templetonnewsletterjanuary2010

“Dedicated to Excellence” Volume 8, Issue 119 January 2010

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in Stroke Recoverer‘s Review newsletter: articles, submissions and spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily repre-sent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’s Review. Reserves the right at any time to make changes as it deems necessary. It is the purpose of this peri-odical to share a variety of viewpoints mostly from stroke survivors. Contributors: Loy Lai, Guy Radonich Ollie Stogrin, Karel Ley Carol Roycroft, Werner Stephan, Carol Toy, Sue Chalmers, Jose Suganob Production of SRR: Jose Suganob Email: [email protected] Printing Person:

Kiyoko Akeroyd—

Encouragements 2

Recipe: 2

From GuyR., 2

Last Month’s Happenings 3

Merry Christmas Wish 4

Lifebook 2010 5

NSSRC Sing-A-Long 5

West Vancouver 6

Inside this issue:

Year 2010

‗Templo‘ Templeton

Turtle reporter was here, too!

WILL THEY BRING BACK THE STREETCARS IN VANCOUVER?

January 2010 - Stroke Recoverer’s Review Volume 8, Issue 119

RECIPE: ‘The Orient Express’

Ingredients:

1 lb ........... Lean Beef Sirloin, ground

1/4 cup ..... Fresh coriander leaves,

minced

1 tsp ......... EACH minced gingerroot,

green onion and garlic

2 pkg. (900 ml each) Chicken broth

1/2 tsp ...... Chili flakes, dried

1 pkg.(153 g, Knorr Side Plus Teriyaki

Noodles with Asian Style Vegetables,

uncooked

Fresh Limes and soy sauce

Directions:

1. Pan-fry ground sirloin, coriander,

ginger, onion and garlic in a large

saucepan until the beef is cooked,

about 8 minutes, drain.

2. Stir in broth and chili flakes. Bring to

a boil. Stir in package of Knorr

Sides Plus.

3. Reduce heat; simmer for 10 min-

utes. Season to taste with fresh

lime juice and soy sauce. Garnish

with additional sliced green onion or

chopped fresh coriander, if desired.

4. Makes 8 servings. Enjoy!

The Slow Cooker Idea -

Assemble dinner and set slow cooker

to simmer in the morning - complete all

day, your other daily tasks while it

cooks without you.

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WALKING THE DOG from Guy R.

A woman was flying from Calgary to

Ontario. Unexpectedly, the plane was

diverted for pick-up in Manitoba along

the way. The flight attendant explained

that there would be a delay, and if the

passengers wanted to get off the air-

craft, the plane would re-board in ap-

proximately 40 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one

lady who was blind. The man had no-

ticed her as he walked by and could

tell the lady was blind because her

Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath

the seats in front of her throughout the

entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this

very flight before because the pilot ap-

proached her, and calling her by name,

said, ―Linda, we are in Winnipeg, it will

be more likely an hour. Would you like

to get off and stretch your legs?‖

The blind lady replied, ―No, thanks, but

maybe Buddy would like to stretch his

legs.‖

ENCOURAGEMENT

―When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as

though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just

the place and time that the tide will turn.‖ - Harriet Beecher Stowe

―One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something

better.‖ - Col. Harland Sanders

Encouraging Phrases for your friend(s).

It‘s not just inspirational quotes and sayings that would help to trigger positive

thinking in your friends. Whenever we need encouraging words for a friend, most

of the time we are at a loss. We instantly think of rushing to the nearest library or

logging on to the Internet. However, we often forget that it isn‘t always famous

words that encourage an individual. Sometimes simple and the most commonly

used words could be used as encouraging phrases for friends. Here are some

phrases and short comments, that would inspire not only your friend but any

stranger as well. Just know when to use them.

So, go ahead and include these in your regular vocabulary.

Way to go, Brother/Sister!

That was amazing. How did you do that?

That was so smart of you!

You make a great friend.

I appreciate you being here.

I trust you.

— Submitted by Loy Lai, Stroke Survivor, Templeton Stroke Recovery

PICTURE THIS:

All the people in the gate area came to

a complete standstill when they looked

up and saw the pilot

walk off the plane

with a Seeing Eye

dog!

The pilot was even

wearing sunglasses.

People scattered.

They not only tried to change planes,

but they were trying to change airlines!

True story...Have a great day and

remember: Things aren‘t always as

they appear.

A day without laughter is a day

wasted!‖

—Submitted by Guy Radonich,

Stroke Survivor

Templeton Stroke Recovery―

“There’s life after stroke”



LAST MONTH’S HAPPENINGS...

I can‘t believe it, the month is almost gone. It seems there‘s

always something to write about. We started back on

January 7th. It seemed the time wasn‘t long enough to get

over all that Xmas season eating, burp! I think everyone is

always happy the Xmas season is over with, no!

Seems there‘s always something happening with our

members:

Our Tony D. had a fall and broke his leg, then his wife, who

has been ill for many years, passed away. All of our mem-

bers attended the mass and memorial. Only, it was difficult

for our members to go the Forest Lawn. Our members came

back to Templeton to have lunch provided by our group

which Valerie, our coordinator, put together; she did great

job!

Wanda has been recovering from her heart surgery and she

came to our group this week with her walker. She couldn‘t

use her walker before last week. I went to see her after she

came home from the hospital and she looked great, at that

time. Now, she is back, so all is well.

Olga has finally left Holy Family Rehab after 3 months! (a

long time). She is hoping to get back with us soon.

Key is still recuperating from her foot surgery which is taking

a long time to heal. It‘s keeping her and Helen close to

home.

Our Jeanie‘s husband passed away after a long illness.

Jeanie hasn‘t been coming to our group, as she‘s been at

the hospital with her husband for months, till he passed

away. Some of our members attended the memorial. Hope-

fully, Jeanie will be back with us soon.

Our Jose has been going to the SRABC head office on

Fridays to work on the Spring edition of ‗Voice of the Turtle.‘

He is now ‗assistant editor.‘ How about that! I think that‘s

fantastic! He has done so well with ‗Templeton‘ newsletter

that he is getting requests from other groups to do their

newsletter. I don‘t know where he‘s going to find the time?

He‘s going to have to work 24 hrs. day to fill all his orders.

He is happy to be in demand, I‘m sure.

Our John B. finally showed up this year! Happy New Year,

John! Ahh, he shows up to tell us that he is going to be in

another stroke study. John has been in a number of studies.

They are all to do with the effects of the stroke. Just in case,

anyone wonders how studies on stroke come about? It‘s

done by the people like John that get selected to be a part

of the information that‘s gathered, usually done at one of the

hospitals or G.F. Strong Rehab.

George had become our ‗all-around-man‘! From setting up

tables and chairs, making coffee, helping serve lunch and

doing information sessions with our members! That‘s part of

stroke recovery!

We, also have Orlando who has been so helpful, clearing

tables, carrying dishes, helping with sweeping the floor after.

I saw Jose has been helping with removing and folding the

table cloths also. This all, so, wonderful! Having them all

pitching in. Loy, Inga and Debbie helping with the dishes

and sandwich making as it‘s such a great help! As we have

‗no volunteers‘ this time of the year. And, can‘t seem to get

any. I have been #1 volunteer this year! Ahhhh, true!!!

Our Reesa has become quite busy with having Athena,

Constantino, also and Wanda and Gabriel who need instruc-

tion on speech improvement. A new lady, Almaz, has come

to us and she will be wanting to improve her speech, too.

Guy R. has been sending some very interesting information

to our monthly newsletter. We are happy to have our mem-

bers taking an interest in our newsletter and from other

group also. I always look forward to reading the articles sent

in by the other stroke group. Thank you all so much!!!

The next ‗happenings‘ will be done by maybe? Key or

Debbie, as I am planning to be in Australia, where the sun is

hot! But I‘m told it‘s very, very dry. That‘s not good?!? Till, I

get back, stay healthy and happy!

—Ollie Stogrin

Templeton Stroke Recovery


FUTURE VANCOUVER STREETCARS?

New Olympic Line Streetcars Services is now running between the Canada Line‘s ‗Olympic

Village Station‘ and Granville Island. The new system will run for ‗free‘ for two months; through

to the end of both Olympics and Paralimpics Games.

The streetcars, Bombardier, starts their first run 6:30 am and ends 12:30 am(18 hours). With

‘Bombardier streetcars arriving every 6 to 10 minutes. The two streetcars are on loan from

Belgium and are scheduled to be returned after the trial run (two months). The Bombardier

streetcars are smooth and fast, too. Rides like a Skytrain or Canada Line train‘ the only

difference is: Streetcars have a human driver. Vancouver‘s original streetcar services was

retired in 1958. There is a chance that the Vancouver‘s city will bring a permanent system after the Olympic Games.

—Jose Suganob, Stroke Survivor, Templeton Stroke Recovery



VERY SAD, INDEED…oldie, but still

funny!

Please join me in

remembering a great

icon of the entertain-

ment community.

T h e P i l l s b u r y

Doughboy died yes-

terday of a yeast in-

fection and trauma

complications from

repeated pokes in the belly. He was

71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly

greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities

turned out to pay their respects,

including Mrs. Buttersworth, Hungry

Jack, the California Raisins, Betty

same night my niece from Vernon and her son and girl friend

and my sister from Campbell River. This was the night be-

fore we were leaving on a cruise to Alaska with the Power

Pioneers for a week. There were 258 of us, it was a great

time. It was the Upper Island 2009 Jamboree and the theme

was the roaring twenties and, boy, there was some great

outfits. This was the night before we got back in to Vancou-

ver. The next Jamboree will be in Vernon in 2011.

We‘re just staying home for Christmas but because my

granddaughters don‘t want any gifts for Christmas, I said to

Cheryl that we should take the girls to Kelowna, for two days

and take them to their new pool and play.

Then, on January 29th, we‘re flying to Orlando. We stayed

for two days and then went to a Caribbean cruise for three

days. And then, we went back to Orlando for another two

days and, of course, we went to Disneyworld and Victor has

done his homework and found a place where we can rent

scooters, right on the hotel we‘re staying. We flew back to

Kelowna on the January 9.

Now, I wanted to tell you something about this trip. Well, one

day, about seven months ago, we got a phone call from a

travel agency from the States about a cruise. At first, Victor

thought it was just a scam but the man said it wasn‘t and he

would send us the information by e-mail, of which he did.

Victor supposed to phone him back and set it up. We‘ll have

to let you know if there is any problems with this trip when

we get back home. From our home to yours, we wish you a

bright and healthy Christmas and Happy New Year.

—Carol & Victor Toy, Stroke Survivors

Salmon Arm Stroke Recovery Branch


May this year has gone bye too fast just like a neighbor in

Terrace told me, the older you get, the faster it goes. Well,

this past year, we had a lot snow and that makes it hard for

us to get around as they don‘t take good care of the side-

walks in Salmon Arm. Because it was so snowy in our com-

plex, I had to wait until almost the end of February to do the

canvassing for the Heart and Stroke last year, so I‘m hoping,

we don‘t get that much this February. We stayed home all

winter.

Then, in August, my daughter and granddaughter and me

drove up to Prince George to see Todd and his girlfriend.

They bought together a house in June. They now are living

together after going out for five years. Cheryl even took her

dog and in the house they bought had a dog door and the

yard is all fenced-in, so, Litsa‘s dog and Cheryl‘s couldn‘t get

out. They had a great time, as they are both small dogs. We

stayed a week. Just relaxed and enjoyed being with my

family. The girls and Tristan Todd‘s boy spent lots of time in

the pool. Oh, yes! It even has a heated pool. I never even

phoned any of my friends while I was there Cheryl was just

glad we made it there and back in one piece, as this was the

first time she had drove that far.

Then after we got back home, Victor and I took they Grey-

hound bus down to Vancouver and spent 6 days there visit-

ing his Mom and we took a HandyDart to the Burnaby Hospi-

tal to see my Aunt that is a 101 and Victor phoned a few

friends and they came one night to the bar in the hotel we

were staying at and it ended up being a birthday party for

Victor and we went out for dinner with two other friends.

My Dad‘s cousin‘s daughter and her son that drove her in

from Surrey and his wife came to our room for a visit and the

A MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, Tony

(the Tiger), Charlie (the Tuna), and

CaptainCrunch. The grave site was

piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and

lovingly described as a man who never

knew how much he was kneaded.

Doughboy rose quickly in show busi-

ness, but his later life was filled with

turnovers. He was considered a very

smart cookie, but wasted much of his

dough on half-baked schemes. Despite

being a little flaky at times, he still was

a crusty old man and was considered a

positive roll model for millions…

Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play

Dough, three children: John Dough,

Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus

they had one in the oven. He is also

survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about

20 minutes.

Please rise to the occasion and take

time to pass this on and share your

smile with someone who may be

having a crumby day and kneads a lift.

jokeonly

—Submitted by Guy Radonich

Stroke Survivor

Templeton Stroke Recovery



LIFEBOOK 2010...

HEALTH:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch a

prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more food that grow on trees

and plants, and eat less food that is

manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E‘s—Energy,

Enthusiasm and Empathy.

5. Make time to play.

6. Play more games.

7. Read more books than you did in

2009. Sit in silence for at least 10

minutes each day.

8. Sleep for 7 hours.

9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every

day—and while you walk, smile!

PERSONALITY:

1. Don‘t compare your life to others!

You have no idea what their journey

is all about.

2. Don‘t have negative thoughts or

things you cannot control. Instead,

invest your energy in the positive

present moment.

3. Don‘t over do; keep your limits.

4. Don‘t take yourself so seriously; no

one else does.

5. Don‘t waste your precious

energy on gossip.

6. Dream more while you are awake.

7. Envy is a waste of time. You al-

ready have all you need.

8. Forget issues of the past. Don‘t re-

mind your partner with his/her mis-

takes of the past. That will ruin your

present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating

anyone. Don‘t hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it

won‘t spoil the present.

11. No one is in charge of your happi-

ness except you.

12. Realize that life is a school and you

are here to learn. Problems are

simply part of the curriculum that

appear and fade away like algebra

class but the lessons you learn will

last a lifetime.

13. Smile and laugh more.

14. You don‘t have to win every argu-

ment. Agree to disagree.

COMMUNITY:

15. Call you family often.

16. Each day give something good to

others.

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. Spend time with people over the

age 70 and under the age of 6.

19. Try to make at least three people

smile each day.

20. What other people think of you is

none of your business.

21. Your job won‘t take care of you

when you are sick. Your family and

friends will. Stay in touch.

LIFE:

1. Do the right things.

2. Get rid of anything that isn‘t useful,

beautiful or joyful.

3. Time heals everything.

4. However, good or bad a situation is,

it will change.

5. No matter how you feel, get up,

dress up and show up.

6. The best is yet to come.

7. When you awake alive in the

morning, thank GOD for it.

8. Your inner most is always happy.

9. Last, but not least, share it with

everyone you care about.

—Submitted by Carol Roycroft

Stroke Survivor, Burnaby Stroke

Recovery

GOLDEN OLDIES AND CONTEMPORARY FOLK SING-A-LONG!

Because our regular music therapist was away this month, John Cronin came,

sung and played many of our favourite songs during lunch time. Once we had

finished eating he lead us in a sing-a-long of Golden Oldies and Contemporary

Folk which was great fun!

Photos taken January 28, 2010, at North Shore Neighbourhood House.

—Sue Chalmers, Stroke Survivor, North Shore Stroke Recovery Center


Stroke Recoverer’s Review January 2010 - Volume 8, Issue 119


LIVING IN PARADISE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE by W. Stephan, NSSRC, West Van Group

ARE YOU A: MARTHA OR MAXINE??…

Martha: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in

the bag with the potatoes.

Maxine: Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix. Keeps in the

pantry for up to a year.

Martha: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan,

use a bit of the dry cake mix instead & there won‘t

be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

Maxine: Go to the bakery! Hell, they‘ll even decorate it for

you.

Martha: If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it‘s still

cooking, drop in a peeled potato & it will absorb the

excess salt for an instant ‗fix-me-up.‘

Maxine: If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking, that‘s

too bad. Please recite with me the real woman‘s

motto: ‗I made it, you will eat it & I don‘t care how

bad it tastes.‘

Martha: Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the

refrigerator & it will kep for weeks.

Maxine: Celery? Never heard of it?

Some years ago, I met a fellow in Washington State who

had moved from Hawaii to the mainland and wanted to return

to the home state of his wife, one of the eastern (and rainy)

states of the US. I asked him why he wanted to do a crazy

thing like that. He replied that he and his wife were sick and

tired of sand, surf, palm trees and sunshine. He explained

that in Hawaii, when he was working; he was surrounded

by people happy to be on holidays. These people were not

looking forward to having to work for another 11-1/2 months be-

fore their next holidays. But in Hawaii he missed all that be-

cause he already lived in a holiday paradise. It took me years

to understand this desire for hardship and stress.

I just read an article by an expat from England; who had a

similar experience: ‘Life in a New Zealand paradise turns

sour.‘ The author had moved to a small village on the South

Island. His English friends predicted that he would go

‘bonkers‘ in a week. They were wrong. It took two weeks. His

family ate fish from the ocean, fresh vegetables from the

garden and home-made date scones. They biked every-

where, no car needed. They lived an environmentalist‘s dream.

Once, his little son, joyfully pointed out a skylark; he

felt like getting a rifle and blasting the bird from the

sky. He craved the traffic jams, the pollution, the high-

rises, the competition of the rat race and the infernal

stink of a big city. At first, everything was great, but then

whisper it softly; but the paradise is, well (he said it

straight out) boring as hell. He noted that: if that‘s a measure

of his own shortcoming as a human being then so be it.

I also read an article by two professors who lived about

two driving hours away from Cape Town in South Africa on

an estate surrounded by vineyards and roses and moun-

tains. This husband and wife team of doctors treasured

the sunshine; the vivid colors of the local birds and

plants and the beauty of the sunrise and sunsets. They

noted in their write-up ‘A paradise that‘s not for everyone‘

that many of their friends; while passionate about life in

South Africa; are well aware of both the evil and the danger

of the huge gap in lifestyle between the prosperous minority

and the rest of the population. It provides enough of a

challenge to make living in paradise; if one wants to agree

that it is one, desirable.

The writer from NZ called living his dream a strangely

empty experience. I can understand him now; it is somewhat

comparable to retiring. If one grows up in a city and wants

to feel alive, one needs the challenges of stress, the

crowded office, the deadlines and the car traffic or one

becomes a lunatic lark slayer.

So, remember when it is raining and you are stuck in traf-

fic, it could be worse without a challenge. You could be

living in paradise.

—by Werner Stephan, Stroke Survivor

NSSRC, West Vancouver Group

Martha: Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half & rub

it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

Maxine: Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill & drink. All your

pain will go away.

Martha: Don‘t throw-out all that left-over wine. Freeze into ice

cubes for future use, in casseroles & sauces.

Maxine: Left-over wine??? HELLO!

Martha: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an

ice ream cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Maxine: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the

cone, for Pete‘s sake! You are probably lying on the

couch with your feet up eating it, anyway.

Lastly, if you don‘t forward it to your friends within the next 5

minutes; your belly button will unscrew and your butt will fall

off. Really, it‘s true! Have I ever lied to you?

I’m going with Maxine, she has never been in prison!

—Submitted by Karel Ley, Stroke Survivor

Delta Stroke Recovery


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