‘Eleanor. “the 4 vintage years “GAL CANT”. IT’S pretty old fashioned, that word in. «: these days; you think first of ‘Snuff-boxes and ruffled shirt. fronts and dalliance. But it © . also signifies grace, expecially © ‘under unwelcome PFeSSUES, . “anid so it’s avery fitting. enlictive f for the lady re want : ‘band live in their home up above the eben TIONS GATE HOSPITAL ‘crippling blow,.which put her in::- ‘hospital in such pain she says she a : would gladly. have died to eSCape . from it. 2). tt But today she’s regained her~ intent to recover her self-control and -. elf-respensibility and her husband _ doesn’t just share her goals he.” orks at them with her." °) Her name is Marjorie, her hus- band’s name is Stuart, and it was... | some ionths over a year ago that Marjorie, working in her kitchen,’ leaned down for something under... the'sink and then’ couldn’ t get up ae ‘She lay in hospital for most of: two ‘months and was on morphine. - ‘for: ages even after being allowed to. Therapy was a daily. agony, ‘for it had been revealed. in the X-rays that he bore multiple bone fractures.’ She had for some years’ ‘suffered ~~ fith arthritis but now it was obvious that osteoporosis had invaded her” ‘body so that her bone density actu-° cally registered zero. She could break ** her bones just by stumbling over a. pebble « or Jurching into a door ‘ But she’s got grit, this lady, and didn’t shirk the need for physiother- apy. She would go down to William Griffin’s place on Queens even though she felt conspicuous and - embarrassed in her wheelchair. . But there was also encourage- ment to mobility through the Ostop group in Vancouver, and the new - Women’s Health Centre which used to be Shaughnessy, and now she, and Stuart with her, hus graduated to. = Delbrook Recreation Centre for reg- :" ular chair exercises. She and Stuart : ‘were introduced to them by. Marilyn - Hicks who does the seniors’ exercise - “programs in that place: : Marilyn’s very familiar with . ‘elderly folks who are no longer ‘ ambulatory, let alone frisky, who - shrink at the idea of physical exer- . - cise: “Oh, I don’ t think I could do that". ve It’s Marilyn’ S great pleasure to. : bring them up to the point where they take another think. She’s made _ this video, precisely f for them, of: A 4 Caring Community Calendar, wal Monday, July 24° : 10:30-1200ncon’. : Medical Day Centre: *: -for r persons with cancer and/or theircaregivers. Forinformation ‘ contact Mary Burgess 984-3709. * Prostate ‘Cancer: “Support Group : , Tuesday, July 25 at 700 pm Seminar Aig. 2. 0. "Exploring 1 Benefits of: “¢ Relaxation™ presented by: Lis Smith, Cert. | Clinical Hypnotherapist. | - ‘Contact Bert Anders 924-0776. Fibromyalgia | : Self-Management’ “le Program °° 7 “Sept. 18 to Nov. 27 «..":-. ‘Register. now for this 9 week education program to be held. 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Qur Speakers Bureau offersa variety of topics for groups wanting tolearn about health issues. For more information about this free service, please call 984-5840. - Seg Again, at 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. . Weekends you can find iton 622." chair exercises; she calls them chair aerobics and thus people who can’t get 10 the Rec Centre can have the programs on their own, at home. And.to underline their usefulness to senior pcople, she has gone through the course fiecompanicd by Marjorie ' _and Stuart.’ The physio department at Lions Gate has received eight copies of the tapes made by:Shaw Cable and if you've got mobility problems there. are regular ongoing programs every wecek.. “Tuesday has two, at 10 ain. and 4:30 p.m., Wednesday’s show is at 8:30'p.m., while Thursday has (wo. Saturday’ at | p. m. and Sunday a at 5. p.m, -* “All you need is a straight chair ue and you can join in and tone.up - your tummy muscles and your wonky ankles and your reluctant’ hamstrings one after another, Other parts, too.” Rotate your shoulders, press ‘Your ear down towards your shoulder, gosh you'll be able to get‘all the way down ina few weeks. - You punch the air, this fist, that fi st; you pretend you're pitching hay- and stir up your bicep. circle your - elbows. - > i Spend a little time on your fin=~ gers, too, to keep.them supple. Watch how hard Marjorie tries and then reflect fer a bit on how far «she's come since she lay in hospital - ~ and wished she could die: She's doing more und more’on her own now, she finds; she’s using . a walker around the house and for .. the first time in the best part of two’ years she and her husband took the trailer to Cultiz Lake this past week- © end. 7 ve To be able to have a change of -scenery is in itself therapy. 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