" TOAR-OUT se) Life difficult, | AERICAN CHILDREN CAMERA. “d8i fibrosipis Back on their feet ‘tater fr, ONT, (CP) pever went away, and it was — A flutter of trigger- years The Castlegar News has two —. le- ing old co through the emba to-operate loan-out cameras (comple jete crippled African Elliott says the next problem that had to be with film) which it is pleased to allow overgome was collecting the crutches. groups to use for taking pictures for use “It's the type of a-project that cries out for the by the Castlegar News. fering are just “growing Brim prospect for her daugh- nearby Bowmanville, involvement of more than one service club,” he said. Arrangements for the use of these || Pains.” be to and Several local service clubs and community organiz- bassy. ations ~ the Lions, Shriners, .Knights of “That's what they told » le @ constant aching,” cameras should be made through our mel” says Little, tos dai the 94 setraal nagging pains in one of her’ of three from Brantford, who limbs when she was six years endures chronic back and old. She remembers being muscle pain. “Sometimes it's News Department at 365-3517. c si |. told they would pass: © dull aching, like a tooth- But her growing pains SAVE UPTO $30 SANDMAN’S SUMMER SAVINGS PACKAGE MAY 1— NOVEMBER 30, 1987 k| SANDMAN 4a HOTELS &INNS THE RIGHT PRICE IM THE RIGHT PLACE *1944 COLUMBIA — 365-8444 Available on regular rack room rates only. Rates subject to provincial tax where applicable. Some restrictions apply to coupons. ache. Other times it's sharp pains.” Years of tests and exam- inations failed to pinpoint the cause of the pain, leaving Little questioning herself and doctors. “Am I crazy—” she recalls wondering when her pain couldn't be explained. “Is this all in my head?” FEELS MOCKED Little thought doctors didn’t believe her when she described her pain, and she felt she was being mocked when one specialist said to her, “So, you've got achy “We would like to collect at least 1,200 crutches, if not more, by next summer,” says Elliott. He came up with his Crutches for Africa campaign while visiting Morocco on a European skiing trip last year and was moved by the number of children hobbling on sticks. Optimists, Cokeratas, Kiviomen, Royal Candian Legion and Salvation to Elliott's app: Elliott also asked fellow funeral home directors across the province to back the idea, and “the response was great.” He adds that several companies also volunteered to Elliott was told many Aisha Oh uch provide polio shots bad ttbee, voomtone through their schools and as a result many children are left crippled, without proper crutches. + “It was heart-breaking to see these kids hobbling around on sticks and tree limbs,” says Elliott. “I thought to myself that every second home in Ontario probably has a pair of discarded crutches sitting in the basement gathering dust that will never be used again, so why not have them donated and shipped to a country like Morocco where they are really needed.” When he returned home, Elliott wrote to his friend Esmond Butler, the Canadian ambassador to Morocco, proposing his crutches-donation scheme. Butler said at least 1,200 would be needed initially — 700 pairs for adolescents and 500 pairs for children — and offered to have them distributed to the various help, donating such items as new rubber tips for the crutches. Another Bowmanville company has offered to‘collect crutches across the province and deliver them to Montreal, where they will be shipped to Morocco by Royal Air Morocco and turned over to the Canadian Embassy at Rabat, which will supervise distribution to the proper organizations. “We hope (the campaign) will spread to other countries not only in Africa, but elsewhere, if this is successful,” Elliott says. Spare pairs of crutches can be dropped off in Oshawa at Armstrong Funeral Home, Mclntosh-Anderson Funeral Home or the Army. In they can be 1 left at McGregor’s IDA Drug store, Army Thrift Hospital, store or Northcott Elliott Funeral Home. aciiemeemeaianes Thursday, August 20 through to Wednesday, August 26 ne ley stor The criticall 8 me bones.’ Facilities. the upcoming college year. another country? or Lola at Local 346 CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3J1 — 365-7292 * Do you have a spare room in your home? * Would you enjoy the cultural exchange with students from Dr. Don Goldenberg, a Her chronic pain intensi- fied three years ago after her ROOM and BOARD) S222e== cancer. She was told frazzled nerves and depression were FACILITIES REQUIRED | 22°" discomfort. It wasn't until shortly after her husband's death that a Selkirk College is seeking Room and Board facilities for Inter- form of relief finally came national Students. More students will be arriving from time to when her ailment was iden- time, so we need to keep building a list of available Home Stay tified as fibrositis. Knowing a name for the pain helps “to understand it — it seems not so strange,” The next group is arriving August 31 and September 6, 1987 for says. Little. Fibrositis is difficult to di- agnose and even harder to cure. specialist in joints and mus- * Does the prospect of $375/per month interest you? cles at Boston University, wrote in the Journal of the SIGN UP TODAY BY CALLING: American Medical Associa- Philomena at Local 343 tion that many sufferers are misdiagnosed when tests continually fail to produce evidence of the illness. The fibrositis syndrome “raised a lot of controversy because there is no objective scientific finding — either in the 'y or on physical exam,” he wrote. IMPORTS! IMPORTS! IMPORTS! [ibitgnceaeaem some sufferers are written Ragweed time again By SHERYL UBELACKER TORONTO. (CP) — A chorus is about to be heard in some areas of the land. But for millions of Canadian hay fever sufferers, it won't be music to their ears — or their noses and sinuses. It's ragweed time again, and the notes they'll be playing are wheezes, sneezes and the repetitive honk of blowing noses. This week marks the official beginning of the ragweed hay fever season. Hot, sunny days this summer have meant a bumper crop of the noxious plant, and many allergists are predicting 1987 will be the most miserable season in the last 10 years. proved effective, said Dr. William Yang, president of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Doctors generally start patients off with antihistamines to control symptons, but Yang said many brands on the market cause side-effects such as drowsiness. Nose drops and sprays can be used, he said, noting that drops containing a special cortisone have proved effective in most patients. AFFECTS SLEEP For those with moderate to severe symptoms, which adversely affect sleep, work performance and social activiites, Yang said doctors may advise patients to take That means about 15 per cent of C: i to hay fever could spend the rest of the summer showing the classic cold-like symptoms of the allergy — runny nose, itchy, watery eyes and plugged ears and sinuses. “The phone will be ringing off the hook next week,” said Mary Tutty of the Allergy Information Centre in Toronto, a national non-profit organization that advises allergy sufferers how to cope. AVOID FIELDS The first line of defence against ragweed pollen — nature dumps about 250,000 tonnes in North American air each year — is to avoid open fields and lawns where it grows. But Tutty admitted Tuesday that in most parts of Canada, that’s difficult. Ragweed is rarely found on the east and west coasts, but is widespread in central Canda, flourishing in southern Ontario. There is no cure for ragweed-induced hay fever — also known as allergic rhinitis — but several treatments have shots. ” Yang, on staff at the allergy clinics at Ottawa Civic and Ottawa General hospitals, gives patients weekly shots for 3% months, then monthly injections for up to two years. If the patient shows imp: at that point, i is continued fo rup to three more years. For hay fever sufferers, there is a danger — especially in children — of eardrum damage caused by secondary infection and possibly pneumonia. There are no statistics available on how much Canadians spend each year on treatments for hay fever and other allergies, but in the United States, patients spent more than $650 million US last year on doctors’ visits, ization and drug for allergies. Tutty suggested sufferers sleep in air-conditioned rooms and ensure they get plenty of rest, exercise and a good diet. And for those unlucky enough to have the annoying allergy, she offered: “Pray for an early frost.” Supplement to the Castlegar News of Wednesday, August 19, 1987 __ Eva Marie Saint and Richard Kil inancing On Selected 3.9% F Car Lines | become a regular i beginning Monday, 365-2155 Collect Gaituy 21 MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES home is © per Castlegar Home: 965-3250 (Walter) * 447-9479 (Jack) GOOD PRICES, GOOD SELECTION, GOOD PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH! tii ahis tshiiaiastbtn rectly diagnose the problem e cee", Heart disease deaths drop hypochrondiacs by friends, family and physicians. GENEVA (REUTER) — death rates jumped by more said roughly the same pat- erlands. The decline in the Fibrositis is 10 times more Deaths from heart disease than 50 per cent, the organ- tern of change had been seen rest of northern and western likely to strike women than have dropped by more than ization’s Weekly Epidemiolo- in women. 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