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    Anger and Frustration – Part 2 of The Grieving Process

    You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ~Buddha Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.  ~Ambrose Bierce Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca After […]

    Posted on Sunday, June 9, 2013
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    Understanding the Grieving Process

    There are a number of very common emotional stages that people with a brain aneurysm/AVM go through. It is important to remember that different survivors react differently to the grief over the loss of the person they once were and knew before the brain aneurysm/AVM. There is often a grieving process a survivor will go […]

    Posted on Sunday, May 26, 2013
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    A Series to Remember

    The Joe Niekro Foundation (TJNF) is excited to announce our next fundraiser, “A Series To Remember” on June 19th, in Detroit.  Get up close and personal with former Detroit Tigers players from the ’68 and ’84 World Series teams, including Al Kaline, Mickey Lolich, Gates Brown, Jon Warden, Dan Petry, Dave Rozema, Dave Bergman and […]

    Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013
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    JNF Medical Advisory Board Member, Dr. Gavin Britz, to Take Top Neurosurgery Post at The Methodist Hospital

    Dr. Gavin W. Britz, former director of the Cerebrovascular Center at Duke University Medical Center, was named chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Britz replaces Dr. Robert G. Grossman, who had been chief of the neurosurgery service of The Methodist Hospital since 1980 and chairman of the department of […]

    Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013
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    Grandmother Says… Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; “Which are you?”

    Recently this amazing story was shared with me on The Joe Niekro Foundation Facebook page and I had to share it with all of you.  Please take a few moments to read this special story and stop to ask yourself, “Which one are you?” A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about […]

    Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2013
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