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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-09-14, Page 4pO IO"' T$EPTEMA R 14, 1983 "+D uft�$flr . ENJOYING THE $UNSHINE—Hazel Dil- lon alts on the patio of her apartment on John St. Though she suffers from rheum told arthritis In her left shoulder, wripte hands, knees and feet, Mrs. Dillon his a positive outlook. (Hundertmarkphoto) ^' Determination is key to coping with arthritis BY $USAN HUNDEItTMARK Walking the short distance from the John St. apartments to the Stiperior grocery store and baek.is,hard work for Hazel Dillon. The rheumatoid arthritis which has afflicted her knees, feet, wrists, bands and made her left shoulder practically useless, sometimes turns grocery shopping into an afternoon job. "I'm supposed to walk until I'm tired and then quit. If 1 get tired while grocery shopping, .I gget the store to deliver the groceries and 1 go over to the restaurant where 1 rest and have a coffee befpre going home," she says. Starting gradually or with a sudden, severe attack, rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that involves pain, swelling and inflammation in and about the joints, general weakness and fatigue. In Mrs. Dillons case, arthritis came on slowly eight years%ago. In 1981, she had operations on both hands; one on her left wrist joint and the other enabled her to keep movement in the last three.. fingers on her right hand. Her left knee swells frequently and therefore is painful. "If I'd let it go, 1'd be helpless by now. Someone would have to dress me and cook for -site because I wouldn't be able to use my hu ds." A' ut, because of the operations and her optimistic determination, Mrs. Dillon is far from helpless. At a slower pace, she still does Teachers named in Londesboro Correspondent MRS. BERT SHOBBROOK 523-4250 Greeters on Sunday morn- ing were Ron Gross and Nick Whyte; ushers were Theresa Knox. Kathy Kennedy, Theresa Overboe and Crystal Whvte.and the organist was Lisa Duizer. Nick Whyte, superintendent of the Sun- day School introduced the teachers 'for the -coming year - and they were installed by Colin Swan. Nursery class: Laura Scott, assistants Kim Wright and Cheryl Lyon, spare Joan Howatt; Kindergarten: Suzanne Tamblyn, asst. Kar- en Wright, spare Edith Tay- lor; Primary teacher Shirley Lyon, co -teacher Brenda Konarski; Primary 2: Sheila Kennedy and Joan Shepherd spare Donna Shaddick; Prim- ary 3: Harriett Shillinglaw, spare Brenda Radford; Jun• for girls teacher Penny Duer- boe and Margaret Medd & Brenda Thompson; Junior boys: Joan Whyte. spare Doreen Radford; Intermed- iate: co -teachers are Linda Horbinack and John Jewitt, supply secretary Laura Lyon: Sunday school representative John Jewitt, assistant super- intendent Jack Tamblyn, superintendent Nick Whyte. recording secretary. Harriett Shillinglaw. PERSONALS - Sympathy is expressed to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wester- hout on the death of her mother in Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hill of London visited Sept. 3 with Mr. Jim Neilans. Edith and Lawrence Taylor and family and Edith's fam- ily spent last week and a half holidaying in the States. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mc- Leod. Mitchell visited on the weekend with her sister Olive Penfound and Elgin when Dave attended the Blyth thresherman reunion on Saturday. Ross Radford and his granddaughter Amber Soper of Port Colborne spent Satur- day night with his aunt Dora Shobbrook and attended the Blyth thresherman reunion. Men bowlers keep in mind that the Londesboro men's bowling league starts this Thurs. Sept. 15. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mc - Ewing spent the holiday weekend at Bracebridge, Muskoka. Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Keyes and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wrightson of Glammis spent weekgnd with Mr. and Mrs. Bo)7 Burns and attended the Thresherman reunion in Blyth. The Burns U.C.W. met Wednesday at the home of Hazel Reid with 14 members - and three visitors present. Hazel opened the meeting with a reading "Grin." Spe- cial guest speaker was Jane Swan who gave an interest- ing talk on her three days at Alma College with the theme "Being fully me." Amelia Rice conducted the business and the treasurer's report was given by Marg- aret Taylor. Thank you cards were received from Gavin Leiper and Ed and Betty Salverda. An invitation was received to the Huron -Perth Presbyterial Rally at Goshen United Church on Oct. 3. There will be no U.C.W. meeting next month. 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FAMILY HELPS "My ideas about housework have changed completely. I used to work so hard at the housework that 1 even ironed my dust cloths. Now 1 get help with the cleaning and 1 let the little things go," she says. ' Her granddaughters, 5 and 8, Tike to help with the dusting and the rest of the family help when they can. "You don't really appreciate your fa ally until you aneed help. And, they help so much," she says. When she lived in Dublin, Mrs. Dillon used to go through her large two-storey house and clean it all in one day. Now, she has to rest frequently while cleaning and may clean a room in one day. To help take the strain off her fingers, Mrs. Dillon uses a big meat fork to turn the channel on her television and to turn the dials on her stove. She also has a raised toilet seat she bought from the Arthritis Society to take the pressure of her knees. Products like the toilet bubble and can openers are available from the Arthritis Society at reduced prices for arthritic patients. "When people ask where their money is going to when the Arthritis Society comes to their door, these things are good examples," she says. These _Ideas were pa of the information Mrs 'Dillon received during a month in University Hospital in London before her operations. During that time, she took part in a program of exercise, physiotherapy and education for people suffering from arthritis. After exercising in a swimming pool of warm water (about 90 degrees F), she moved on to physiotherapy where her arthritis joints were packed in ice. Next came isometric exercises which helped to exerci$e the muscles around the arthritis joints without moving the joints and then rehabilitation where special casts and inserts for shoes were made for each person to give support and take the strain off affected joints. Mrs. Dillon had sleeping casts made to fit her hands in a healthy position while she sleeps. She also has a working cast which gives her wrists support so she can lift things. Lectures about arthritis, treatment, diet, surgery and various other topics were also given to educate people about their disease. KINDESS, PATIENCE "They're doing marvellous things at University Hospital. They work as a team - the doctors, nurses and therapists - and they've done wonders for me. I've never seen such kindness and patience in my life," says Mrs. Dillon. Spending time in the hospital, Mrs. Dillon had a chance to see others who had arthri«t- and has decided she's better off than some who were in wheelchairs or suffering from more pain. It's absolutely frustrating and there's an awful amount Of pain with arthritis but I'm lucky compared to some," she says. Though she used to be an avid seamstress working at the shoe factory for several vears and sewing at home for herself and neighbors, Mrs. Dillon finds it too awkivard and painful to sew now. She can't knit or crochet anymore either but she's started new hobbies. 1 read myself silly and I've started sorting pictures to make a family tree," she says. 100 kinds of arthritis More than 100 disease.; come under the general heading of arthritis, says Carol Bowker, physiotherapist at Seaforth Com - 'Infinity Hospital. An estimated 70 per cent of her case load is made up of patients with one type or another. In addition to rheumatoid arthritis, which Hazel Dillon has, Mrs. Bowker sees a great deal of osteoarthritis. And there are two types. Post traumatic osteoarthritis occurs after someone has had an accident or injury. Chronic osteoarthritis has "a bit to do with lifestyle" and can be helped and partly prevented by regular physical activity and keeping your weight down. Another type, gouty arthritis, can now be kept under good control by medication, thanks to a great deal of expensive research by the Arthritis Society. Sophisti- cated tests have been developed to diagnose this sort of arthritis. "A lot of research is the only answer," in diagnos- ing and treating all the arthritis types, Mrs. Bowker says. The Arthritis Society, which has an office in London, says 850,000 Canadians, about a third of them under 45 -years -old, suffer from arthritis. The various types of arthritis cost the Canadian economy more than 1,300,000 working days a year. The Society' has a large variety of information pamphlets available for arthri- tis sufferersrtheir families and the general public. 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