TempletonNewsletter2012 10

“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 13, Issue 151 October 2012

Sue Chalmers Photo

L to R: Caregiver Award - 1.Diana Abbot (Saanich Branch), Outstanding Achievement Award - 2.Sandra Davenport (Oceanside Branch), Volunteer of the Year - 3.Catherine (Kitty) Warner (Victoria Branch), Two Awards for Achievement in Arts or Sports– 4. Clyde Nakashima (Coquitlam Branch) and 5. Rosemarie Hurst (Delta Branch)

SRABC AGM 2012 & Life-After-Stroke Awards (Oct. 27, 2012)

Creekside Community Recreation Center Olympic Village, Vancouver, BC Sue Chalmers Photo

Jose Suganob photo

www.templetonstrokerecovery.com

Inside this issue:

October 2012 Volume 13, Issue 151

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RECIPE: Lentil Stew Turkey sweet potatoes

KEEP GOING

No matter what you do,

no matter how many

times you screw up and

think to yourself ‘there’s

no point to carry on,’ no

matter how many people tell you

that you can’t do it - keep going.

Don’t quit because a month from

now you will be that much closer to

your goal than you are now.

Yesterday you said tomorrow.

Make today count.

Keep the faith. Hold on. Things will

get better. It might be stormy now,

but it can’t rain forever.

The greatest pleasure in life is

doing what people say you cannot

do.

LIFEISNOWHERE

Did you read?...

“Life is no where” or

“Life is now here”

MATURITY is not when we start

speaking BIG things. It is when we

start understanding small things.

—submitted by Loy Lai

Templeton Stroke Recovery

Quick Tips:

The lentil stew recipe makes a big pot of

stew, and the flavors improve each time, it

is reheated. If it gets too thick, thin the

stew with a little water. Smoked turkey

can be replaced with chicken or beef. Or,

for a meatless version, omit the turkey

and use vegetable broth.

ENCOURAGEMENTS

Ingredients:

1 tbsp ......... Olive oil

1 ................ Onion, yellow & finely

chopped

3 ................ Celery ribs, finely

chopped

3 tsp ........... Fresh thyme, minced

8 cups ........ Low-sodium chicken broth

1 lb ............. Smoked turkey leg, deboned, skinned & diced (about 2

cups meat)

1-1/2 cups .. Brown lentils, picked over

& rinsed

1-1/4 lb ....... Sweet potatoes, peeled &

cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1/2 bunch ... Kale or chard, stems

removed & leaves chopped

Directions:

1. In a large, heavy saucepan over medium-high warm the olive oil. Add the onion and celery & sauté until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add 2 tsp of thyme and cook, stirring until the onion is brown, about 4 minutes. Add broth, turkey and lentils. Cover, increase the heat to high & bring to a boil. Uncover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are

almost tender, about 30 minutes.

2. Add sweet potatoes to the pan and simmer until almost tender, about 12 minutes. Add kale and simmer until wilted, about 3 min.

Stir in the remaining 1 tsp. thyme.

3. Ladle stew into warmed bowls &

served immediately. Serves 6.

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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 spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’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.

October 2012 Contributors: Loy Lai

Ollie Stogrin

Jim Walmsley

Sue Chalmers

Werner Stephan Jose Suganob

Production of SRR:

Jose Suganob

Email: [email protected]

Printing Pick-up Person:

Ollie Stogrin

Recipe...Lentil Stew w/ Turkey and

Sweet potatoes

2

Encouragements 2

Last Month’s Happening 3

Jim Internet Joke 4

What is EEG? Jose’s Notes 5

Are we “Middle Class?” 6

Hi, Happy Halloween or

it would have been if

I wasn’t late in writing

this article. I feel sorry

for our Jose because

he usually has to wait

for me to finish the newsletter.

He’s good-hearted, he waits!

October started out sunny, also,

end of summer and all the things

that happens in summer, vaca-

tions, picnics and visiting relatives

only just saying the word ’Nov’ &

the weather changed & summer

was gone…

A few things happened for

Templeton members. We went on

our bus trip to: first, to the Surrey

Museum, very interesting then to

White Rock at Coney Island Fish

‘N’ Chips. Our members were very

pleased with the fish and chips

restaurant. No one went away

hungry from the portions that were

served there. Many of our mem-

bers stated that it was the best

‘non-greasy’ fish and chips that

they had have eaten for a long

time...which is nice to know. I found

out that the owner, Mike has been

in the same spot for 22 years! One

can’t stay in business for that length

time without being a good place to

eat, Thanks, Mike.

We had 25 members and 3 volun-

teers on the bus. Also, Key, Helen,

Danny and Wilma came by car.

We, really, lucked out. As, it was a

beautiful, sunny day. Only com-

plaint?? was the day wasn’t long



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LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING —by Ollie Stogrin, Templeton Stroke Recovery

enough. Next bus trip? We will make

it longer.

Next, our long time member, Josef

has moved to North Burnaby. We still

don’t know if the HandyDart will bring

him to Templeton. Josef would still

like to come to our group, as he

knows everyone. I hope, ‘Dart will be

understanding and bring him to

Templeton. We will see next week…

We have 2 new members this week

(last week of Oct 2012) Alex and

Fernand. Alex has been to our group

two weeks ago. Fernand, his first

time. Hope they both will become our

members, welcome to Templeton

group!

Our members went bowling to

Grandview Lanes in Commercial

Street. Templeton paid everyone’s

bowling games. Everyone had a

great time. We could almost start

a ‘league’ of Templeton members

alone! (Maybe, we can start SRABC Branches

League???) As almost all members

and volunteers showed up, which

is good.

We had 3 birthdays in October.

Reesa (volunteer speech pathologist)

Helen and Diann, Happy belated

birthday cake (it was a pie) as there

was a slight mix-up of who was baking

the cake. So, we had a pie instead,

which was different…

Our volunteer, Trevor and member,

Lorrain made a spaghetti lunch for us

(Oct 18) and Olga bought a big salad

that was a treat for all our members.

As mostly, it ’s my soup and

sandwiches. So, I had the cook’s

day-off and our members had

Italian lunch.

Our Xmas dinner is coming up,

Dec. 1, 2012. Hopefully, we have

good weather and a good turn-out of

members from other groups, we

would love to see you! Please look

for Jose’s Templeton Christmas

Dinner ad flyer, which I haven’t asked

him to do because I have a very

busy October.

See you all at our Xmas dinner...

— by Ollie Stogrin



Templeton Invites YOU to our Christmas Dinner 2012

When: Saturday, December 1, 2012 Doors open 5:30pm, Dinner starts at 6pm

Where: Lion’s Den 770 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC

Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings

Raffle Galore, door prizes and, of course ‘The Entertainment’

Please bring all your family and friends for an evening of fun and friendship!

Price: $12 RSVP: Please reply not later than

Nov. 26, 2012

For more info: Ollie - 604.434.3609 Key - 604.434.6513

THE ANT

Every day, a small ant

arrives at work very early

and starts work immedi-

ately. She produces a lot

and she was happy.

The Chief, a lion, was surprised to see

that the ant was without supervision.

He thought if the ant can produce so

much without super-vision, wouldn’t

she produce even more if she had a

supervisor. So, he recruited a cock-

roach who had extensive experience

as supervisor & who was famous for

writing excellent reports. The cock-

roach’s first decision was to set up a

clocking in attendance system. He also

needed a secretary to help him write

and type his reports and he

recruited a spider, who managed the

archives and monitored all phone calls.

The lion was delighted with the

cockroach’s reports and asked him

to produce graphs to describe

production rates and to analyze trends,

so that he could use them for presenta-

tions at Board’s meeting.

So, the cockroach had to buy a new

computer and a laser printer and

recruited a fly to manage the IT

department.

The ant, who had once been

so productive and relaxed, hated this

new plethora of paperwork and

meetings which used up most of her

time.

The lion came to the conclusion that

it was high time to nominate a

person in charge of the department

where the ant worked.

The position was given to the


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cicada, whose first decision was to

buy a carpet & an ergonomic chair

for his office. He also needed a

computer and a personal assistant,

who he brought from his previous

department, to help him prepare a

Work and Budget Control Strategic

Optimization Plan.

The Department where the ant work

is now a sad place, where nobody

laughs anymore and everybody has

become upset.

It was at that time the cicada

convinced the boss, the lion, of the

absolute necessity to start a climatic

study of the environment.

Having reviewed the charges for the

ant’s department, the lion found out

that the production was much less

than before. So, he recruited the

owl, a prestigious and renowned

consultant to carry out an audit and

suggest solutions. The owl spent

three months in the department &

came up with an enormous report, in

several volumes, that concluded:

“The department is overstaffed.”

Guess who the lion fires first?

The ant, of course, because she

“showed lack of motivation & had a

negative attitude.”

And, this is why we have added over

200,00 new federal employees in the

past two years, and no one can explain

why we are still in a recession. It’s not

a good time to be an ant.

And...that’s why, I am SOOO thankful

to be retired!

—joke submitted by Jim Walmsley

Delta Stroke Recovery

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EEG, or electroencephalogram is a tool the doctors use to image the brain while it is performing a cognitive task. This allows them to detect the location and magnitude of brain activity involved in the various types of cognitive functions. EEG allows the doctors to view and record the changes in patient brain activity during the time patient are performing the task.

Images are acquired by using electrodes to monitor the amount of electrical activity at different points on the patient scalp.

RISKS & BENEFITS

EEG are non-invasive and do not involve any X-rays, radia-tion, or injections. EEG have been used for many years and are considered very safe. The electrodes record activity with-out producing any sensation. Slight redness may occur in the locations where the electrodes were placed, but this will wear off after a few hours. However, there may be risks depending on patient specif ic medical condition.

JOSEs NOTES My first EEG at Burnaby Hospital

EEG at Burnaby Hospital (Oct. 3,

2012) After two weeks of phone

tag, I did managed to get an

appointment for EEG. It was Wed.

3, 2012 - 9:45 am appointment.

It was 8:15 am in the morning of

Wednesday, Oct. 3 when I went

to Burnaby Hospital. Google

maps said that it’s 2 miles from

my house and I will try to scooter

it myself. Going south of

Renfrew Street then left on 22nd

Avenue, past Rupert Street, then

Boundary Road. Now, I know that

some Burnaby roads does not

have the street ramps like

Vancouver does. It’s good the

Burnaby streets are wide and not

enough traffic so I can go to

s t r e e t s g o i n g t o B u r n a b y

Hospital. It’s only 3 blocks from

Boundary Road. And, it took me

45 minutes, from my house to

Burnaby Hospital, not bad.

Wow! I went to Nuclear Medicine

that’s what they called it, then to

EEG Department, but it’s only

9:04 am, I could wait but maybe

I could go to cafeteria and have

a proper breakfast. What do you

know?.....almost all the café-

teria employees are Filipinos.

I ordered scramble eggs with

everything in it and coffee. The

cashier was a Filipino and we

talked awhile I waited for my

9:45 am appointment.

EEG - (This is my first EEG) The

techn ic ian s t ar t ed t o put

electrodes on my head, all over

my scalp, then with the aid

of the computer, did the test.

I thought, the results is also fast.

The technician said no, the EEG

was 100 years old, at least, and

paper graph is 300 pages. Now,

computer-age, no more paper

but st i l l 300 pages for the

doctors to see the results of the

EEG later. Wait for the results??

I hope, nothing’s wrong…

—by Jose Suganob


SCANNING THE BRAIN

WHAT IS EEG?


Although not a “brain scan” as

term is usually used, the EEG, or

electroencephalograph was known

as early as the nineteenth century

that living brains have electrical

activity, an Austrian psychiatrist

named Hans Berger was the first

to record this activity in human, in

the late 1920.

Early EEG, electric signals was

sent to galvanometers (instruments

that detect and measure small

electric currents) that are in turn

hooked up to pens, under which

graph paper moves continu-

ously. The pens t race the

signals onto the graph paper.

Computer-age, the brain electric

signals is now hooked to the

computer. No more graph paper,

but the same old EEG.

ARE WE “MIDDLE CLASS”? —Werner Stephan, North Shore Stroke Recovery Center - West Vancouver Group

I recently read an

art icle in ‘News-

week’ (June 25, 2012)

on the shr inking

number of people

who were considered middle

class in the USA and Canada.

I found the article quite stimulat-

ing and it also invited further

reading on the subject on the

Internet. I read about the history

and the evolution of the term.

I also found this term can be

defined not only by income and

assets (the economic standing)

but also by ones professional

status and even by a person’s

value system and opinions.

Strictly in terms of household

income, 6 in 10 North American

(excluding Mexico) earn between

$25k and 150k per year. These

income earners define them-

selves as ‘Middle Class’ strictly

based on their incomes. An

article in ‘The Economist,’ a

financial newspaper, used as a

defining criterion the disposable

income which considers also

the cost of living. This definition

is often used to determine the

size of the ‘Global Middle Class’

and should be especially

interesting to seniors who often

have no or very little disposable

income. 4 in 10 North Americans

(excluding Mexicans) have less

than $25k or more than $150k

per year income and the gap is

widening. In most areas of

North America, the wealth of the

Middle Class is tied up in real

estate, which lost a lot of its value

recently. The earners of incomes

of more than $150k/year did

better than the average investor.

Their wealth, because they have a

higher disposable income, was

typically invested in stocks and

bonds which did much better than

real estate. Do they have a more

efficient crystal ball? That results

in a widening gap of wealth

between the ‘Upper Class’ and all

the other classes, which results in

social tensions. We, seniors have

to be very vigilant that we do not

slide where we cannot maintain an

acceptable lifestyle, and one that

assures us that we are still part of

the ‘Middle Class’ determined by

income alone.

Included as belonging to the

Middle Class are professionals,

managers, senior civil servants

and all white collar workers

because they are considered a

significant human capital. Race

does not matter but how about the

value system and opinions?

It would appear that the term

‘Middle Class’ is more colloquial in

language use and may refer to all

persons that identify themselves

by their Middle Class values, what-

ever they may be. ‘Middle Class’

values are very much debatable.

The social structure of the United


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Kingdom is highly controversial,

especially in the 21st century.

Historically, a ‘class’ belonging was

inherited but that classification

has become much more fluid

after WWII. However, claims that

the UK has become a classless

society, has frequently been met

with skepticism. It does not seem

to be realistic to aim for a truly

classless society. Even a Marxist

‘tribal hunter/gatherer’ society

which, according to the theory, is

classless has obvious flaws.

You don’t have enough of socio-

logical theories? How about the

‘One Third Hypothesis’ (OTH)? It is

a socio-dynamic idea of a socio-

logist who thinks that he can

prove mathematically that a

group’s prominence increases as

it approaches one third of a

population; say 1/3 lower class,

1/3 middle class and 1/3 upper

class. Or a Chinese cultural term,

Xiaoozi, which describes a lifestyle

in a Marxist tradition of class

conflict? I don’t want to discuss

details.

But, who cares! It would appear

that what is important is which

class we see ourselves belonging

to, even if our income, for

example, has slipped and our

investments do not perform as

they did once.

—by Werner Stephan

West Vancouver Group North Shore Stroke Recovery Center

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