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To: straight life who wrote (48471)	10/30/2001 12:46:41 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Respond to of 54805

Sorry to hear about your mom, SL. We went through something similar with Nancy's dad years back, and were surprised by the improvement he made in the weeks following the stroke. Don't give up hope. uf

To: straight life who wrote (48471)	10/30/2001 2:08:58 PM
From: Bruce Brown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I'd read the RBAK press release, but press releases all sound the same, finally; hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. I was pointing it out because over a year ago one of the budding prospects for Redback in the future was hinging on the product finally announced yesterday. Due to the high barriers to entry for the product, it took them longer than anticipated as it was pushed back from Q3 of 2000 to Q4 of 2000 to Q2 of 2001 then to summer of 2001 and finally - here on nearly the last day of October, 2001 - the product is officially announced. My mother's had a stroke and seems mentally to have been reduced to a child (it happened only a week ago, so her condition is still in flux). The two sides of her brain don't seem to communicate with each other. I'm very sorry to hear about your mother's stroke. I would encourage you to contact someone who works with patients who have had a stroke. Not only consulting with the doctor, but also with the therapists (speech therapists and physical therapists) who can describe for you the process of recovery since that is the area of work the therapists can offer a lot of insight as to what you can expect. The therapists are the ones that help the patients learn to eat, speak and move again through the process of recovery. My wife works with head injured patients (including stroke victims) as a speech therapist. My understanding from talking with my wife is that the typical recovery time where a stroke patient makes the most progress occurs in the first three months following the stroke. After that, the recovery can continue for 6 months following the stroke up to one year. However, it is the first three months that are the critical recovery period where the majority of progress will occur. Since it has only been one week, we all hope and pray that progress will be made over the next few weeks and months. All the best for you and for your mother. BB