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12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 1, 1984 (From page 1) The hockey he used to play, on both A and B teams in the Blackstock boasts he was the star of every team he was ever on. Now he can't even skate. And anybody who has ever known Larry Cooke knows how much he enjoys going out for a beer or two with his buddies - and also knows that. since he got the disease he can't drink much more than one beer without looking like he swallowed a brewery So his drinking, like his passion for junk food, has been severely CBMC BREAKFAST Following the 1984 Mayor's Breakfast with hockey star, Paul Henderson, we are pleased to announce that the chairman of Christian Business Men international will be our next speaker. Mr. Roy S. Le Tourneau, internationally recog- nized businessman, is best known for his family's contribution to the heavy equipment industry and his own involvement in real estate development. JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST AND FELLOWSHIP SATURDAY, MAY 12 at 7:30 A.M. CONWAY GARDENS aL weLcome $4.50 For reservations call 985-8488 or 985-3894 eve. curtailed. To help him cope with MS, his diet is limited to fresh vege- tables, chicken and fish. Red meat isn't allowed or anything else with additives. '""He used to be a real junk food junkie," Carol says. "He used to love pizza." Life has changed dramatically for the 27 year old, who now lives with Colene and her family in Seagrave. He used to work in his father's drywall business, based out of the family's home in the Blackstock area, but he hasn't worked now for some time. If he's on his feet for too long, they just collapse. Fatigue catches up to him faster than anything, and if the disease continues to weaken him the way it p\ i el "2, NS PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED 10 VANEDWARD DRIVE, PORT PERRY - 995-8474 has been, it won't be too long before Larry is in a wheelchair. Unless something can be done to waylay the affects of MS, to short- circuit them and send Larry into a remission that would allow him to go back to work and lead a relatively normal life again. Although there is no cure for multiple sclero- sis, there is a relatively new treatment now being used on MS patients that is rumour- ed to relieve the symp- toms of the disease. Patients throughout 'Canada and the United States have reported amazing relief from MS through treatments on what is known as a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The chamber is about the size of a telephone booth laid on its side, constructed of metal and acrylic glass which can withstand internal pressures of at least 30 pounds. Hence the hyperbaric--hyper meaning increase and baric referring: to pressure. A hyperbaric treatment calls for the patient to be placed inside the chamber, which is pumped full of 100 per cent oxygen while the barometric pressure is increased. The treatment sends vast amounts of oxygen into the circulatory system, relieving MS symptoms the same way hyperbaric oxygen tretments relieve 'The bends' in scuba divers. HBO (as it is known in short form) has been used and claimed effec- tive in burns, gas-gang- grene, and air embolism. It has been reported to improve mental functions of aged patients and it restores function, at least temporarily, in stable MS lesions. HBO has been used over several years in the treatment of a name considerable number of MS patients and in uncontrolled studies, patients with chronic progressive disease were reported to show significant ment after a course of treatment lasting several weeks. They generally returned to pre-treatment level some weeks after treat- ment was stopped, but would respond rapidly after booster ures. In 1982 the Toronto Star featured an article about a Thornhill woman, Diane Nemis, who at one time feared MS would force her to give up work and the ability to look after her two children. But after 40 or so treatments with HBO, Mrs. Nemis claims to look and feel like a different person. "I'm absolutely not afraid of the disease any more', she told the Star. And this year, in a Mark Bonokoski column in the Toronto Sun, there was the story of Ora Linder, a young mother suffering from MS who used to go shopping in a wheel- chair. Since she began the treatments, she is able to walk on her own again -- without canes. The success stories quoted by MS patients are many, but medical groups and even the MS Society have been slow accepting the treat- ment, basically because it's ONLY a treatment, not a cure. "This is not a cure which is why the MS Society isn't behind it," says Carol Cooke. '"'But I think it can help Larry. What he wants to do is go back to work. He doesn't want to be on welfare. He's a little embarassed about all this." Larry has already signed up for the treat- ment at a clinic in Toronto. The treat- ments will begin this Nothing works harder than our B-Series tractors. They range from 12 te 19 hp. So there's one for every job. And with a hydraulic 3-point hitch, front and rear PTO, these tractors can handle a variety of implements. Like every Kubota tractor, B models come with your choice of 2 or 4-wheel drive. Plus a sturdy, low-maintenance Kubota diesel engine. There are special features you can choose from, too. Like hydrostatic transmission for the ease of no-shift one pedal control. So if you're looking for a hard worker, look no further than Kubota's worker B-series tractors. KUBOTA' Nothing hke it on earth" B & W FARM SERVICE Hwy. 7 & 12 - South of Sunderland (705) 357-3760 or 357-3192 improve- - summer - if he can get $3,000 together in the meantime. Which is Larry's real problem at the moment. He's confident that he could go back to work and pay the booster treatments ($120 each) which come sporad- ically after the initial treatment period, but he doesn't have the nearly $3,000 which must be on the table before the first treatment begins. Neither do his parents. They've helped him all along with debts here and there but they cannot round up the amount of money Larry needs to begin HBO. What they can do is what they're doing now. His father has set up the Larry Cooke Trust Fund at the Bank of Comm- erce in Port Perry, where anyone can drop in and donate as much as they can to help out. Friends and relatives have already pitched in nearly $300 in the first few days of the fund's MS victim hoping new treatment will help existence. And in July the family will host a benefit dance, with all proceeds going towards Larry's treatment. They haven't set a date or found a place yet, but Carol is working on it. Larry says he feels a little funny about all the fuss and fundraising but he realizes how import- ant the treatments could be to his life and how he couldn't have them unless someone gives him a financial hand. The disease gets to him emotionally as well and he says he's not the same person he was a few years ago. A little quieter, a little more morose, a little less inclined to talk. "Sometimes I'm in a good mood and some- times I don't feel good at all," he says. 'Really, the only thing I can do is find little things to do around the house.' If you'd like to help Larry, call Carol at 986-5516. SMITH, SUTHERLAND ROBERT S. SUTHERLA ND BA, LLB. 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