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STROKE: Remember the 1st three letters… S.T.R.

You could save a life by remembering this simple exercise.

STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a lady stumbled and fell – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and that she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. She was cleaned up settled down with a new plate of food. She appeared to be a bit shaken up but set about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Later that night her husband called to let everyone know that his wife had been taken to the hospital and at 6:00pm , she passed away.

She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Perhaps she would be alive today if anyone at the BBQ had known how to identify the signs.

People who suffer from a stroke don’t always die, sometimes they end up in a state of severly diminished capacity.

Apparently, if a stroke victim can be treated by a neuroligist within 3 hours the effects of the stroke can be totally reversed. The trick is to recognise the symptoms of a stroke, get a quick diagnosis, and have the patient medically cared for within 3 hours. An often difficult task.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Remember the ‘3’ steps, S*T*R .

Read on and Learn!
It is sometimes difficult to identify the symptoms of a stroke. And it is this lack of awareness that generally spells disaster for the stoke victim who may suffer severe brain damage when people around them fail to recognize the symptoms.

You can recognise the symptoms of a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE .
T * Ask the person toTALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE(Coherently) (eg ‘It’s a nice sunny day today’).
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS .

NOTE: there is also another way to check if the person has had a stroke and that is to ask them to stick out their tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, and falls to one side or the other that another indication of a stroke.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 000 immediately!! and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

You may just save their life or prevent them from ending up with severe brain damage.

Paula and I run an online wholesale jewellery business. Our website is has a secure banking facility or payments can be made by direct debit into our business bank account.

We purchase stock from the US, China and other parts of Asia such as Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Our regular clients like the fact that our jewellry range is not the usual run of the mill stuff that is available in Australia. Paula and I travel extensively to ensure that we keep up to date with the current overseas trends.

Our only stipulation is that clients buy $100 worth of stock in the one transaction. And believe me that’s a lot of stock as our prices are very competitive.

To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students…here is something to make you chuckle. I received this from a dear friend who finds these gems on the internet.

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.And the first thing he said was “DON’T!”
“Don’t what?” Adam replied.

“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.” God said.

“Forbidden fruit?
We have forbidden fruit?Hey Eve…we have forbidden fruit!”

“No Way!”

“Yes way!”

“Do NOT eat the fruit! ” said God.
“Why?”

“Because I am your Father and I said so!”God replied, wondering why He hadn’t stopped creation after making the elephants.A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked!”Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit?” God asked.

“Uh huh,” Adam replied.

“Then why did you?” said the Father.”I don’t know,” said Eve.

“She started it!” Adam said.

“Did not!”
“Did too!”

“DID NOT!”

Having had it with the two of them, God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it, don’t be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk.
Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

“TAKE TWO ASPIRIN”AND “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN”!!!!!