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8. How to say “pituitary” 9. What the pituitary gland does. 10. What Cushing’s Disease is. 11. What the symptoms of Cushing’s are. 12. What causes Cushing’s and how it can be “cured”. Photo right: Soft toy pituitary gland. The letters on the block it sits on spell out “You are a champion”. Photo above: Stretch marks
 
13. What a stroke is 14. What can cause a stroke. 15. The number of people involved in the stroke recovery process. 16. What being half-paralysed is like. 17. What freedom is like. 18. How wonderful fresh air is. 19. What being in hospital for an extended amount of time is like. 20. How much you rely on the people around you. 21. How depressing hospital menus are.
22. That the public health system is so important, and doesn’t deserve all the flak it gets. 23. That Medicare is a really damn good system. 24. That if there’s anyone who deserves scrutiny, it’s not the public health system, it’s the private health system.
25. That fundraising is hard, stressful and frustrating, but so worth it.
26. That you really don’t forget how to ride a bike. Photo: James Brickwood (The Sun Herald)
 
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Notes for Stroke 16 October 2009   Photos: Phil Rogers
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27. One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. William Feather 28. The best way out is always through. Robert Frost 29. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. Confucius 30. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

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30 Things I've Learnt in the Past Year

  • 1. An adventure in Cushing’s and stroke or 30 things I’ve learnt in the past year Jen Li http://slight-hiccup.com [email_address]
  • 2.
  • 3. 8. How to say “pituitary” 9. What the pituitary gland does. 10. What Cushing’s Disease is. 11. What the symptoms of Cushing’s are. 12. What causes Cushing’s and how it can be “cured”. Photo right: Soft toy pituitary gland. The letters on the block it sits on spell out “You are a champion”. Photo above: Stretch marks
  • 4.  
  • 5. 13. What a stroke is 14. What can cause a stroke. 15. The number of people involved in the stroke recovery process. 16. What being half-paralysed is like. 17. What freedom is like. 18. How wonderful fresh air is. 19. What being in hospital for an extended amount of time is like. 20. How much you rely on the people around you. 21. How depressing hospital menus are.
  • 6. 22. That the public health system is so important, and doesn’t deserve all the flak it gets. 23. That Medicare is a really damn good system. 24. That if there’s anyone who deserves scrutiny, it’s not the public health system, it’s the private health system.
  • 7. 25. That fundraising is hard, stressful and frustrating, but so worth it.
  • 8. 26. That you really don’t forget how to ride a bike. Photo: James Brickwood (The Sun Herald)
  • 9.  
  • 10.
  • 11.  
  • 12.
  • 13.  
  • 14.
  • 15.  
  • 16. Notes for Stroke 16 October 2009 Photos: Phil Rogers
  • 17.
  • 18.  
  • 19.  
  • 20. 27. One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. William Feather 28. The best way out is always through. Robert Frost 29. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. Confucius 30. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • 21.