tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88351409593078418562024-03-07T19:57:15.433-08:00Stroke BlogA database of links, information and comments about an ischemic or subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke, a cerebral aneurysm, as well as other related brain events causing aphasia.strokesurvivorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05399306504122827149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835140959307841856.post-76269335871329213132007-01-30T15:49:00.000-08:002007-01-30T17:01:27.809-08:00practical linksIf anyone would like to write to me privately about this site or its contents, my email address is <a href="mailto:strokeblog@yahoo.com">strokeblog@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />Please feel free to add your own links, stories or ideas.<br /><br />Today's practical links:<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.strokecenter.org/">Internet Stroke Center</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brainaneurysm.com/index.html">Brain Aneurysm Resources</a> about the <a href="http://www.brainaneurysm.com/gdc-coiling.html">platinum coil</a> used in treating a cerebral aneurysm and <a href="http://www.brainaneurysm.com/aneurysm-stories.html">patient stories</a>.<br /><br />Images of <a href="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=100&hl=en&q=brain+surgery+scar">brain surgery scars </a>from Google images.<br /><br />YouTube and Google <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22brain+surgery%22&hl=en">Videos </a>about various kinds of brain surgery.<br /><br />Excellent images and about <a href="http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/imaging/neuroradiology.html#diag">how an aneurysm may be treated </a>from the Royal Perth Hospital, including information about the platinum coil or the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">stent</span>.<br /><br />BBC article <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/Coil">about the platinum coil cutting the death risk </a>from a burst cerebral aneurysm.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037">The American Stroke Association</a> with <a href="http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=10000067">a glossary </a>of stroke related medical names and terms.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.askapatient.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">AskAPatient</span>.com</a>, which is a forum for discussing medicines/drugs and rating them from personal experience, as well as a useful <a href="http://www.askapatient.com/Research/REFERRals.htm">information resource</a> about prescription medications.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">Wikipedia</span> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain">the brain</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke">stroke</a>, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA).<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">Cerebrovascular</span> Disease- stroke or "brain attack" from <a href="http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html">The Whole Brain Atlas</a>.<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.dhmc.org/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&org_id=115&morg_id=0&sec_id=0&gsec_id=33087&item_id=33088">A Typical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">Patient's</span> Journey</a>"<br /><br />A survivor's tragic story about what happened when <a href="http://www.frontiernet.net/~lindaf1/bump.html">he bumped his head</a>.<br /><br />Common conditions <a href="http://www.ctds.info/magnesium.html">linked with magnesium deficiency</a>, including in <a href="http://www.ctds.info/magnesium-migraine.html">migraines, strokes and epilepsy</a>.strokesurvivorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05399306504122827149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835140959307841856.post-84903825646392381522007-01-30T15:08:00.000-08:002007-01-30T15:24:19.857-08:00First postThanks to ztdavis' <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/58135">post </a>and the subsequent thread of comments on <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/">MetaFilter</a>, I was inspired to create a blog about and for stroke survivors and anyone interested in the subject.strokesurvivorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05399306504122827149noreply@blogger.com1