The Army
A man was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.
He grabbed the man by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
The man replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."
Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?"
He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service."
This joke
I would think I got as much "stuff" to wear on my body parts to help me survive my stroke as any one person could possibly wear all at one time! Should I happen to fall, I could not possibly get up on my own.
I got a brace to hold my wrist straight while helping my fingers open and close.
I got an arm brace from the elbow to the wrist and a shorter one to sleep in at night.
Knee braces for both knees that I can't get on by myself.
I got an AFO that goes in my shoe with a fastener
Well, as most of you already know, I don't Blog too often but today being Veterans Day and me being here at Fort Hood, Texas, makes me appreciate how far I've come from the stroke I survived almost seven (7) years ago. I survived Vietnam 39 years ago with a back injury, operation and transfer to Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, CA.
So, knowing first hand, I always got praise for our veterans of any war. To see the suffering of lost limbs, wounds and their physical conditions they
Many of you know where I been for about two weeks and more. I thank you, my wife Marion, thanks you too. It was very hard for her to loose her mom, they talked every day. Her mom told her she was waiting until she got to New Orleans and she did. They held hands when she passed at the home of her baby daughter and all her children, most of the grand kids and the entire family was right there.
She lived a long life, made 84 on 8 August and passed 16 October. She's in a better place now and all
Well Stessie we fought a great fight, now we await the vote count. I have no earthly idea which way it'll go nor how high the vote counts will be for all 5 of the contestants! I just pray you are first. I said to my wife I'm coming to Cincy if you win, she said not without her and she has no more vacation days left for this year.
I don't even remember when they said the count would become final, just that they will be on the square for the celebration. Take some pictures if you can and send
I just wanna say to our members, you can vote for our member Stephanie, AKA Stessie. She needs our votes in a contest she entered a couple weeks ago. You may remember she battled Brest Cancer and won. So, she is in the contest for a Beauty Makeover with four other ladies in Cincinnati. The winner, by votes, gets a beauty makeover and many other prizes.
She is so deserving being a stroke survivor and cancer survivor and we prayed so often for her to beat the cancer...Well she did it and this
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending" It is unknown who wrote these words! However in my case now the words are so darn true. Just all of a sudden changes are upon me in full force I think!
Well, today was Labor Day and in reading a pamphlet at the outdoor recreation pavilion where many people were celebrating the day, I saw what is believed to be the "Reasons to Celebrate Labor Day" and as a national holiday too!
Americans
I haven't blogged in a few days and I'm just marking time right now being released from a 2 day stay at the hospital for observations! I'm still a happy person just with a little more pains than usual. That hurts! My wife is ready to put me to work on her computer. I bought her a new one. The last one, a guy sold me, was no good. An update detected that it was not registered for the program it had installed on it! Ain't that something? I had never noticed!
I gotta wait until Saturday for a f
Hi to all,
I been thinking!, I read a book, and now, I really believe I can and all of us can get better from the lowest struggle to the highest stroke survivor, in terms of how we are, what we are, and how the stroke affected our minds and bodies! Sure, we got struggle ahead of us, but it can happen that one day we can walk, talk, see, think, and recover with use of our bodies much more than we can at this moment in time!
We have to believe we can, yes, we have to work at it, both, phys
Our weather people on every TV channel in our viewing area says we got at least 5 days of triple digit heat starting this week end! So far we been blessed, only two days so far of a hundred or more. We have had 20 and more consecutive days of 100 and more in years past. It's unbearable and the electric bill will be sky high. I hope we all make it through without any deaths of heat exhaustion!
The elderly really has to be cared for and checked on daily. Most of them are home alone except for
Happiness is what life is all about in my book. I think God wanted us to be happy people. He gave man a companion and said he cannot live by bread alone. We will have sad times, bumps in the road, down times, hard times but they should work to make us even stronger people!
I'm so happy I have the companion I have now and a second chance to live more life on earth after this stroke, I just don't know how to express myself. I wish no one ever has to be depressed in a life time, especially with
Tuesday July 22, 1941 President/VP Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace
Freddie King Birthstone – Ruby Birth Sign – Cancer
Events of the month:
In the United States, President Roosevelt nationalized the Filipino army under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Roosevelt also appoints William Donovan as the le
We as people got to believe we can do or accomplish something without saying, "I can't or I won't or it's not possible in my case!" We have to T- R- Y, success will come with will power and determination. Two months ago I said I probably would not walk again without a cane. With proper therapy now, I'm walking without a cane!
This is only the beginning, you must have faith in yourself first then in who is leading the way in your recovery. In my case I put God first, but in all cases you got
DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR
A man's daughter had asked the local minister
to come and pray with her father.
When the minister arrived,
he found the man lying in bed with his head
propped up on two pillows.
An empty chair sat beside his bed.
The minister assumed that the old fellow
had been informed of his visit.
'I guess you were expecting me, he said.
'No, who are you?' said the father.
The minister told him his name and then remarked,
'I saw the empt
Well, that time of year is here and I think this summer will be like the coldest winter with snow many states had in a long time. The heat will be excessive for a few weeks and the warnings are out on each TV channel about staying cool and hydrated.
Watch out for the elderly too, check on them you know of who's kids may be out of state and they really have no one to see after them. I've cot a couple elderly neighbors who are here taking care of grand kids while the military parents are servi
This may bring tears to your eyes. The sad part is that it is true.
This is well worth the read.
"SOON TO BE GONE"
By Capt. Steven Ellison, MD
A MILITARY DOCTOR
This should be required reading in every school and college in our country. This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a medal himself for putting this together. If you choose not to pass it on, fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.
I am a doctor specializing in the E
Well, I'm still in the process of learning to use the features we have now. It's not easy for me as I hate to start clicking and pressing buttons. I just tried to use sizes, fonts, and other features to no avail.
I would think when I click on the arrow in the box for sizes, it would drop down and give me choices. Well it didn't, maybe I was suppose to double click?? I even clicked on the sign that says, Insert ink, since my writing seems to be very light.
The only thing I got to work was
Well folks I'm still in PT, today being my last session on this referral and approval by Medicare. My therapist tells me I will get another session which is about 9 appointments. That should take care of July, by then she tells me I will be walking without my cane.
So, now I'm looking forward to be dancing with my wife by my birthday! And you all thought an old man can't dance! I was light on my feet and fast too before this stroke, thus, the name, Fast Freddie! Of course, my wife is the st
Well, my PT is coming along or maybe it's going good and I got three more sessions. It's not a whole lot I can do to start with but she thinks I will be walking without a cane soon. My mind (what I got left) is not comprehending that statement she made. So for now I don't even think about walking without a cane. My knees are so bad with arthritis, it takes all I can to stand up and walk with a cane, much less with it.
When you have a stroke and one side is weak, the nerves, the muscles and
Here in Central Texas we are known to have days over 100 degrees, the bad part is they come in bunches, like 21 days and more each Summer. While we placed flags on graves yesterday, it felt like over a hundred but it was not. Many folks keep applying sun tan lotions, I'm naturally tanned from birth, so I stuck it out until the job was done.
We all thought about the hot sun in Iraq and Afghanistan they endured when their lives were lost, so we did our best putting out the flags to Memorializ
I do hope all will have a good Memorial holiday coming. Say a prayer in memory of those gun down right here at Ft. Hood last November while preparing to go to war. Then all the veterans and current serving servicemen and women all around the world.
Being here at an Army base on Memorial Day brings so much sadness when you see the young wives, husbands and little kiddos standing there holding the American flags without both parents trying to see the parade and festivities planned each year.
This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, and a few good chuckles are guaranteed.
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"It parallels my life pretty darn close and it was sent to me a while ago. It made me stand up and think, most people and families during that time in life suffered in ways we only know
Dating back to the first century, Pentecost, or as it's called in some traditions Whitsunday, is the 50th day after Easter. In the Christian tradition we celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church as our Counselor and Guide. The day of Pentecost also has roots back to the Jewish tradition as the feast of Weeks that honored the giving of the first fruits from the Spring harvest and was celebrated 50 days after Passover.
Pentecost is a day of significance for more than the Pentecos
I started PT on the 19th for nine sessions, I go twice a week then get evaluated for success or failure to see if I need more. Medicare is paying so I don't know if any more will get their approval soon. I would like to get OT after this if they approve it.
My concern this time around is how therapy has cut down on the time of each session. I get 40 minutes only. I remember times before I got one hour each session. Maybe this 40 minute thing is new by insurance rules or limitations. Seems l
The Woman, a tribute to all Mothers and Woman Hood, especially the caregivers and survivors here at stroke net. In my opinion, those are some of the greatest women I can ever imagine.
When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day. An angel came by and said: "Why spend so much time on that one?" And the Lord answered: "Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?" "She must be washable, but not made of plastic, have more than 200 moving parts which all must b
