New Age for Walking CanesWritten by b star
"New Age For Walking Canes" "Old, looks old, looks aged, using a walking cane is only for very old!" Well, I'm sure we have heard those disparaging terms for years. But times have changed and for better, I might add! No longer must one use standard "metal", medicinal looking walking canes that have been around for what seems like forever. There is a whole new world of today's mobility assistive devices that look like designer creations! The beauty of a "Butterfly" offset, or serenity cool colors of "Canterbury" gives one feeling they have truly added a designer fashion accessory and not just a "walking cane." Happy colors tend to make user feel happy…and that's what life is all about…. isn't it? The new fabric covered walking canes are oh so elegant. Select fabrics in tapestry, silk, and fine cottons allow individual taste to be expressed by even most demanding. The colors and designs are endless! The Walking cane has been around for centuries giving aid where needed, but typically categorizing those who utilized them in a "different" light. The unique designs of today's modern aids gives prestige and esteem to this unique group of users. The various designed handles, range from a smooth lacquered wood to molded plastic. The orthopedic palm grip has been a lifesaver for those with arthritis. The unique curve of handle allows most of person's weight to be distributed over palm rather than fingers. These rather unique canes use to be rather clumsy and "boring," but not any more. One can find these beautiful "friends" in "Champagne, Emerald, Midnight Black, and Marbleized" to name a few, and list of colors goes on and on. There is even a folding Champagne with silver shaft that we call, "Hi, Ho, Silver"…. can you guess why? Might as well have a little humor attached, wouldn't you agree?
| | Drop of my lifeWritten by F.Chocyk - Vancouver, BC Canada
At age 74, having survived two heart attacks, with blood pressure between 180/90 and 220/110, visiting hospital emergency wards on average 3 to 4 times a month, with my serious heart condition, I wasn't offered by doctors much hope for continuing survival.They could not operate on me because I was too weak to survive a surgery – my heart was damaged to point where it could not endure any invasive surgical procedure. In fact, I was prepared to die. I suffered from serious breathing problems and terrible chest pains that practically paralyzed me. According to doctors, modern medicine wasn't able to help me anymore. My life was concentrated on surviving one crisis after another. By nature, I'm a very active person. Therefore, it was psychologically devastating for me to spend most of my days at home doing practically nothing for a few years. The worst crisis came when heart specialists said: "This is all we can do for you," which meant they weren't going to try anything else. My daughter had been trying for years to find best combinations of vitamin and mineral supplements as an alternative therapy but this proved to be not enough anymore. After I took first dosage of heart drops formula my life quality rapidly improved from that moment on. Within a short time my chest pains started to diminish. The next weeks and months brought a gradual reduction of my blood pressure and I was able to breathe more easily. My life slowly started returning back to normal. I felt better; in fact I felt so much better that, just two months after starting therapy, I decided to visit my native Poland. Before that, doctors would never allow me to travel – with my condition, I wouldn't survive a long flight.
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