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Which one's padded? (Answer: The
right bra pocket has a prosthesis
slipped in.)
frame of mind is what
really counts. After her mas-
tectomy, she got rid of her low-
cut cocktail dresses because she
didn't want to become de-
pressed about what she couldn't
wear. She transformed other fa-
vorite threads into clothing she
could wear. Then, she em-
barked on a mission.
Lillian began volunteering
with Reach To Recovery, a
group sponsored by the Amer-
ican Cancer Society. Through
this group, she has worked with
more than 100 recovering mas-
tectomy patients. She brings
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them their first prosthesis and
counsels them on ways to live nor-
mally again.
T ,illian says she practices what
she preaches. Not long after her
surgery, she arrived at her hair-
dresser's salon to find a waiting
room full of familiar faces, all
gazes cast downward.
"Ladies," she announced. "I am
here ...
"... And I am the same woman
I was before." El
For more information on the
American Cancer Society's
Reach To Recovery, call 1-800-
925-2271. Or call the Michigan
Cancer Foundation at (313)
833-0715, Ext. 767 or 770.
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Dopamine, a neurotransmit-
wenty-five years ago, Sinai, along with our other Cen-
Farmington Hills resident ters of Excellence, will eventu- ter, is a commonly prescribed
Glenn Gendloff felt an odd ally find the cause and develop a medication. However, the effica-
cy of drugs dwindles over time.
tingling in his side. When
Mr. Gendloff, who took Sinemet,
it worsened, he consulted a doc-
became immune to it, and some-
tor at Sinai Hospital.
times his body over-reacted to the
The physician diagnosed the
drug. His arms would start wav-
problem as Parkinson's disease,
ing uncontrollably and his head
a movement disorder affecting an
would shake back and forth.
estimated 1 million people na-
Some Parkinson's patients un-
tionwide. Scientists don't under-
dergo a surgery called pallidoto-
stand the cause and have no cure.
my, a procedure that selectively
But the disease, which primari-
inhibits irregular brain cells be-
ly affects people over age 55, can
lieved responsible for symptoms
lead to partial immobility and de-
of the disease. This surgery, Dr.
mentia, albeit in rare cases.
LeWitt believes, is appropriate
Mr. Gendloff took the pills his
for some, but not all patients.
doctor prescribed, shrugged his
Drs. LeWitt, Trosch and
shoulders and returned to work
Loeffler aim to
as the vice president of a large lo-
Dr. Richard Trosch
use the NPF
cal retailer. Not atypical for
grant money to
Parkinson's patients, Mr.
study clues from
Gendloffs health further deteri- cure for this disease,"
previous investi-
says Nathan
orated.
gations. For ex-
"It's kind of an insidious thing," Slewett, chairman of
ample, they will
he says. "I ignored it as much as NPFs board.
check how nico-
The grant will fa-
I could, but at times you just can't
tine affects
move. People think it hurts. It cilitate research into
Parkinson's. Past
doesn't hurt. My legs just give out ways of slowing pro-
studies have in-
gression
of
Parkin-
from under me. I fall a lot."
dicated that
To people like Mr. Gendloff, the son's. Dr. LeWitt,
smoking stimu-
who
is
also
president
National Parkinson Foundation
lates the release
wants to extend a helping hand. of Michigan Parkin-
of the body's own
In April, the foundation award- son Foundation, says
dopamine.
ed Sinai Hospital a $500,000 re- some of the clinical
The Sinai re-
trials
will
focus
on
search grant, as well as credit for
Dr. Peter LeW in
searchers also
being one of the nation's 11 "Cen- early diagnosis.
will look into a bac-
"If we wait long
ters Of Excellence." (There are 28
enough for people to have symp- teria, called nocardia, found to
worldwide.)
Dr. Peter LeWitt, a board-cer- toms, the disease can already be cause in mice a disease resem-
bling Parkinson's.
tified neurologist and professor fairly advanced," he says.
Dr. LeWitt says the NPF grant
Currently, doctors recommend
at Wayne State University School
of Medicine, will direct the five- certain pills to mask symptoms, might not enable Sinai to come
year project with his partner, Dr. which manifest themselves dif- up with a cure for the disease, but
Richard Trosch, and laboratory ferently in different people. for patients like Mr. Gendloff,
Some, like Mr. Gendloff, expe- who has been a participant in
researcher Dr. David Loeffler.
`The work that Dr. LeWitt and rience tremors and weakness. Sinai's ongoing clinical trials,
his associates are doing is being Others lose dexterity and clari- progress toward that ultimate
goal provides hope. 171
recognized and we hope that ty of voice.
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