templetonnewsletterfeb2014

Vol. 13, Issue 167 “Dedicated to Excellence” February 2014

BLAST Monthly Dinner Feb 15, 2014 (Moulin Rouge Restaurant)

Templeton Branch’s Birthdays February 2014 1—Josef, 14—Ollie, 28—Key

Hockeyville 2014 Hopeful !!! Shuswap Region: Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby, Falklands, Sicamous, Salmon Arm

Delta Branch—story p.3

Music Therapy Sessions Every Thursdays at Delta School of Music in Ladner, BC

Photos by Karel Ley

Photo by Victor Toy Photo by Jose Suganob

Photos by Jose Suganob

Salmon Arm Branch —story p.3

Looking back when

you’re old—

1. Being scared to do

things. Looking back

you’ll think, what was I so

afraid of?

2. Letting yourself be defined by

gender roles. Few things are

as sad as an old person say-

ing, “Well, it just wasn’t done

back then.”

3. Not realizing how beautiful

you were. Too many of us

spend our unhappy with the

way we look, but the reality

is, that’s when we’re our

most beautiful.

4. Not listening to your parents’

advice. You don’t want to

hear it when you’re young,

but the infuriating truth is

that of what your parents say

about life is true.

5. Working too much. No one

looks back from their

deathbed and wishes they

spent more time at the

office, but they do wish they

spent more time with family,

friends, & hobbies.

6. Never performing in front of

others. This isn’t a regret for

everyone, but many elderly

people wish they knew—just

once—what it was to stand in

front of a crowd and show off

their talents.

—by Loy Lai, Stroke survivor

Templeton Stroke Recovery

www.templetonstrokerecovery.com

February 2014 Volume 13, Issue 167

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ENCOURAGEMENTS

Brain hemorrhage is a type of stroke.

It’s caused by an artery in the brain;

bursting and causing localized bleeding

in the surrounding tissues. This bleeding

kills brain cells. It can occur from an

injury or as a result of a leaky or burst

blood vessels. This can happen when a

blood vessel gets weakened enough

that its wall can no longer with the

pressure of the blood flowing through it.

The symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage

vary according to the location and

severity of the bleeding, but may

include: Weakness, paralysis on one

side of the body, severe headache,

vomiting, drowsiness, unconsciousness,

dizziness, difficulty walking or loss of

balance.

There are several risk factors and

causes of brain hemorrhages:

Head injuries (for people under the

age of 50, this is the common cause of

bleeding inside the skull), abnormali-

ties in blood vessels.

Blood vessels abnormalities, in and

around the brain, such as an arterio-

venous malformation. These may be

present from birth.

Aneurysm is a weakening in a blood

vessel wall that swells. It can burst

and bleed into brain leading to a

stroke.

Strokes that are caused by a brain

hemorrhage can be very dangerous, but

less than one-fifth of all strokes are of

this type. Survivors often are left with

some kind of permanent brain damage,

as brain cells do not regenerate.

Letters to the Editor is a new column. Kudos, positive

comments are welcome. Email 200 words or fewer

are preferred; all might be edited. Each email must

include name and phone number.

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE

“There’s life after stroke”

Templeton Newsletter

Mailing Address:

204– 2929 Nootka Street,

Vancouver, BC V5M 4K4 Canada

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 spot-lights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recov-ery or the editor of Stroke Recov-erer’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.

February 2014 Contributors: Loy Lai Victor Toy

Karel Ley Deb Chow Jim Walmsley Werner Stephan Jose Suganob

Production of SRR:

Jose Suganob

Email: [email protected]

Inside this issue:

Encouragements Letters to the Editor

2

Other SRABC Branches Happenings

3

BLAST Monthly Dinner

4

Recipe

Jimy’s I-jokes 5

Exercises 6

SALMON ARM BRANCH—

Relocated from the Coast now for

ten tears, I can say that Hockey is

very much alive and well in

Salmon Arm.

From my initial exposure to a full-

scale closed off street ‘shinney’ in

downtown Salmon Arm to com-

memorate Rocket Richard’s life, to

yesterday’s (Sunday Feb 3, 2014)

Road Hockey Rumble between the

Firefighters and RCMP in a make-

shift parking lot rink, the passion

for the love of our game has

abounded unabated and now

surges ever more since our nomi-

nation to Hockeyville status, with

almost everyone in the community

and business groups coming out in

support.

This support has always been

given to our local Junior A team,

the SilverBacks, minor, Timbits

Hockey and Female Midget Hockey

and now has intensified.

We have the smaller Hercul Pond

that some of these teams play on

as well as on our larger but older

Shaw Centre. The latter rink re-

cently hosted the Provincial Novice

Tournament. We also have been

fortunate to host the Junior Cana-

dian Woman’s Tournament and

Old Timer Hockey Tournament.

We hope to be Hockeyville 2014

so that our whole community can

be justifiably proud of being one

with all the other previous win-

ners of this honour.

—VictorToy, Stroke survivor

Salmon Arm Branch-SRABC

(Victor is proud resident of friendly but

serious hockey playing Salmon Arm.

Here in the Shuswap region: Vernon,

Armstrong, Enderby, Falklands,

Sicamous and Salmon Arm competes

this year for Hockeyville 2014)

DELTA BRANCH—

During February a

Delta Cable film

maker visited Delta

Branch’s music therapy

sessions which take place

every Thursday at the Delta

School of Music in Ladner. There

are 2 one-hour sessions (first:

one for those wanting to share

instrumental skills and second:

one for those vocalizing only).

Both sessions are facilitated by

Teresa Tarbott (daughter of our

member, Gordon and Barb

Wright) and on this occasion,

she was interviewed along with

Ralph Middleton (a member who

has progressed so much he can

speak in full sentences now.

When he first joined he could

use single words only).

Karel Ley, also interviewed, de-

scribed what expectations there

are in outcomes from participat-

ing in the sessions. Delta Branch

is fortunate to have local com-

munity supporters fund the pro-

gram until the end of March.

The course is being run in part-

nership with the Delta School of

Music.

—Karel Ley, Volunteer

Delta Branch-SRABC

Master one awesome party

trick. You will go to hundreds, if not

thousands, of parties in your life.

Wouldn’t it be cool to be the life of

them all?



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OTHER SRABC BRANCHES HAPPENINGS...

Photos by Victor Toy



Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, and

Friends! Come, join us for dinner!

Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 - 5pm (No dinner on April 15, 2014 too close to

BLAST 2014 - Easter Camp)

Moulin Rouge (before Tom & Jerry Restaurant)

2828 E. Hastings St, Vancouver,

BC (Near PNE)

Entrees are $10 and beverages

are bottomless

Come, have a BLAST and

watch our slideshow (We will be there with our slideshow on the 15th day of

every month)

It is an opportunity to meet our

BLAST Ambassadors, have a

few laughs, and a BLAST (Building Life After Stroke Together)

Drops ins welcome, RSVP preferred

(Please let me know if you are coming so I can

give the restaurant a heads up)

Phone: Deb 604-253-2390

There’s lots of room for

wheelchairs and scooters

DID YOU KNOW?

Madonna is 55, her boyfriend is

22.

Tina Turner is 75, her boyfriend

is 40.

JLo is 42, boyfriend is 26

Mariah Carey is 44, her husband

is 32. Still single??? Relax your

boyfriend is not born yet...

BLAST Monthly Dinner

“There’s life after stroke” Page 4

4th Annual Stroke Survivors B.L.A.S.T.

“Building Life After Stroke Together”

Good Friday, April 18th to April 21st, 2014

$225 all inclusive

Charter pick-up from Lower Mainland

and ferry terminals to Camp Squamish.

Accommodation includes bedding,

dinner Friday to lunch Monday.

For more information:

Go to www.turtletalk.ca

Less than 50 days to B.L.A.S.T.

2014.

Katherine Cheung will be back and Sonia Brodie, also from UBC BrainLab

have confirmed. Some of you may

remember them at the Nognz game

table in the summer. We have also

purchased several new Nognz games.

Judy Bjronson and Susan Brock-Smith

from SureFeet will be up on Saturday to

do aqua-rehab and Balance/Mobility

session. Colleen Fraser from Whistler Healing Arts will turn the Arts and

Crafts building into an aromatic

massage haven with her team of

therapists.

Brent Page and Keith Rashid

(Auctioneer Extraordinaire) from March of

Dimes Canada will be returning for an

encore presentation. The Ledgerwoods

and Donna Forchuk will be ready with their home baked goods for the tea

party at Heritage Park Railway.

Everything else will be looked after

mainly by stroke survivors, caregivers, lifeguard and friends involved in stroke

recovery. Too many people need to be

mentioned for their contribution in

Building Life After Stroke Together. With Margaret Hansen, Coquitlam

Branch Coordinator, at the helm and

Diane Lego in the pool, it’s sure to be a

BLAST! Come and Join us.

GIVING TUESDAY ONGOING!

March of Dimes Canada is match-

ing BLAST Donation. We launched

December 3rd and the movement

is still ongoing!

Your generous donation to Stroke

Survivors Building Life After

Stroke Together will double it’s

value by giving now to the

B.L.A.S.T. matching fund at March

of Dimes Canada. Our friends at

Match of Dimes Canada will match

dollar for dollar. Allocate your

donation to the BLAST matching

fund. MODC will look after the

paper work and issue Charitable

Tax Receipts over $10 within

minutes ONLINE. OR…

Send a cheque payable to:

MODC and write BLAST matching

fund in memo part the cheque.

Mail to:

March of Dimes Canada

Donor Services

10 Overlea Blvd.

Toronto, Ontario

M4H 1A4

Stroke Survivors B.L.A.S.T. thank

you for your support.

Please contact us online:

TurtleTalk.ca , if you need further

information.

DID YOU KNOW?

People with eyesight have to

credit the Italians for inventing the

earliest known eyeglasses, which

date to the 13th century. Ameri-

can Benjamin Franklin was the

inventor of bifocals in the late

18th century.

BLAST 2014


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JIMY’S INTERNET JOKE—joke only? RECIPE: Chinese Chicken Fried Rice


Ingredients:

1/2 tbsp .... Sesame oil

1 .............. Onion

1-1/2 lbs ... Chicken meat, cooked and cubed

2 tbsp ....... Soy sauce

2 large ...... Carrots, diced

2 stalks ..... Celery

1 large ...... Red bell pepper

3/4 cup ..... Fresh pea pods,

halved

1/2 large ... Green bell pepper,

diced

6 cups ....... Cooked white rice

2 .............. Eggs

1/3 cup ..... Soy sauce

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large skillet over

medium heat. Add onion and

sauté until soft, then add

chicken and 2 tablespoons soy

sauce and stir-fry for 5 to 6

minutes.

2. Stir in carrots, celery, red bell

pepper, pea pods and green

bell pepper and stir-fry an-

other 5 minutes. Then add

rice and stir thoroughly.

3. Finally, stir in scrambled eggs

and 1/3 cup of soy sauce,

heat through and serve hot.

MAXINE LIVING WILL

I, Maxine, being of

sound mind and body,

do not wish to be alive

indefinitely by artificial

means.

Under no circumstances should

my fate be put in the hands of

pinhead politicians who couldn’t

pass ninth grade biology de-

pended on it, or lawyers/doctors

interested in simply running up

the bills.

If a reasonable amount of time

passes and I fail to ask for at

least one of the following:

Glass of wine, chocolate, Marga-

rita, sex;

Martini, cold beer, chocolate,

chicken fried steak, cream gravy,

sex;

Mexican food, chocolate, French

ROUND LIKE A SHOT…

Going to bed the other night,

I noticed people in my shed

stealing things.

I phoned the police but was told

no one was in the area to help.

They said they would send

someone over as soon as possi-

ble.

I hung up. A minute later, I

rang again. “Hello,” I said, “I

called you a minute ago be-

cause there were people in my

shed. You don’t have to hurry

now, because I’ve shot them.”

Within minutes there were

half a dozen police cars in the

area, plus helicopters and an

armed response unit. They

caught the burglars red-

handed.

One of the officers said: “I

thought you said you’d shot

them.”

To which I replied: “I thought

you said there was no one

available.

—Tony Gladstone (Internet)

fries, chocolate, pizza, sex;

Ice cream, cup of tea, chocolate,

chocolate, sex, chocolate

It should be presumed that I

won’t ever get better. When such

a determination is reached, I

hereby instruct my appointed

person and attending physicians

to pull the plug, reel in the tubes,

let the ’fat lady sing,’ and call it a

day!

Then, have a drink. It’s 5 o’clock

somewhere.

—Jimy Walmsley, Stroke Survivor

—Joke only

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


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You’re probably famil-

iar with your mother’s

nagging at mealtime:

‘Finish everything on

your plate, because

there are children starving in

Africa without enough food.’

So, now you’re and you have

to exercise to loose weight.

You should have said to your

mother: ‘So what?’ Really? But

you did not dare. Also, it

would not have been politically

correct and you would have

been spanked. So, now you

have a weight-problem!

I am sure there are plenty of

homes remaining where the

‘starving children’ harangue

still remains. They bring a

smile to the faces of food mer-

chants and plus-sized clothiers

everywhere, not to mention to

the faces of exercise trainers.

These trainers are quite right:

aerobic exercises, such as cy-

cling, swimming, walking, run-

ning and playing tennis, for

example, mainly focus on in-

creasing cardiovascular endur-

ance. But, they also help with

weight control.

Health care providers often

call exercises the ‘miracle’ or

‘wonder’ drug, alluring to the

wide variety of proven benefits

that it provides. Dr. John

McDonald, an associate Pro-

fessor of Neurology at John

Hopkins University wrote

(with regard to stroke vic-

tims): ‘As soon as one is

There are different types of

exercises:

Aerobic exercises—running, cy-

cling, swimming to strengthen

the heart and increase endur-

ance.

Strength training—weight lifting

to built muscles. Improve

balance and prevent falls. It is

one of the best counters to

frailty in old age.

Flexibility exercises—enhance

range of motion and reduce stiff-

ness.

Here is a tip for ‘couch potatoes’

(it is better than nothing) Try

standing near your couch and try

knee bends during commercial

breaks.

If you have special heart issues,

such as a heart condition for ex-

ample, talk to your doctor before

exercising.

A confession is due: I workout

because it is good for me. Also,

because I like to eat chocolate.

A lot...

—by Werner Stephan, Stroke Survivor

North Shore Stroke Recovery Center

(West Vancouver Group)

sitting in a wheelchair, the

chance of recovery is very limited

because one is no longer using

the legs in any fashion. Despite

everyone having some regenera-

tion, they can never manifest it

because the muscles have

wasted away. Also, if the nervous

system is not being used, it too

begins to waste away.’

This view might be extreme

(although the concern about

muscle determination is valid) as

in some cases a wheelchair can’t

be avoided and can even be a

tool for an improvement in the

quality of life. But, who wants to

consider a wheelchair, even tem-

porarily, right after a stroke and

anyway any condition might im-

prove with exercises, right? This

is the time to think of excuses to

avoid exercises all together, like:

has not somebody once said that

exercises are painful and should

therefore be avoided? Also, one

might be too old and the health

might not be good enough. Exer-

cises are so boring! Anything else

one can think of?


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