http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/ Stroke_Helps Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:12:05 GMT sabi_sue http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1752 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1752 THE SURVIVOR AGENDA A year ago today the Brain Injury Network (BIN) published its first Independence Day message. The Brain Injury Network is a US national and Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:18:09 GMT Maryann Nanocchio http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1751 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1751 Pauli, According to the Mayo Clinic website: Multiple injections aren't recommended because they can weaken your plantar fascia and possibly cause it to Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:55:50 GMT pauline voss http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1750 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1750 i went to the foot doctor recently about a problem with my food (feels like a ball on the under side of affected foot [right]) and he gave me a shot of Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:38:03 GMT Kurt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1749 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1749 First Image of a Memory Being Made http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/firstimageofamemorybeingmade 5 Things You Must Never Forget Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:50 GMT pauline voss http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1747 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1747 thank you all for answering. i've decided to try alternating between one day my legs and one my arm/hand. i'm thinking of taking Sundays off. when i'm not Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:02:57 GMT bmcelhenny http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1746 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1746 Hi Kurt! Thank you for sharing your story! Don't give up! Mix it up! :-) When I was in the hospital - post-coma - I had a room-mate who kept that damn tv on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:18:54 GMT Kurt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1745 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1745 Hi, Wow, new life to the group---GREAT ! I used to be a distance runner doing road races ever since my junior year in high school in 1968. As a life long Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:51:16 GMT bmcelhenny http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1744 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1744 Hi Pauline & Maryann, I had my stroke in Dec '02. I was 35. It took months of therapy for walking and balance before I was allowed to drive again. In Dec Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:42:13 GMT Maryann Nanocchio http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1743 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1743 Pauline, My therapist told me that over doing it is not good and could end up causing more harm than good and I could end up back to square one. Maryann Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:16:49 GMT pauline voss http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1742 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1742 i have 2 hrs worth of exercising each day. 1 hr for my legs and 1 hr for my arm/hand. my PT therapist said i'm doing too much. i've been doing this since Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:49:11 GMT sabi_sue http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1741 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1741 This is coming from the Family Caregiver Alliance in California. Things are bad in California and about to get much worse with many programs for people with Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:41:10 GMT pauline voss http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1740 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1740 hi Shari, i feel like you do. my hearing on right side isn't what it used to be. i had my stroke in 2005 (a hemmorage) and have trying through exercise, some Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:02:36 GMT Kurt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1739 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1739 Meant to say Tylenol 3 pills w/ Codeine, 2 pills per dose made them Tylenol 4's. On 3rd dose got itchy under the skin. Bummer! Looks like got allergic to Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:26:29 GMT Kurt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1738 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1738 You folks should be so lucky. Learn to go without! I had so much Lortab (Vicodin) after my brain bleed, I became allergic to it. I never took Oxycodone Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:25:37 GMT Kurt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1737 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stroke_Helps/message/1737 Wife just informed me, this only works on the Internet, like to my group here. It does not work in her programs off-line/off Internet. I cannot say if that