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My stroke..Joining the handicapped club
Author: Vic
This will be a 5 part posting of what happened when I had my stroke… this will probably take me several weeks to complete so please bear with me..
My story begins with my third stroke. It happened on the morning of March 9th 2005. I was working at my desk at home and answered a phone call, and I couldn’t speak clearly, and my vision started getting dancing lights. [now I didn't feel like anything was really wrong] I went and laid down and called the doctor. He recommended I take some aspirin and just take it easy [of course this was not the right thing to do]. After a few hours I didn’t get any better so we called 911 and they came and took me to the hospital.
Now I was the kind of guy who figured how bad could this be? I had always been careless with my health… I was taking blood pressure medication [not faithfully ] since I had always had high blood pressure and I also had two previous strokes… you think I would’ve learned a lesson about high blood pressure … donucha know….
Now I was quite a distance from the hospital so it took awhile to get all this done. And of course after I got to the hospital I waited quite a while more, and I got worse the longer I was there it got to the point, I couldn’t move my legs, I was scared. Well it seemed to take a long time for them to figure out I was having a stroke. Now this took place in 2005 you would think they would know better! So they found me a bed and began to give me treat ments.
So, began my adventures in handicap living .
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Rev. Billy Graham Celebrates 90th Birthday
Author: Vic
By MIKE BAKER
Associated Press Writer
Rev. Billy Graham Celebrates 90th Birthday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Billy Graham’s work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for Barack Obama as the nation’s next leader begins his work, Graham’s son said Friday on the aging evangelist’s 90th birthday.
Franklin Graham said in an interview that his father’s mind remains sharp even as his body continues to fail. But the preacher who has counseled every president beginning with Eisenhower is not in line to mentor Obama.
“My father feels like his time and day for that is over,” Franklin Graham said. “But he would certainly like to meet (Obama) and pray with him.”
Graham’s views of the world are still respected in White House circles. Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited Graham at his mountainside home during the campaign, and Obama tried to meet Graham but wasn’t able to do so because of the preacher’s poor health.
“He’s always been ready to die,” Franklin Graham said. “But nobody’s prepared him for getting old.”
Tags: Help For Those Who Can’t Afford Computer Repairs
Author: Vic
By : Robert Souza : 10/28/08 Castro valley Forum
Claiming to be a former “faceless information technology worker of the 1970s” — and retired for the past 13 years — Erik Jensen says he has both the time and skills to help those facing hard times to make their way back to the information superhighway.
“Times are tough for people nowadays and I’m trying to help those who are without the economic ability to do so themselves,” says Jensen, who has been repairing computers free of charge at his Castro Valley home for, among others, students who have no financial support, the unemployed, the disabled, and those with homes in foreclosure.
Jensen says he doesn’t intend to take business from—or to compete with—legitimate computer repair shops in town. He’s just trying to help people in need and maybe keep a few computers from finding their way into the landfill.
“Hopefully the community will see this as a service to those who need it and will inspire others to help,” says Jensen, who explains most computers aren’t actually broken, they simply don’t work properly because they need software reinstalled or reconfigured.
“I’m 61 and I’ve lived in Castro Valley for over 20 years and it’s time for me to do something for people.”
But getting the word out on what he does has been vexing Jensen for some time now. “The biggest problem I have is there’s more people out there to help and I can’t do good for people if they don’t know about me.”
Jensen offers his repair services virtually for free, excluding any parts that may be needed. He does requires a $20 deposit, with $15 returnable when items have been picked up. He cannot offer warranty service and it is strictly a first-come-first-served enterprise for Castro Valley residents only.
On getting old, life after a stroke
Author: Vic
The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know. Old Age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my father/mother!), but I don’t agonize over those things for long. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I’ve become my own friend.
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I don’t chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn’t need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. And Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 40 &50’s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love … I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it).
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