#community profile

[tshaw3000]

New Community Platform Launched - Burnaby Connect & Engage I'm proud to announce the launch of a new community platform - Burnaby Connect & Engage!

[luckybeardedchild-blog]

SoundCloud Introduces New Curated Playlists and Community Profile Pages

There’s a new set of curated playlists on SoundCloud as well as new community profile pages. Find out all about these fresh SoundCloud features here.

[ipervi]

View Pervaiz Ahmed's profile, blog posts, and comments in the Moz Community. Join today and connect with your fellow inbound marketers like Pervaiz Ahmed!

Moz Community Profile

[mangohealth]

Recovering My Memory

Imagine losing all of your memories and having to relearn how to walk. Imagine being unable to recognize even your closest family members. It’s scary to imagine, but if you’re a true survivor, it’s possible to bounce back, with a lot of hard work and dedication. Meet Kathleen, who had an aneurysm and lived to tell the tale.

I had to remap my brain, meaning I had to learn how to walk and write and drive a car again. It took quite a few years to get back to normal.

Can you tell us about your day-to-day life? I’m a very busy person! I'm going to be 59 in July. I walk four miles a day, I’m a realtor, I cook, I make rosaries that I give away to nuns, and I’m always doing volunteer work at the Roman Catholic Dominican farm. I also love to read. Right now I'm interested in Ayurvedic holistic medicine.

 How do you use Mango? I use the reminders to manage my type 2 diabetes. I also I survived a brain aneurysm 15 years ago. I had to remap my brain, meaning I had to learn how to walk and write and drive a car again. It took quite a few years to get back to normal. I still have little memory lapses; I will forget to take my medicine if my phone doesn't go dinga-linga-ling. So Mango helps me out tremendously.

 Wow, an aneurysm. What led up to that? I was 40, and I would jog every morning for seven miles. I had suffered with migraine headaches all my life, since I was four. Eventually I got a neurologist and found out that not everyone gets them. I started taking medicine.

She came over to the bed, and she started hugging me. "Mom it's me,” she said. “Your only child, Chrissie."

One Saturday I came back from my run, and suddenly my head started pounding. My husband, who’s a pharmacist, looked at me and asked, "Are you okay?" I said, "No, I'm not. I would rather die than have another migraine." And he said, "Get in the car." He knew I didn’t want to go to the hospital, but that's exactly where he took me.

I had an angiogram and an MRI done. They called us with the results right after we got home from the hospital. The doctor said, "Kathleen, I want you to sit down." He told me there was a loop in the left side of my temporal middle artery. He said, "We've made an appointment for you and your husband to see one of the best neurosurgeons in the country on Monday morning."

So I thought, Okay, this is serious. Then he asked, "Have you had any of your migraine medicine today?" I said, "Yes, I just took one." He said, "Well can you bring it back up?" He didn’t want that in my system because it constricts all the blood vessels. It could cause the aneurysm to blow, and if that happened, I wouldn't survive. It turns out this was a congenital defect I’d had all my life.

In the end, they took out a piece of my skull behind my left eyeball, to fix the aneurysm. They put around 70 staples in my skull. I stayed at the hospital for about 10 days, with my head wrapped all up. I lost my vocabulary and my memory. I would ask 50 times a day, "I'm sorry, can you tell me what day it is again? I forgot."

Be thankful for your life. I know that most people don't survive a brain aneurysm, but I just feel so fortunate. Now I see every day as a blessing.

One day this other nurse came in to give me my breakfast and medicine. There was a little flower in a vase on my tray. I asked her, "I'm so sorry, can you tell me your name again?" She broke down in tears. She came over to the bed, and she started hugging me. "Mom it's me,” she said. “Your only child, Chrissie."

 You’ve been through a lot. How do you feel now? Do you have any advice you’d like to pass on to other people going through health issues? It's been 15 years now and I'm doing well, but I still forget things now and then. I would never have survived any of this without my husband. He saved my life by taking me to the hospital that day.

I think everyone should be proactive in taking care of their health: your daily diet, caloric intake, and output of caloric energy -- whether it's through jogging or swimming or weight-lifting. Whatever you choose. It’s important to eat healthy and get back to that fresh, crisp wholeness of whole foods. I do believe that food is medicine.

And, of course, be thankful for your life. I know that most people don't survive a brain aneurysm, but I just feel so fortunate. Now I see every day as a blessing.

 Do you have a story you’d like to share with us? We’d love to hear from you. Send us a note at [email protected].

 If you liked this post, you may also like: - Simple Ways To Boost Your Memory - Finding Hope in a Life of Chronic Illness - Living Longer: To 100 and Beyond

 The posts on this blog are for information only. They are neither intended to substitute for a relationship with your doctor or other healthcare provider, nor do they constitute medical or healthcare advice of any kind. Any information in these posts should not be acted upon without consideration of primary source material and professional input from one’s own healthcare providers.

[crebnow]

A rock solid community

Real Estate News from Industry Experts Quarry Park combines residential, retail and commercial real estate into an enticing, well-designed package The great thing about living in Calgary is that every neighbourhood comes with bragging rights and the southeast riverside community of Quarry Park is no exception. “There really isn’t anything that compares to Quarry Park in Calgary – the location, the […] http://dlvr.it/P46ZN8

[crebnow]

Naturally Cranston

Real Estate News from Industry Experts With over 400 acres of green space and plentiful outdoor amenities, residents say Cranston promotes an active, healthy lifestyle When it came online almost 17 years ago, the southeast community of Cranston, with its characteristic windmill at its entrance, was at the forefront of new and exciting urban planning – design that pushed forward a […] http://dlvr.it/NqfMdx

[crebnow]

East of the Elbow

Real Estate News from Industry Experts Like the changing seasons, Erlton is an evolving community with colour and character On the east side of the Elbow River bordering Mission sits a hidden gem – the community of Erlton. Here, pockets of vintage heritage homes along with architecturally pleasing townhomes and condo developments are tucked away along the east banks of the […] http://dlvr.it/NfQxZX