Portland Health Online
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Portland Health Online: Changing PlacesÂ… "I've learned there is no elevator to success, you've got to take the stairs." Portland Health Online, as a free community service, broadcasts health information to many thousands of local residents to help improve quality of life and to provide assistance when having to make mportant healthcare decisions. We apologize if you received this e-mail in error. To unsubscribe simply click http://www.PortlandHealth.org/subscribe.shtml James D. Eckert, D.C. - Editor www.PortlandHealth.org ------------------- AOL USERS: LINKS MAY NOT BE "CLICK-ABLE" FOR YOU. PLEASE COPY AND PASTE LINKS TO YOUR BROWSER WINDOW. ------------------- Featuring: 1. Family Tip - No bath breaks allowed 2. Light & Easy - Does Fido have issues? 3. Just the facts - Caffeine & Cars 4. Question-of-the-month - Finding a new doctor in town 5. Feature Article - Changing Places 6. Late Breaking Consumer & Natural Health News 7. Jeepers Creepers - We need your old peepers! 8. Health Department Updates 9. Community Calendar - Wazzup 'round town? ------------------- 1. Family Tips: Never take a bath break. When you bathe your baby, don't answer the phone unless there's a portable one right next to you. An infant can drown in seconds if left unattended. www.Parents.com ------------------- 2. Light & Easy: Does Fido have issues? http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/4.19.shtml ------------------- 3. Just the facts It's estimated that drowsy drivers cause at least 100,000 car accidents each year. Nearly 80% of all Americans are hooked on caffeine, the country's #1 addiction. www.ApplesForHealth.com ------------------- 4. Our online "Question-of-the-Month"! What key factor do you rely upon when selecting a new doctor in town? More than 73,000 nationwide have already told us what they think. Now it's your turn. http://www.PortlandHealth.org/survey.shtml ------------------- 5. The Doctor's Office - James D. Eckert, D.C. - Editor http://www.PortlandHealth.org/doctorsoffice.shtml Changing PlacesÂ… Margaret Croney, MSW They are going about their lives my parents. They are old; my mother is frail and my father protective of her. They live in their big house in the woods by a lake in the country, far from the local hospital and doctors. They make me proud, they make me scared, they make me afraid and they make me sad. Life is running swiftly by and each time I see them they are a little older, a little less determined and a little more dependent. We are changing places. They used to keep me safe from harm, watch me grow, and care for me. Now I try to keep them safe harm, watch them grow older and care for them. My parents are independent, strong willed and private. They do not want strangers in their home. They care for each other. They live a day-to-day routine that changes as the seasons do. They blossom in the spring and summer, they settle down in the fall to wait the winter. The winter is hard on them. They become isolated in the house in the county, the storms of snow too much to cope with; driving too difficult and stressful. Ice is to be feared. A fall, a broken bone can change the way they live. They wait and watch the roads, looking for the snowplow so they can go out. They go out to the doctors, out to the bakery, just out to have a coffee at the local donut shop. They depend on each other and on me, just as I once depended on them. We do not talk about this change in dependency. It is not acknowledged it is just there. The end is getting near. A few years, a few months, the autumn of their lives is past, they are in the winter. My mother questions me about my older clients. I understand the questions, she is checking, measuring and comparing. She offers comments but never reveals her thoughts. She wonders and questions if my clients have this symptom or that problem. They are amazing, and unique. They are my parents. I got them at birth and they are my link to my past. They are the only people that have known me throughout my life, from the time my mother was aware of her pregnancy until this moment, they have been there. They loved me, cared for me, watched out for me and kept harm from me. They struggled and strove after the war to raise their family. They taught values and planted the views and traits that have helped me through life. They taught me to care, to love, to watch, now I want to keep harm from them. Our parents have been there for us, with us, they are in our minds, in our lives, sometimes in our way. They have influenced us, they have made us who we are, and what we are,. More importantly we do not know the impact they have had on our lives and we will not know until they are gone. Slowly we are changing places. I watch, I worry, I care. I am quietly parenting. Margaret Croney, MSW. Croney, Brown & Jolly, Inc. www.cbjgeriatrics.com ------------------- 6. Healthy Scoop: Check out the latest in Natural & Consumer Health News http://www.PortlandHealth.org/healthy_scoop.shtml ------------------- 7. Jeepers Creepers! We Need Your Old Peepers! Join Sight Night 2002 If you feel Halloween involves more "getting than giving" why not involve your little ghouls and goblins in a trick-or-treat project that howls with the spirit of generosity? Trick-or-treat night is fourth annual Sight Night for thousands of scout troops, community organizations and neighborhood kids across America. You can join this frightfully fun volunteer program that invites kids of all ages to collect used glasses for the needy in developing countries. The used glasses collected on Sight Night will be repaired, classified by prescription and hand-delivered by LensCrafters and Lions Club volunteers to people in places like Bolivia, Laos, Tunisia and Mexico. In some developing countries, a new pair of glasses may cost up to an entire month's wages, and millions in the world cannot afford see clearly. That's why it's important to collect as many glasses as possible on Sight Night! Get Involved - It's So Easy, It's Scary! Encourage your neighbors and friends to clear out those cobwebs and dig up used glasses! All shapes and sizes of eyeglasses and sunglasses are welcome for children and adults, both prescription and non-prescription. For a fun collection kit, visit www.sightnight.org, or call toll free 877-605-4242. Quantities are limited. One kit per group, please. After Sight Night, just drop off your used glasses at LensCrafters or a Lions club. How frightfully simple! Sight Night is part of Give the Gift of Sight, a family of charitable program that provides free eye care to people in communities across the US, Canada and developing countries. Since 1988, LensCrafters and Lions club volunteers have provided eye care to more than 2 million people in need around the world. Editor's Note: Thank you LensCrafters (www.LensCrafters.com) and Lions Club, International (www.lionsclubs.org/EN/index.shtml) ----------------------------- 8. Health Departments Updates Injuries & Accidents: Injury prevention for teens http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/7.11.shtml HealthyLink.net Men's Health: Girls to women, how dads can help http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/2.5.shtml Mothering.com Dentistry & Orthodontics: Brushing and flossing your kid's teeth http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/8.40.shtml University of Pennsylvania Dental School of Medicine Diet & Nutrition: 10 reasons diets fail http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/11.53.shtml Pat Barone - Trainer & Coach Chiropractic: Chiropractic and the NFL http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/6.31.shtml ChiroWeb.com Exercise & Fitness: Exercise - A mood enhancer http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/3.34.shtml Marjie Gilliam Family Medicine: How good vs. bad thoughts affect sleep http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/15.33.shtml About.com Chiropractic Pediatrics: De-stressing kids today http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/10.26.shtml Healthology.com Heart & Circulation: New help for vein problems http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/5.22.shtml Geoffrey L. Risley , MD, FACS Pediatrics & Adolescence: How to wrangle that surly teen http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/30.46.shtml WellJournal.com Podiatry: Neuroma - What are they? http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/33.14.shtml PodiatryNetwork.com Sports Injuries: Treating common ankle sprains http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/39.24.shtml Healthology.com Veterinary Medicine: Dental health for pets http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/4.18.shtml Joseph A. Tomes, DVM Women's Health: Weight gain during pregnancy http://www.PortlandHealth.org/med_depts/41.44.shtml MarchOfDimes.com ------------------- 9. Community Calendar: Wazzup 'round town http://www.PortlandHealth.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl If you have an upcoming event that others should know about, then just e-mail us all the particulars, and we will gladly post it. ------------------- Tell-A-Friend If you like this "stuff" please forward to others so they can also subscribe FREE. http://www.PortlandHealth.org/subscribe.shtml. ------------------- Please rate this broadcast 1-5. 1= You're putting me to sleep 5= Excellent Got any comments or suggestions? [email protected]. ------------------- Note: This online health and news magazine developed by Healthy Practices, Inc. is intended to provide health information to improve quality of life and assist users to better understand their health and arrange more easily for healthcare services. Information provided is authored by local and national healthcare professionals, some affiliated with this e-magazine. 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