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Peer Visiting When ‘been there, done that’ is a job description • On the High Road with Gary Hyink • How To Beat a Stroke • Moving On Together — the Difference a Group Makes contentsnts January/February 2007 Feature Story Been There, Done That — Sharing Your Wealth 18 Peer visitors may be a reliable guide when you’re navigating the unknown. On the High Road with Gary Hyink 16 Gary Hyink’s life journey has been all over the map, but along the way he’s made God his tour guide. How To Beat a Stroke 24 Survivor Laura Wisner shares a few simple rules that have made a difference in her emotional recovery. 18 Moving On Together — the Difference a Group Makes 28 16 24 A post-stroke exercise group in Connecticut helps enhance ongoing recovery. Departments Letters to the Editor 4 Stroke Notes 6 Readers Room 12 Life at the Curb 27 Everyday Survival 30 Produced and distributed in cooperation Stroke Connection Magazine is underwritten with Vitality Communications in part by Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership, makers of Plavix. a division of Staff and Consultants: Jon Caswell, Lead Editor Copyright 2007 American Heart Association ISSN 1047-014X Jim Batts, Writer Stroke Connection Magazine is published six times a year by the American Dennis Milne, Vice President, Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. Material American Stroke Association Mike Mills, Writer may be reproduced only with appropriate acknowledgment of the source and written per mission from the American Heart Association. Please Wendy Segrest, Director, American Pierce Goetz, Art Director address inquiries to the Editor-in-Chief. 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PLAVIX is a prescription medication for people who have had a recent heart attack or recent stroke, or who have poor circulation in the legs, causing pain TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT PLAVIX. (peripheral artery disease). For more information, visit www.plavix.com or call PLAVIX OFFERS PROTECTION. 1-888-355-1152 PLAVIX is proven to help keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots, which helps keep your blood flowing.This can help protect you from another heart attack or stroke. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If you have a stomach ulcer or other condition that causes bleeding, you shouldn't use Plavix.When taking Plavix alone or with PROVEN TO HELP PROTECT FROM some medicines including aspirin, the risk of bleeding ANOTHER HEART ATTACK OR STROKE may increase.To minimize this risk, talk to your doctor before taking aspirin or other medicines with Plavix. Additional rare but serious side effects could occur. © 2006 Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership. 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