Deans' stroke musings: World Stroke Day

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

World Stroke Day - Only a Few Days Away!

An email from the National Stroke Association where they don't even acknowledge that everything in stroke is totally f*cked up. If you don't even know you have a problem there is no way you can ever fix it.

Mr. Matt Lopez as Next CEO, you have your work cut out for you. Lots to fix in your organization if you are to fulfill your mission statement.

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Dear dean,

The national and international effects of stroke are clear. In the United States, 795,000 people will experience a stroke every year. Globally, stroke will claim six million lives annually. World Stroke Day is right around the corner and we are still pushing members of Congress support the U.S. and global stroke community, but we need your help.

Congress has the ability to better the lives of stroke survivors and their loved ones, but some members of Congress are unaware of stroke’s prevalence. Please contact your legislators today and ask them to submit a statement to the record recognizing World Stroke Day. By promoting this international stroke awareness day, your legislators will learn more about the impact that stroke has on the lives of those in the stroke community.

Advocates from all over the nation are already reaching out to their members of Congress. Join your fellow advocates and contact your legislators today.

Contact your representatives in Congress with pre-written messages (which you can personalize). Help us help the entire stroke community—it only takes a minute to make a big difference!

Sincerely,

Angie Baker
Manager, Policy Advocacy

0. There is no fast, easy and objective way to diagnose a stroke.
1. tPA may save your life but only has a 12% efficacy for full recovery.
2. Your neurologist doesn't have any concrete stroke protocols to save all the neurons that are dying in the first week.
3. Your neurologist or physiatrist doesn't have any clue about how to get you to full recovery. (Ask them exactly how to do it), you'll get excuses.
4. Only 10% get to full recovery.
5. No protocols to prevent your 33% chance of getting dementia post-stroke.
6. Nothing to alleviate your fatigue.
7. Nothing that will cure your spasticity.
8. Nothing on cognitive training unless you find this yourself.
9. No published stroke protocols.
10. No way to compare your stroke hospital results vs. other stroke hospitals.
Everything in stroke is a complete failure.