• • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • •• •• •• • • • • • • • • James C. Carney, M.D. Scott G. Lewis, M.D. and Michael G. Kizy, M.D. Comprehensive Drs. Carney & Lewis, P.C. Cancer Center Real Satisfaction: What's It Mean? MARSHALL FRANKLIN, M.D. SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS • • /- \Th N Medical textbooks are filled with many tables, illustrations and pictures. During the four years I studied medicine at the Univer- sity of Maryland, I leafed through thousands of these pages. Some- thing would have to be pretty spectacular to catch my eye and remain in my memory for 40 years after graduation. If I didn't keep my diploma on my office wall, I might forget what it looked like. Yet there is one pic- ture that was in a medical textbook that is still floating in my head. I can't remember the man's face in the picture. What I do re- member are his feet and hands. His feet and legs, amputated above the knees, were gone. His left hand had no fingers; it was a palm with no extensions. I remember the right hand the most. It had only two fingers. Of all his digits, only the middle and index fingers of his right hand remained. He had just these two fingers with which to eat and pick up and manipulate the utensils he needed to survive. In this unforgettable picture, what do you think he was hold- ing in those last two fingers? It was a cigarette. I still can't be- lieve it. Ten toes, both legs and eight fingers gone up in smoke, and he used those last two digits to continue the destruction. This memorable gentleman had a condition called Buerger's disease. It predominantly affects men 20 to 40 years of age who smoke cigarettes. The chemicals absorbed into the body from cig- arette smoke damage small and medium-size arteries. The ar- teries gradually occlude, de- stroying the tissue they feed. Fingers and toes are the first to go; then it moves centrally. Sec- tions of limb are lost piecemeal. My father-in-law was a pro- fessional trumpet player and a chain smoker. He spent the last 12 years of his life sucking on oxy- gen to keep living. He didn't have enough wind to make the music we all loved so much. His broth- er, also a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer. My mother almost lost her legs to cigarettes. Many macho smokers from the past have died from lung dis- ease or cancer. In my 35 years of cardiology practice I have taken care of thousands of people who smoked heavily and suffered from heart and circulation dis- orders because of it. All this leads me to wonder what the phrase "real smoking satisfaction" means. Dr. Marshall Franklin is a San Diego-based cardiologist who writes for Copley News Service. University of Michigan are pleased to announce that Cancer Answen ght Barbara J. Cingel, M.D. Be a Wise Guy: Prostate and Other Urologic Cancers Presented by Joseph E. Oesterling, M.D. Urologist-in-chief, director of the U-M Prostate Program James E. Montie, M.D. Director of the U-M Multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Clinic Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1995 7 - 8:30 pm with (1 & A Marriott Hotel at Laurel Park Place (1-275 and 6 Mile Rd.) This event is free of charge. Join us for Cancer AnswerNight, where our physicians will provide life-saving answers to commonly asked questions, including: What is the new PSA blood test for prostate cancer? What are the signs of prostate, bladder and testicular cancer? What treatment options are available? To find out more about Cancer AnswerNight or to get confidential answers to any of your cancer-related questions, call our nurses at: Cancer AnswerLine 1-800-865-1125 Dr: Cingel received her nreclical deg e efivm Wayne State University School of Medicine, and her illternd medithie mideng mining at William &alma. Internal Medicine has joined their practice Offering comprehensive adult medicine services, with a special focus on women: • annual health exams Hopain Royal Oak. • breast cancer screening • gynecological exams, Pap smears • perimenopausal counseling, treatment • family planning • preventive care • colorectal cancer screening Drs. Carney, Lewis, Kizy and Cingel are on staff at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, and invite you to call today for an appointment. Drs. Carney & Lewis, • P.C. 29201 Telegraph Road, Suite 404 Southfield, Michigan 48304 (810) 355-0880 Staffed 9 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. DEMENTIA (ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE) EARLY DETECTION THE CAREFREE WAY TO CLIMB STAIRS When you're disabled, or just not able to move around as freely as you once could, stairs can be a real problem. But there is a simple answer. STAIR-G[1)El powered stairway lift. Easily installed to fit curved or straight stairs. They give you back the ability to MOVe around your own home. 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