feel free to contact us if you want to!



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Second video showing Sarah's progress after having a stroke at the age of 18.  She still has problems with numbers, reading and writing, as well as speech.   We hope this will be useful for anyone living with aphasia, please feel free to get in touch as we remember what it was like in the early days when we were looking for answers online.



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Sarah recorded this video on 13th May 2011, exactly two years after she suffered a stroke at the age of 18 when she was reading aloud in an English class at school. Sarah has Broca's Aphasia which affects speech, reading and writing. This is the third video showing Sarah's progress so far.

Saturday Comics - January 28, 2012

For Better and For Worse  by Lynn Johnston /2006-09-29  

(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 [4 of the series stroke of 88 -- every week])

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 "and mom? ... I'm so sorry."   

Dilbert               by Scott Adams / 2012-01-21

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

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"Now that I'm a top one-percenter, ..."

Garfield            by Jim Davis / 2012-01-26

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

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"Do you mind if I gaze into your eyes, ..."

Pickles                 by Brian Crane / 2012-01-23

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

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"Do you ever wish you were young again, ..."

* 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.

TechTalk, I CAN Centre for Assistive Technology

Friday 20 April 2012, 9 - 3:30 pm
AAC EXPO 12
Location: Conference Room A,
                Glenrose Hospital,
                Edmonton, Alberta,
                Canada

Plan to attend this special one-day event at the I CAN Centre. We have invited all of the key manufacturers and suppliers across Canada to participate in this full-day event. Product demonstrations will take place throughout the day so plan on attending for the full-day. Display areas will be set up in Conference Room A so that you can meet individually with representatives and have your questions answered.

Come and meet representatives from: Saltillo, Prentke Romich Co, DynaVox, Bridges, Insight Media and more.

This day will be of interest to families, professionals and educators who would like to learn more about AAC technology.

Registration required - No Fee
Registration Deadline: 06 April 2012
Read the full article: TechTalk, I CAN Centre for Assistive Technology.

SRAE Chinese New Year Party - Year of the Dragon

Cold Hemiplegic Arm

Recently on one of the stroke lists, many stroke survivors have been complaining about feeling cold on their hemiplegic side.  My physiotherapist said that after stroke the hemiplegic side is often several degrees cooler because of lack of movement. She said she sometimes judges how much recovery is occurring by observing whether the temperature difference between the two sides normalizes.

This old article actually measured the temperature difference between the hemiplegic arm and the unaffected arm.  So if you are experiencing a temperature difference between the two sides of your body, you are not dreaming—or having unusual symptoms.  Feeling cold on your hemiplegic side may be common after stroke.

See an article The Cold Hemiplegic Arm by Peter Wanklyn et al.

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YouTube: Jennifer Drawdy's Stroke Testimonial

YouTube: Jennifer Drawdy's Stroke Testimonial

Did Jennifer notice that a stroke was about to happen to her?

No, it was early in the morning. She had been reading in bed and had made herself a cup of coffee. She had just got up to let her dogs go pottie and was  getting another cup of coffee and going back to her reading.

The lesson here is that Stroke CAN strike ANYWHERE and at ANY TIME.

How many stroke signs did you notice?

1. On the Left side of her body,
2. Paralysis to the point of collapse and unable to get up,
3. One side of her face drooping,
4. Passing out.

Did she know what was wrong?

       No, she didn't recognize the signs of stroke.

Did she call 911?

       No, she called friends and family.

Would you know what to do?

Would you call 911?

Learn the SIGNS OF STROKE and if you or someone near you is showing any of the signs,  CALL 911.  STROKE is a  MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Knowing this basic information could save the life of you or someone you love.

5 warning signs of stroke.  If you or someone near you experience:

• Trouble seeing in one or both eyes,
• Numbness, weakness of face or limbs,
• Bad Headaches,
• Difficulty walking, loss of balance,
• Difficulty speaking or understanding speech - Call 911!!!

Stroke is a medical emergency...

Author by Gary Gray of Prince Edward Island Stroke Recovery