I am still waiting for my son in law to say he is going to Toronto. So far, Germany and now California, and Mexico next but I am ready to go.
Actually we have been busy with Grandchildren, neices and nephews graduating this year! Always enjoyable, one more to go this weekend. We will be spending a few days with Daughter and Family, Aline has visited there. When she stayed here for a few weeks way back in ??, we went down and Aline really liked it. They have a nice, big home on a lake and there is always endless swimming, baking and cooking and oh, eating!!
When the rhubarb is in season, we bake pies, we make Pasties sometimes with 3 or 4 recipe's of pastry, and we make mulberry pies in season. Evening usually brings a boat ride with water skiing for the skiiers-not us! and a pictionary game.
I am trying to get organized and find some pictures of Aline from Florida. How she loved Florida! She was such a sunshine person! She loved her exercises out doors, swimming at the Y, and her great group of friends. I hope they are able to send her a note, I will contact them again.
If you see Aline, tell her I said Hi and I am writing a letter again, however, I am also helping Jim to stain the deck, and trying to get over this bloody cold!
Take care, and look for the good in the world. I think Aline did!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A lady who made it thru!
I have found a website right here at Blogspot, have not read all the way thru, but some talk about certain problems and medicines.
"www.expressiveaphasia.blogspot.com"
Sorry you cannot click on this and go there, you will have to paste or copy it in your browser. This lady wrote a book and self publised it, she seems amazing.
"www.expressiveaphasia.blogspot.com"
Sorry you cannot click on this and go there, you will have to paste or copy it in your browser. This lady wrote a book and self publised it, she seems amazing.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Catalogue and software place.
www.parrotsoftware.com
This looks like a good site for some information and for some programs which might be useful. Perhaps, or maybe not.
I am looking at this, not to try to make Aline her old self, but to perhaps help you to feel that she is doing the very best that she can, because we did the very best that we can.
I know Aline is not going to challenge herself with juvenile projects and crafts, although that would be ok, but perhaps we can find a challenge here that she will enjoy.
I see there are many projects on line, I dont know the cost, but the idea's we get might help us to understand things better, including Aline. Maybe just ordering a catalogue would give ideas.
This looks like a good site for some information and for some programs which might be useful. Perhaps, or maybe not.
I am looking at this, not to try to make Aline her old self, but to perhaps help you to feel that she is doing the very best that she can, because we did the very best that we can.
I know Aline is not going to challenge herself with juvenile projects and crafts, although that would be ok, but perhaps we can find a challenge here that she will enjoy.
I see there are many projects on line, I dont know the cost, but the idea's we get might help us to understand things better, including Aline. Maybe just ordering a catalogue would give ideas.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
A good link, this tells a lot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_aphasia
I googled treatment, and got this. It lists some treatments, techniques, and some meds. Something to consider.
I liked the part which says don't talk loudly, and don't talk "down" to the patient! We would get a look if we did that, wouldn't we?
I think just copy and paste the http above into your browser, or just type it in. Or use google. Broca aphasia treatment (in Google)
I googled treatment, and got this. It lists some treatments, techniques, and some meds. Something to consider.
I liked the part which says don't talk loudly, and don't talk "down" to the patient! We would get a look if we did that, wouldn't we?
I think just copy and paste the http above into your browser, or just type it in. Or use google. Broca aphasia treatment (in Google)
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sorry, begin at the bottom
I am sure I will figure this out, but you have to start at the bottom and then the newest posts are on the top. Good luck, everyone, I am excited about the Aphasia website, and we will all learn from that I am sure. For now, Goodnight!
Jackpot!
www.aphasia.org
I found a whole website on Aphasia! There are many, many kinds, and some good treatments I think.
Vivian, I know you are on the right track with the singing, and some other things. I dont have time to read all this, so a lot may be irrelevant, so forgive me. It will get you started when I call you in the morning.
The website looks good, with a search and everything! It is now well after midnight and I want to get up and call you in the morning.
I have left it so you can leave me a message on the site, so can your siblings and so on if they like, I am not worried about privacy. It's a pretty good site.
I will post more when I have time, in the meantime, tell Aline we are well, and we think of her often. I gave her a little blue glass votive holder, looks like a tulip. I have the mate in my kitchen window. She had hers in her bedroom. I see mine often. Send her our love.
I found a whole website on Aphasia! There are many, many kinds, and some good treatments I think.
Vivian, I know you are on the right track with the singing, and some other things. I dont have time to read all this, so a lot may be irrelevant, so forgive me. It will get you started when I call you in the morning.
The website looks good, with a search and everything! It is now well after midnight and I want to get up and call you in the morning.
I have left it so you can leave me a message on the site, so can your siblings and so on if they like, I am not worried about privacy. It's a pretty good site.
I will post more when I have time, in the meantime, tell Aline we are well, and we think of her often. I gave her a little blue glass votive holder, looks like a tulip. I have the mate in my kitchen window. She had hers in her bedroom. I see mine often. Send her our love.
A problem in my plan.
I found out I cannot just copy and paste information, but can give you links to it so that is what I will do until I talk to my nephew.
Wow, I think I have it!
Broca's Aphasia
An excerp from the beginning
Early on in life in his native France, at the tender age of 17 he started his monumental life as a prosector and he eventually became Secretary of the Societé-Anatomique. As a neurological clinician but also as a researcher, he wrote effusively- well over 500 presentations (none ever considered mediocre). A classic 900 page monograph on aneurysms came forth from his gifted pen and he even experimented with hypnotism on a series of surgical cases. Even with considerably opposition, he helped introduce the microscope in the diagnosis of cancer. But he is best known amongst so many other accomplishments for his contribution to neurology the concept of functional localization by cerebral convolution. And with his aged father looking on with silent admiration in a memorable meeting in 1862 he demonstrated the brain lesion of his first patient who had suffered from aphémie (renamed aphasia later by Armand Trousseau (1801-1867)). From this presentation and from other ongoing observations he concluded that the integrity of the left frontal convolution was responsible and necessary for articular speech (David Ferrier 1843-1928) is responsible for naming this region "Broca’s convolution- the motor speech area."
Med.Sci 532
Structure-Function
Broca Aphasia
Aphasia is defined by Websters Dictionary as a "loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage."
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Vivian, I found this by going to google and putting in Broca Aphasia. Next is treatments
Wow, I think I have it!
Broca's Aphasia
An excerp from the beginning
Early on in life in his native France, at the tender age of 17 he started his monumental life as a prosector and he eventually became Secretary of the Societé-Anatomique. As a neurological clinician but also as a researcher, he wrote effusively- well over 500 presentations (none ever considered mediocre). A classic 900 page monograph on aneurysms came forth from his gifted pen and he even experimented with hypnotism on a series of surgical cases. Even with considerably opposition, he helped introduce the microscope in the diagnosis of cancer. But he is best known amongst so many other accomplishments for his contribution to neurology the concept of functional localization by cerebral convolution. And with his aged father looking on with silent admiration in a memorable meeting in 1862 he demonstrated the brain lesion of his first patient who had suffered from aphémie (renamed aphasia later by Armand Trousseau (1801-1867)). From this presentation and from other ongoing observations he concluded that the integrity of the left frontal convolution was responsible and necessary for articular speech (David Ferrier 1843-1928) is responsible for naming this region "Broca’s convolution- the motor speech area."
Med.Sci 532
Structure-Function
Broca Aphasia
Aphasia is defined by Websters Dictionary as a "loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage."
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This is a good one-SM
In most people the Broca's area is in the lower part of the left frontal lobe. It is one of the main language areas in the cerebral cortex because it controls the motor aspects of speech. Persons with a Broca aphasia can usually understand what words mean, but have trouble performing the motor or output aspects of speech. Thus, other names for this disorder are 'expressive' and 'motor' aphasia. Depending on the severity of the lesion to Broca's area, the symptoms can range from the mildest type (cortical dysarthria) with intact comprehension and the ability to communicate through writing to a complete loss of speaking out loud.
Vivian, I found this by going to google and putting in Broca Aphasia. Next is treatments
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