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		<title>Maintaining the engine</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2010/02/17/maintaining-the-engine/</link>
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				<category><![CDATA[Aneurysm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February is Heart Month and the American Heart Association does a great job getting the word out about heart disease. It’s important information and we are lucky to live in the time and place we do because doctors have gotten really good at fixing hearts.
Most of the time.
Long before my brain blew up, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking about `what if&#8230;&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2010/01/25/thinking-about-what-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!
December blew by in a rush. Cookie baking. Some pre-holiday gatherings.  Cookie baking.  Holiday decorating. Cookie baking. Cleaning and furniture rearrangement.  Cookie baking. Snow shoveling. Vile flu and a headache that lasted eight days. Cookie baking. Pre-surgery preparation.  Holiday celebration. Eldest and youngest sons swooping in to “help.”  Finally the much-anticipated highlight: my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a plan</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/12/21/making-a-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Aneurysm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My grocery list is getting longer as the holidays approach.  Awhile back I mentioned my problem with grocery shopping and was reassured by your comments that I was not alone.  Apparently grocery shopping is a brain drain for many of us who’ve had aneurysms. Perhaps we could share some helpful hints?
What seems to work best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping track of all the trips</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/11/25/keeping-track-of-all-the-trips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was a “trip.” I had a trip to my dentist, a trip to my family doctor, a trip to the optometrist and a trip to get the metal in my head checked.  When I heard the doctor say, “You’ve had a lot of work done,” I’m sorry to admit that I mixed up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating grocery stores can be a chore</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/28/navigating-grocery-stores-can-be-a-chore/</link>
		<comments>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/28/navigating-grocery-stores-can-be-a-chore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Aneurysm symptoms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brain Aneurysm Support Group at St. Joe’s is high on my “must attend” list. At a recent meeting, our group spanned the decades in age.
One delightful young man was just a few months into recovery. A beautiful young grandmother has an aneurysm that isn’t yet fixed. Some of us have had many aneurysms clipped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is the effort that counts</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/13/it-is-the-effort-that-counts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather forecast was for “frost on the pumpkins.”  Unfortunately, the forecast was right.
In the world of gardening, it’s a forecast that causes me to spring into action.  Some plants need to be put to bed. Others must be brought inside. The colorful annuals get a regretful look with words of thanks and goodbye.
I concentrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking ahead</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/09/30/thinking-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Screening]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a recent news article where experts in adolescence health care are advocating head images for all teenagers. They want better screening for kids who have depression.  Selfishly speaking, I hope these experts get their way.  
Think about it. Science has given us the ability to see inside our skull! Depression can be helped, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing Miracles When We See Them</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/09/22/recognizing-miracles-when-we-see-them/</link>
		<comments>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/09/22/recognizing-miracles-when-we-see-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Diego, here we come! Our youngest son, the Grand Finale, is graduating from boot camp into the Marine Corps. It’s an accomplishment few achieve.  We are proud of him.
The fact that he made it through such grueling physical and mental challenge is amazing. It’s a miracle, actually. When he came to our home, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching for Signs of Trouble</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/09/16/watching-for-signs-of-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/09/16/watching-for-signs-of-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a strange summer here in Minnesota. Not nearly as hot as it should have been, more rain than normal and a much longer allergy season.  The fuzzy, thick-headedness I get from allergies reminds me now of how tired and thick-headed I felt before my brain blew up.  The truth be told, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Lightning Strikes, You Have to Act</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/08/27/when-lightning-strikes-you-have-to-act/</link>
		<comments>http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/08/27/when-lightning-strikes-you-have-to-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a brain storm during dinner one hot July evening. Lightning cracked inside my head. Hot tingling electricity sparked and thrummed throughout my brain. My 17-year old son put down his fork and asked if I was okay.

I remember saying, “No. I don’t think so.”]]></description>
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