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“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 13, Issue 149 August 2012
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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.
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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)
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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
Templeton Stroke Recovery
“There’s life after stroke”
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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“There’s life after stroke”
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
Templeton Stroke Recovery
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