Our mission is to prevent stroke through awareness, activism and education.
Music
When you have a chance, please check out our most recent accomplishment at Cathy's Foundation
It's been a long time in the making and we're very proud to finally release it. Released June 12th, to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of the day Marcia Washousky, Gypsy Dave's mom, fought back and survived a massive hemorrhagic stroke. As always, thank you to everyone so very much for your support.
9 incredibly talented musicians each contributed a song to support stroke awareness.
The compilation includes a color 24-page booklet that has each musician's song lyrics and tons of useful stroke information. A large fridge door magnet with the warning signs of stroke is also included.
An anti-cliché fount of introspection, Nicole Collins has left her mark on stages from New York — where she’s found a haven for her “pop/rock with soul” — to venues in Germany, France and Denmark. Along the way, she’s taken tunes to the national airwaves, Internet radio, and TV. NC is now touring to support her album “Not This Time.”
Alfred James is the only cellist in the world playing a 5-string carbon cello - - standing up! His father suffered a severe stroke leaving him unable to play the cello he loved. At 82 Alfred’s dad, Ned, walks completely on his own, with just a slight limp. Alfred picked up that same cello where his father left off and has carried the tradition of the music on …
Reflections of Luthea’s nomadic and bohemian upbringing are evident throughout her skillfully crafted songs. Having grown up, traveled and lived in so many parts of the world, this young, multicultural and multilingual artist couples her life with her music, proving to be a unique charismatic universe worth discovering.
Bar Scott was drawn to this compilation because of the death of her son Forrest from pediatric cancer. “Parachute” is the song she wrote to express the sadness of separation and the depth of love she continues to feel for him. She felt that the sentiments that this song expresses might resonate with people who have had a stroke, or who are caregivers of stroke survivors.
In spite of his success as a solo artist, Eric found he was performing sick all the time. In June of 1997 he was diagnosed with Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, which destroys lung function. This condition meant a lifestyle change – pacing himself, no more smoky bars. Eric then went on to teach pre-kindergarten children in New York City. In addition to touring, Eric currently teaches voice and coaches singers in Tucson, Arizona.
Angela Ortiz, the daughter of two schoolteachers, was raised in the rolling hills of rural western New York State. A self-taught pianist, she studied voice at NYU, where she would steal away from the operas and arias she was learning to write her own songs. Recording her first album entirely at home, her songs revolve around a burning desire to answer the eternal question, “What’s next?”
Lindsey Yung is a singer/songwriter who's had music in her blood since she was a child. She began taking vocal lessons at age 4, performing at age 5; guitar and piano lessons quickly followed, and she started composing music by age 12. Her melodies are haunting and her lyrics are poetically rich. She is currently working on her Masters degree in Nursing and she likes to call herself “a nurse by day and a rock star by night.”
An Armenian born and raised in Kansas, Melineh couldn't play with the neighborhood kids until she practiced an hour of piano. It wasn't until she discovered an old guitar under her mother's bed that she realized her true calling. Now Los Angeles-based, Melineh tours the US and performs at premier listening rooms like Hotel Café and Genghis Cohen. The New York Times calls her music "soulful and amusing", which might seem like a contradiction, but after seeing her live, you'll know what they mean.
Gypsy Dave is a 23-year-old folk singer that wrote the song “Hey Mama” for his mother, a young, vibrant woman suffered had a massive stroke in 2006. Despite the grim prognosis, the family kept up hope. Three months later she walked out of the hospital. From small town bars and coffee houses to theatres and concert houses, he and his band The Stumpjumpers have been making music that is honest and sincere.
About me: Catherine J. Snow Stroke Foundation (Cathy's Foundation) is dedicated to stroke prevention.
Please read on, learn the warning signs of stroke and modify your controllable risk factors.
Our mission is to prevent stroke through awareness, activism and education.
What is a Stroke?
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces surrounding brain cells. Brain cells die when they no longer receive oxygen and nutrients from the blood or there is sudden bleeding into or around the brain.
TAKE CHARGE
Be your own advocate! Learn the warning signs of stroke and don't ignore them. Stroke is a life threatening emergency. Educate your friends and family too!
Know the Signs of Stroke
Learn the warning signs of stroke and please teach them to others. If you observe one or more of these signs of a stroke or "brain attack," don't wait, call 9-1-1 or emergency medical services and get to a hospital right away!
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause
Other danger signs that may occur include double vision, drowsiness, and nausea or vomiting.
Warning signs are clues your body sends that your brain is not receiving enough oxygen.
Women Can Have Unique Warning Signs
Women may have additional unique symptoms:
• Sudden face and arm or leg pain
• Sudden hiccups
• Sudden nausea
• Sudden tiredness
• Sudden chest pain
• Sudden shortness of breath
• Sudden pounding or racing heartbeat
Warning Signs In Children
The symptoms of stroke in children are different from those in adults and young adults. A child experiencing a stroke may have:
• Seizures
• Sudden loss of speech
• Loss of expressive language (including body language and gestures)
• Weakness on one side of the body
• Paralysis on one side of the body
• Impairment of speech
• Convulsions
• Headache
• Fever
It is a medical emergency when a child shows any of these symptoms.
Controllable Risk Factors
Stroke prevention is still the best medicine. The most important treatable conditions linked to stroke are:
• High blood pressure. Treat it. Eat a balanced diet, maintain a healthy weight, and exercise to reduce blood pressure. Drugs are also available.
• Cigarette smoking. Quit. Medical help is available to help quit.
• Heart disease. Manage it. Your doctor can treat your heart disease and may prescribe medication to help prevent the formation of clots. If you are over 50, NINDS scientists believe you and your doctor should make a decision about aspirin therapy.
• Diabetes. Control it. Treatment can delay complications that increase the risk of stroke.
• Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Seek help. TIAs are small strokes that last only for a few minutes or hours. They should never be ignored and can be treated with drugs or surgery.
Happy Birthday, Rebecca! I warmly and heartily commend and congratulate You on your profile, and, the important, vital and necessary work that You are doing through the Catherine J. Snow Stroke Foundation, to raise public awareness and consciousness, on the serious and important issues surrounding the development and manifestation of stroke in the American population! Thank you Rebecca, for the precious and priceless gift of your friendship; and may You always know how very Proud I am of You!
Eliminate all BUTs from your life. Think about what the effect of BUT is in your communication to yourself and others. When we talk to ourselves we often use BUT to distort our reality in a way that leads us to go down familiar negative paths. We tell ourself a postive and then use BUT to take it away a lot of times. We tell someone that we love them and then we spoil it by saying BUT this is happening which our special person interprets as we don't really love them. I am successful BUT I am not as motivated as I want to be. Does this take away from the pleasure of being successful or does it take away the success altogether.
Use the word AND instead; you will find that you are more at peace with yourself, and your friends and family appreciate the positive talk. You will even find it easier to get rid of that other BUTT when you stop using BUT altogether.
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. ~William Ewart Gladstone
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