Health Feedback Letter 3/18/08

Dear Laura & other speaker it was a pleasure to have actual physical people come in & spend there time to talk about the truth & consequences of Alcoholism & doing Drugs as well as talk about there own personal experiences of drug & alcohol use and the decisions and mistakes along the path that eventually lead them to a place where they can seek help to heal there shattered lives. I heard of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) from TV, I recognized the book on the table from one of Dr. Phil’s shows on Alcoholism & Drug abuse, yes I watch Dr. Phil he ok and my Mom wont change the channel. I was shocked to learn that the speakers themselves were ex-alcoholics and Drug users and were calm enough to explain the pain and sadness in there lives up until they found salvation in the AA program. I was glad to find out that they gave there E-Mail so individuals can have someone to talk to about Alcohol & drugs and to know that the person emailing them back knows the pain that the person is going through as they have experienced it too and is not another person who replies back “I know what your going through” when you know in you mind “No! you don’t you don’t have a clue”. The Speakers were so kind, comforting and open that it would be nice to see them return in the future to share there mistakes on Alcoholism & drug use to hopefully prevent others from repeating the same consequences they did.

ALCOHOL ARTICLE

1. They say Curiosity killed the Cat well this article is saying Binging almost killed the Volkman.
2. Binge drinking is the consumption of five or more drinks in a row by men – or four or more drinks in a row by women.
3. Headaches, Hangover, disturbed sleep patterns, lowered preformance, & slowed neurological activities.
4. Alcohol can effect brain activity and cause blocked messages, vision, hearing, memory & speech loss.
5. [A] Confusion, Seizures, pale or bluish skin, & slow or irregular breathing. [B] If you suspect Alcohol poisoning call 911.
6. Teen brains are more vulnerable the Adult brains to long-term damage in there brain but are less sensitive then Adults when Adults get sick or sleepy its a sign that you drank enough, Teen brains are slower in response to send this Sign so this means teens can get more intoxicated which results in so many overdose deaths.
7. The answer in intergrated into question 6
8. [A] The Hippocampus is a region of the brain critical for learning & memory. [B] If you get drunk three days before a test you may forget all the infomation the test is about.
9. [A] Yes!, I Have never Binge Drank or drank any alcohol in my entire life so far and i plan to keep it that way, anywhy, I Do have brain damage memory loss from the Transplants, from ECMO, And it isnt fun i have a system to remind me of things but i wouldnt have to if i didnt have menory loss. "I didnt choose to have brain damage have memory loss and if you have a choice to dodge that bullet that i couldnt then why not take it and not drink." [B] I Talk & listen to the advice of my parents, i write my SC-FI Series, play gameboy, watch the Scence, History, Sci-fi and BBC America channels, sleep.

Devorce Article 3/4/08

Adam Hopf

C-Block Health

DEVORCE ARTICLE QUESTIONS

1. Devorce is sad, difficult & people find ways recover & move on.
2. because the life expectancy is higher then before due to advanced in medical & technology and people live longer.
3. Because they provide day-to-day emotional suport.
4. A quality relationship between the parents, financial support, & keeping an active routine.
5. Joint Custody: Both parents are equals. Sole Custody: 1 parent has leigal control. Joint Physical Custody: Children spend equal amount of time with parents.
6. An intact family that provides day to day emotional support & activities and roll models.
7. Money paid for the childrens day to day expenses.
8. No! Your responsable for caring for your own kid its no one elses problem but yours.
9. they can have stabilizeing effect.
10. they must move on.

Stess Assignment

PartI

Personal Interview's/Stressful Situation's

1. Younger Sister Dana Laundry & Brother Lyle Laundry because she needs to do it every second, Lyle because he is annoying Just Do it before mom yells, Lyle she just yells at him.
2. Older Adolescent Brother Lyle Sister Dana & Everything Dana tells on me, everything He takes Ritilin.
3. Parent Mom 7/4/96 & 12/8/06-07 adams heart transplants Possible death you do what you gotta do.
4. Teacher Going To Classes & Getting all the work done for all the classes Takes up time when i would could be doing something else Mannage Time wisely. use agenda & Makes to do list.

The Personal Stress Chart pinpoints where i have major sress the two top choices are Living up to teachers expectations & Having too much to do. the reason i chose those two is because before the Second heart transplant i was smart in the scientific field biology was easy and i began having interest in Physics (Quote: Blog on Science at http://adamhopf13.blogspot.com/ i was the second smartest student and got 75, 88, 95 &100s on my tests & quizes, the following year (Sophomore year) i was placed in Earth Science Mr. Hill we had the lake majesty lab i use a technique from Bio to using starch to check for the presence of Iodine in the water he never seen a technique or ever seen one used before weeks later after the compleation of the lab i was immitted into childrens hospital months later on 12/8/06 i had my second heart transplant i was on in the ICU and placed on ecmo (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) for the second time in my life 1 our of 3 people put on Ecmo can be taken off and live being on Ecmo can cause brain damage im now back in lunenburg as a Junior and can see the damaging effects of Ecmo at first hand i have a hard time remembering things even material in class im again in Mrs. Gearins class but not as smart as before in Bio so its harder living up to her expectations with the memory loss she occasionally says i can do better but i dont think she understands that i lost my ability to remember material from years ago and im trying my hardest. this brings me to the second stressor Having too much to do i get very, very stressed when i have multiple homework assignments due the same day just the other day i had Horticulture homework & horticulture test, math & math makeup, History & History test makeup, english vocab & notecards, also including my brother has basketball from 3:30-8:30pm, the kitchen needs to be clean & my computer is slow i hate my computer i hate it and im afraid that ill forget an assignment with the memory loss.

PartII

Stressors Journal

1. Date 2/6/08, last period history. I have had enough with the way the history teachers are teaching the class the material presented to us this semester is beyond our understanding so i have decided to take charge, gather my friends and stage a Coup. i get headaches, i plan to stage a coup tomarrow 2/7/08 and hope a resolution is met. Eustress, Positive stress because it is making me become a leader and help no only myself but others in my class.


2. Date 2/7/08, first thing in the morning. i got off the bus still frusterated about history i gather my friends that had the hardest time understanding the material and the 4 of us headed to the history room. i was the voice of the Coup i explained the problem and a resolution was met and the current material will be dropped. Hot Flashes, i went ahead with my Coup and explained in a calm assertive way. A Coup to help me and my classmates. Eustress because it help me explain the problems with the material thus resulting in it neing dropped.


3. Date 2/10/08, at home. I hate my computer it's like a dinosaur it belongs extinct i hate i it cause so much stress when im on it because its so slow and FREEZES up 90% of the time. headaches, sadness, Swear at the computer spend less time on the computer or open less aplications to minimize how many times its freezes. Distress because i can never get my work done half the time my family blames me fore it being slow because i uploaded two programs to eliminate spyware & virus's.

Stress Profiler 2/11/08

3 ways ill try dealing with Student Stress are?

1. Keep all Asignments & Due dates in one notebook so you may always find them.
   
2. If you are putting off important assignments just spend 10 min working on it today to break the procrastination habit.


3. Deadlines and time lines keep you focused.

Health Article Assignment + Paper 2/4/08

How to Cope With Change

Adam Hopf C-block Health

1) Discribe how changes that occur in a persons life can lead to illness.
The more changes that occur in a short period of time the more stress people tend to experience. The more Event points people rack up within several months the more likely they will become ill.

2) ID some of the most significant changes in the life of a child or Adult, that are the most difficult for them to deal with.
Major chanbges in a persons life could include: death of boy/girlfriend, parent, or another family member; parent's devorce, pregnancy, jail, breakup of Boy/girlfriend.

3) Judy Linger, a psychiatrist gave some suggestions how to deal with changes...what were they?
among the most harmful changes are disappointments from people who you counted on. divorce, death are very sudden or accidential deaths earthquakes tornadoes, & other natural disasters.

4) Name 4 symptoms of dipression.

Sleep Patterns

loss of interest in activities

feeling hopeless and/or helpless

change in appetite with ether gain or loss of weight

5) [A] List the 5 major stages of grief.

Shock and denial

Anger

barganing

acceptance

depression

[B] How can you help a grieving friend or family member?
support and listen nonjudgmentally.

6) The article offered many ways to help cope with stress. name 2 ways that would consider trying for yourself.

Talk, Talk, Talk

Express myself Artistically (I write a Sci-Fi series)