SSEEO Newsletter - November 7, 2011

SSEEO Annual Report

From the beginning, SSEEO's mission has been to provide advocacy, support, education and resources for stroke survivors and their families. In August 2010, SSEEO was granted 501(c)(3) status as a tax-exempt non-profit organization with an active Board of Directors. SSEEO invites you to read its first annual report covering the Peer-to-Peer Program, SSEEO website statistics, the teleconference series, sponsorships and donors, expenditures, how to get involved and future plans.

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Part 1
By Erin Robertson

Nearly 13 years ago, I met a man unlike any other I had ever known. Possessed of a sarcastic wit that almost matched my own, J.J. and I talked for over 10 hours on our first date. Since ours was a long-distance romance at first, we spoke on the phone for hours each night. I never grew tired of learning more about this man. I loved how deep, philosophical and wide-ranging those conversations were. When I married him, I looked forward to years filled with discussions, banter, debate and repartee. And for the first nearly nine years of our marriage, that’s what we experienced.

We had a wonderful life. It wasn’t storybook, but it was ours and it was perfect for us.

On February 15, 2009, our lives changed in an instant when J.J. suffered a single ischemic left MCA stroke. When I arrived at the hospital that night, J.J. was paralyzed on the right side of his body. He also was completely silent, something that had happened on only a handful of occasions before.

After a week in the hospital, another week at a rehabilitation hospital and months of therapy, J.J. has very few physical challenges following his stroke. Those long-winded diatribes, however, are no more. J.J. still suffers from aphasia.

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Next SSEEO Teleconference

Topic: Spirituality and Faith in Stroke Recovery
Presented by Lucia Hamilton from Alexian Brothers Health System
Tuesday, November 15th, 12pm - 1pm Central

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