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Whtby Fr00 Pres, Weiesday, Fobruary 14, 1996, Page 13 Februaiy iS... A feature from the Whitby Chapter of the Heart & Stroke. Foundation in cooperation with the Whitby Free Press and its advertising sponsors. Make su.re person you gîve to s a foundation representative In the Durham West area of Ajax, Pickering and Whhtby, ovor 1,000 voluntors wili be knocklng on doors durlng February, Hoart Month, asklng for donations ta holp figt hoartdismsand stroke -CanadW's #1 killer. This campalgn has been in aperadion for over 30 years ln Ontarlo. But,. as Staff Sergeant Scafidy Ryvie ai Durham Régional Police says, "Fraud Is on the ise ln this area." Sa how does a persan know who Is a canvasser and who Isn't? The fowlng Is a profile ai a Heart and Stroke canvasser: *Wears Identification pin or tag wlith the Heart and Stroke Foundatian kiga clearly dlsplayed. *Cardles a Heart and Stroke Foundation canvasser kit. *Pmvildes a recelpt as appropriate. Recolpts are pravldod for donatians aif aver,$10. -Rocelpts for donatians bnder $1l0 are ýprovldsd -upan reqluest *Provldes Information about Heart and Stroke Foundatlan's new !Hsalthlne'. *Age - ai ages (teen agers ta seniors) What ta do if 'yau are nat sure: *f the persan doos not have a tag, or a kit, or acts suspiclous, he or she is probably not a canivasser. *oiceo ny dtls ofthe psn and make two phono cals: ta the Durham RegbonalPoUce ta repart the Incident ta the Durham West chapter office In Ajax at 686-1521 ta make arrangements for ,Itematlve gMvng i(draIpngoffn ano office, mail ia choequeor donate over the po) The -Durham Wést office is located at 725 Westney Rd.S. (ait Rnîoy) ln Ajax (686-1521). iff the canvasser has run out af recélpts, take his or'hér namo and follow-up wlth the Heart -and Strake Faundallon officeln Ajax ta ensure a recelp Is lsued. AÀO Funds go1 ThesWhtbychapter has set agoal ai $49,500 ta b. ralsed thraugh the prsan-ta-persan 'campalg'n ln Februýary.S oawlli thîs moneybs, ussd? The mansy wlll be.,ussd.in two ways, for research and health promotion. Why research? Lives are boing saved rlght hors ln Durham because of thé édvances made by medical science. Quesair.n Why doos the Heart and Stroke Faundation spsnd mast'ai the money raised on research? Answer Bocause research Is the onV' way ta Isamr how ta prevent, diagnose and treat heart and stroke disons. Be=a se research Is makIng a dlfference, it worked. Because research Is the moans by whlch doctors and scientlsts separato lact flrom f iction and supposition. aThers have beon exdang a:tvances ln cardlac surgsry avor the past 40 years and'al ai thsm have camne. from rosearch,w statos Dr. Unda Mîcklêborough, a cardiac surgeon and researcher In Toronto. Uves are being savod ln Durhlam bécauso aifoelvances belng made through research. Research aiso has thé power to change lves. Research ls the koy ta flndlng solutions ta heat prablems as weil as stroke. Almost ovsry persan ln Durham Is touched ln same way .by the, advances made. People af ail agas, ai bath sexes and al occupations are affected. A few aio the many oxamples a oal-:reidents whose Ives have been saved are clted: young9 lite saved By Lorrabu Wylio mArn1ldolng ta dle, asksd my thon throo-year-old son, Matthow.' R was a reasonable question sînco hé was about ta have heart surgery. Vêt, as his mother, it was a difficut Ever sInce ws found out'that -.Matthew had ahole ln hs hsart my Shusband, Ken, and I had pramlised aurselves to beopenand honsst ~.about what was happening to aur son. Yet wodid not want tascars hlm. Pehs we di nat want ta face the queston oursolves. Matthew was so smail when ho staitod gsttlng sick and enswors were not readly avelable. There Ssesmod tao be thearles but no one 4seemnedIo know forsurswhy, at age Sthree, ho found ht so difficuittaoclimb stairs and why ho persplred so Neithe Ken nor I have any medical backgraund so we kopt kitenlng ta the doctars. ln the meantio, we' watchsd as Matthew seomned ta suifer more and rsr. Ws found out thl t was ahole ln ~~hNs heert (stria septal defsct or ASD) ~îSdkô,glad [o wsoegbuttaoknaw a bu -~~the trsatmsnt- open hsart surgory to research, health promotion Hugh Brantford - I sunvived... thanks ta research. In Fobruary, 1983, at the agé af 58 years, I éxperlsnced a heart attack, and'was rushed ta thé Sunnybraok Health Science Centre for treatment. Three yoars later, I now iead a reasanably normailiUe, wfth continuod attention ta exorcise and prudent Ufestylo. I can look forward ta many mare years, thanks ta thé resuits of a wlde spectrum of cardiao research programs. At each stage ai my treatmnent, the dedicatian. and sIs of thé médical and other support staff wsre suppleénted by tho resuts af varlous research prograrns ta give me this second chance. For exampie: *stage 1 was the rescue lrom nIhe hnnk.u The blood dlot obstnjctin ans ai thécoeronary arterles Whîc feeds wod ta my'heart muscle was dissalved. by a lamîiy ai drug somnetimes relsrred Itas co busters."w I volunteéréd ta participate ln a research pragram wrhîch sought ta demonstrate the lmproved performance oai-aa"cocktail" af these ~vndrugs ...tIt worked. 1 arn stli *stage 2 was ettorcae. Research h sho"n Ihat dally doses ai aspirin proiéde protection f rom further heait sntacks. I was asked ta participate ln atwo-yer study ai the performance ai a now 'anti-plateleW_ drug whlch wns oxpected> ta be- aven mare effective tham apirin. I volunteéred, and hopeluly co'ntrlbutedvelueble daaln suppait af their study. aon aur three-, soan ta b. four-year- aid? Our caribbgîst, Dr. Musowo, was knowîodgeable and skilllsd and through hlm ws came ta reaize the Impact that the Hsart and Stroke Fondton has on medical advances. Vears aga, Matthew vwould have died. Vears ega, there.was nathlng. that couki be dons. Naw, becase of the research by doctors funded by the Heart and Stroke, Faundation, the aperatian Is considered routine. Now,ln less tha'n fve hours, the haie was rspalred and Matthew cen onjoy a normai, actve Rtfe. Jusi ýbefars he -tumsd live, We ceiebrated the one-ysar annlversaiy ai the surgery.f was a iandmark for us as a famlly, and ans csîebrated wfth Nis classmatos at ochoal wlth a Dress Red Day. Now ho bves ta svlm, run and pa.He gets nosebléeds Quito a bit, a realty that has corne about only sînce Ns suirgery. W. are told the two are nat related., Howover, only tUme and research wlll teil PIos give generously tNls manth. As benefactors ai yaur klndness, we thank you. *stage 3 was rehabiltation. I was accepted Into an 18-month exorcise pragram as thé Cardîso Departmont oi the Toronto Rhabilitation Centre. I was put through, a carsfuily manltored exorcise pragram, pravlded wlith léctros and discussions on approparate diet and lfestyle. Data. coîîected from the many hundreds afi us wha have partlcipated ln this pragramin s continuousiy being analyzed ta, Impravo the understandlng of the. rois that oxercise plays ln the Hesgot a aea e