Good Ideas on Stroke Care and Prevention
Having a wife with a family history of stroke, and a daughter-in-law with a recent stroke, we are acutely aware of many of the concerns voiced in "Preemptive Strikes" and "911: In Case of Stroke Emergency" [November/December 2006]. The simple list of queries prepared by Dr. Phillip B. Gorelick to help patients get involved in their own care opens a path to communication between doctor and patient.
Questions of proper diet and beneficial eating habits were constantly raised, as we worked with our three granddaughters on their way to maturity.
Today, as these wonderful young ladies enter the worlds of their own choosing, we pray that good ideas will continue with them. Your articles bring the subject in focus while offering realistic alternatives and suggestions. Thank you again for the service this magazine brings to its readers. - Roy McCoy, Baton Rouge, LA
An All-Around Good Read
The cover with Marcia Cross caught my eye; the SPEAK UP essay by Dr. Rahmani touched my soul; and the feature on Josh Blue hit my funny bone [September/October].
Coincidentally, just a few weeks before, my wife told me who Josh was when we ran into him hiking atop a mountain trail in Georgia. Your articles are very well-written, informative, entertaining, and memorable.
I dare say that if the cover said Sports Illustrated, Esquire, The Smithsonian or National Geographic, you'd have quite a readership. I'm hoping I can become a regular reader. - Dave Cohen, Atlanta, GA.
Brainstormers for Traumatic Brain Injury
We appreciate your shedding light publicly on traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting from the war ["Saving Sergeant Radke," September/October 2006]. This condition has gone largely unrecognized by the public, and articles likes yours really go a long way toward informing people about this condition and its effects.
We are the Brainstormers. We attend a school especially for people coping with traumatic brain injury four days a week. Our group is sponsored by a nonprofit agency, Making Headway: Center for Brain Injury. We are politically active and engage in activities to keep the public informed about living with traumatic brain injury.
We have found strength in unity in a group of people with similar issues. Our group includes people with other brain anomalies like agenesis of the corpus coliseum, moyamoya, and asphyxia. We all face some of the same challenges in our daily lives.
We invite your readers and any returning soldiers with traumatic brain injury to visit our class or correspond with us. - The Brainstormers Eureka Adult School Making Headway, Eureka, Calif.