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Table of contents Health/Wellness: Varicose veins Financial: Health reform facts, fiction Hobbies/Activities: Things to do ADRC news: Memory walk set

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I have some bulging, achy varicose veins on my legs, also causing restlessness and itching at night. I love to walk, jog, bicycle and occasionally jazzercise. Someone told me this activity is harmful with my condition and will only make these veins worse. Is this true? Actually, those exercises are most beneficial. It sounds like you do have venous insufficiency in your legs, a condition that affects almost 40 percent of women and 25 percent of men over age 50. Unfortunately, your condition will worsen if not treated, but usually not from the healthy exercise you seem to be getting.

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The visible signs of bulging veins, swollen ankles, spider veins and symptoms of achiness, pain, heaviness, itching and restlessness are typical of this disorder. Defective, one-way check valves in the leg veins result in blood flowing the wrong way down the leg, pulled by gravity toward the ankles and pooling in the legs.

Anything one can do to get the venous blood moving upward and out of the legs toward the heart and lungs is good. Any exercise involving leg muscle activity helps pump blood up and out of the legs from the deep set of veins within the muscle compartments. Unfortunately, there is not much effect on the blood flow in the superficial veins (bulging veins seen on the skin) with exercise. That is why other methods should also be used to gain relief. Compression medical grade stockings (not support hose) donned as soon as possible after arising from bed is most helpful. Periodically elevating your legs higher than your

heart (not just on a footstool or Lazy Boy) gives your legs a chance to rest from all the high pressure building up from the blood pooling. I also recommend putting old blankets or pillows at the foot of the bed between the mattress and box spring so the mattress is gently curved upward and your legs are higher than your heart while sleeping (hope you don’t have a waterbed). This may help the restlessness and will help the excess swelling seen at end of day. Varicose veins and venous insufficiency also predispose one to DVT or blood clots, and activity is very important to keep blood moving thereby decreasing clot formation.

This is especially true when traveling. If you have more leg pain with these activities you mentioned above, which worsens during walking, biking, etc, you may have PAD (peripheral arterial disease) and may be having claudication, a totally different situation, where not enough blood is getting to the muscles from atherosclerosis (hardening and narrowing of the arteries). If you have the signs and symptoms you mentioned earlier, go ahead and walk, bike and remain active. Also, try some of the other things mentioned. You can arrange a visit with us for an evaluation to learn more about what you have and what else can be done to help.

If you don’t have bulging varicose veins but have the other symptoms or, if you just don’t know, you can always participate in one of our free vein and DVT (blood clot) risk screenings, offered periodically at the Wisconsin Vein Center in conjunction with the American Venous Forum. Remember, many people just like you have this same condition. You are not alone. Experienced, expert help is readily available locally. There is no need to travel far away and treatment is usually easier than you think and usually covered by insurance. Dr. Terry Gueldner is a board-certified surgeon and founder of the Wisconsin Vein Center, Manitowoc. He specializes in venous disorders.

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Casting for recovery

Breast cancer survivors escape BY TARA MEISSNER 50 Plus Correspondent

MANITOWOC — Pat Stordahl and Marietta Clayton found peace and tranquility learning the art of fly fishing on a recent fall weekend. Both breast cancer survivors, the Manitowoc quilting friends participated in a Casting for Recovery retreat Sept. 10-12 near Crooked Lake in Siren. From there they were shuttled to nearby Knapp Creek, a bubbling, beautiful body of water with a little bit of falls and pools of still water, Clayton said. According to Casting for Recovery’s website, “to fish is to hope.” The dynamics of fly fishing provide a healing connection to the natural world, relieving everyday stressors and promoting a sense of calm, according to the organization. “It was peaceful to be around the water,” Clayton said. “It was very, very quiet, because you are concentrating; you could just sit there and Marietta Clayton, left, and her friend Pat Stordahl, both of Manitowoc, pose near the Lake listen to the water flow over the Michigan shoreline. They are both breast cancer survivors and recently participated in a rocks.” Stordahl, 63, and Clayton, 67, apCasting for Recovery retreat in northern Wisconsin. Sue Pischke/50 Plus plied for the program in January, and were among 14 breast cancer surThese 14 women, vivors and an equal number of river including Manitowoc’s guides. They are both new to fly fishing, but had been spin fishing before Marietta Clayton, — with bait and bobber — for game bottom left, and Pat such as walleye and bass. Stordahl, partially Fly fishing technique is delicate hidden in back, and gentle and takes a lot of concenparticipated in a recent tration to learn, according to Clayton. The women were taught a roll Casting for Recovery cast appropriate for the narrow weekend in Siren. creek. Stordahl didn’t catch any fish, Photo submitted by but enjoyed the great weather, which Marietta Clayton she described as calm and not too hot. “Most of us caught trees,” Stordahl said. Clayton said she caught a tiny

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Casting for Recovery is a national (c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports breast cancer survivors through a program that combines flyfishing, counseling and medical information to build a focus on wellness instead of illness. The 2½-day retreat is offered at no cost to participants and is provided by trained volunteers. The powerful ripple effect of the Casting for Recovery experience has resulted in a national network of retreats, and has inspired programs around the world. Women interested in submitting an application for a future retreat can do so online at: www.castingforrecovery.org trout or a minnow, “It was on and then it was off.”

Unique experience

The experience took the women and their fellow participants away from thoughts of cancer. The program pampers the women and makes them feel special. Each night, there was a gift on their beds; one night it was candles. The next night was a plate made by children who placed their hands in pink paint and made an impression on the plate representing future hope. “No one had any stress,” Stordahl said. “But you were busy all the time,” Clayton added. According to program information, the retreats provide an avenue for social support and group interactions to reduce the feeling of isolation many survivors might have. One activity had the participants form a circle and toss a basketballsized ball of yarn from person to person. As the ball was tossed, each person told a piece of her story about breast cancer. Slowly, the ball unraveled to form a web of interconnected stories, which illustrated the bigger picture of the connectivity of cancer. The web was taped to the floor, which was a great visual, according to Stordahl.

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Health care reform — fact vs. fiction

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Personal battles

Within the fabric of the netted yarn are the local women’s own stories of breast cancer. Clayton, a 7-year survivor, received treatment — a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation — from August 2002 to February 2003. Clayton said she feels great and doesn’t have any aftereffects, and can go one year between check-ups. Stordahl’s cancer story

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begins in 1989, when she was 42. She underwent a nine-month series of treatments of chemotherapy and radiation, and came out with a 95-percent survival rating. Then, 16 years later, breast cancer came again in December 2005. A month later Stordahl had a double mastectomy, but didn’t need any chemotherapy or radiation. She said her prognosis is very good, and she sees the doctor every six months. The survivors’ breast cancer experiences ranged in severity. The least horrendous was Clayton’s

case and the most severe was told by a woman who was still very sick and given five years to live. On Sunday, the participants and their river helpers, 28 people in total, again formed a circle and another basketball-size ball of yarn was tossed and unraveled as more stories were told. This formed a larger web, which was placed atop the previous web on the floor. The webs formed concentric circles, representing the ripple effect cancer can have. It was a fitting visualization of the idea

fit a whopping 76 percent to $1,760. Waiting beyond age 70 will not increase your benefits. I do, however, want to add that if you’re strapped for cash or in poor health and don’t expect to live much past your mid-70s, you’re better off collecting early benefits. See www.ssa.gov/

estimator to calculate your benefits at different retirement ages.

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In addition to delaying benefits, there are two strategies that can help married couples, too. The first one is called “file and suspend” — part of the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000.

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that no one goes through cancer alone. “There is something about a group of survivors, people are very kind. Each of us is in a different stage of recovery,” Stordahl said.

Spiritual aspect

She said the weekend had a healing aspect for everyone, and her own emotions were “full” by Sunday from all the support she absorbed. Clayton described the weekend as spiritual and peaceful, without religious overtones.

It allows a worker to “file and suspend” Social Security benefits once he or she has reached full retirement age. Under this law, the higher-earning spouse (usually the husband) could file for benefits, allowing his wife to collect her share, and then suspend his own benefits while continuing to work and building a bigger payment for the future. Another benefits-boosting option few people know about is the “claim now, claim more later” strategy. This option lets you draw on your spouse’s Social Security benefits (once you reach full retirement age), while delaying the start of your own benefits. Here’s how it works: Let’s say that you and your wife are both 66. You’re still working and you’d like to delay collecting benefits based on your own earnings record until you’re 70.

“All [participants] had been faced with death; you get a little spiritual,” Stordahl said. Stordahl participated in making prayer flags. The women decorated white square sheets and then hung them on a clothesline to help the participants envision the idea of letting go of something. Her flag was colors and squiggles that mimicked the design of a journal that each participant was given at the retreat. The women recommended the book “Time is a River” by Mary Alice Mon-

roe to other survivors or anyone who would like a better understanding of fly fishing and/or breast cancer survivors. The fictional account of the Casting for Recovery program has an “underlying current in the healing power of fly fishing,” Stordahl said. “There was no way anyone could think about the illness when fly fishing,” Clayton said. “They could forget it … let it out of their mind.”

Your wife can collect full benefits based on her work record — and you can collect a spousal benefit which is half of what she gets. Then, once you reach 70, you stop receiving the spousal benefit and switch to your own benefit, which will be 32 percent higher than the benefit you would have collected at your full retirement age.

cial Security, claiming a larger monthly check based on your older age. And, you keep the profits you earned from the benefits you invested. For more information see www.ssa.gov/ retire2/withdrawal.htm.

Borrow and invest

This is an option for wealthier retirees with other sources of income. How this works is you start collecting early Social Security benefits as soon as you retire, and you save and invest that money. Then at age 70, you file a withdrawal application form 521 at your local Social Security office and pay back the benefits that you’ve received, with no interest or adjustment for inflation. Then you reapply for So-

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Transportation specialist

Linda Grider has been hired by the ADRC to expand the rural transportation program, and to assist individuals to understand and access the most efficient and cost effective options in the community. The ADRC is looking to offer transportation in each rural community to the city

of Manitowoc and/or Two Rivers at a minimum of every two weeks. Kellnersville has already established its service for Tuesdays. Residents of the community are encouraged to make their doctor, dentist and other appointments on Tuesday morning. Time will be allotted for grocery and other shopping. The transportation is provided by volunteer drivers with the use of a Dodge minivan. A person must be ambulatory to use the service. The cost is just $3 oneway. Individuals interested in using this service from any community may contact Grider for more information at (920) 683-4180.

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The Medicare Part D and Advantage premium rates should be available to the public on or around Oct. 15. Individuals may contact the ADRC at (920) 683-4180 anytime after this date to check on whether their current plan will continue to be the best option for them in 2011. The actual enrollment date into 2011 plans does not start until Nov. 15. What is known at this time is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be cutting back on the monthly amount they pay advantage plans to provide health care services for individuals electing to select an advantage plan over a supplemental or Medigap policy. This will most likely result in an increased monthly premium for the Advantage Plan, an increase in medical co-

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This annual exhibit has transformed from traditional tablesettings of ﬁne china and crystal to ones of endless creativity since it’s inception by Ruth West more than 30 years ago.

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he eighth annual Alzheimer’s Memory Walk will be held on Saturday at Aurora Medical Center, with the walk beginning at 9 a.m. on the Mariner’s Trail. The community is invited to come out and support families who are caring for a loved one with the disease and to help in the fight to find a cure. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk will end with a silent auction at 10:30 a.m. There is no registration fee. The money raised in this walk helps to benefit local services. The ADRC offers an Early Alzheimer’s Support Group on the first Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m., which is for both the person with the dementia diagnosis and the family caregiver. It also hosts a support group of family members who are caring for someone with the diagnosis on the third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. Staff from the ADRC also assist in facilitating the support group that is held the last Wednesday of the month at the Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center.

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Recipes Grilled chicken veggie dinner 4 chicken thighs (4 ounces each) 1½ teaspoons olive oil ½ teaspoon salt, divided ½ teaspoon seasoned pepper ½ each medium green, sweet red and yellow pepper, sliced 1 medium onion, halved and sliced 1½ teaspoons Italian seasoning ¼ teaspoon garlic powder 2 plum tomatoes, cut into wedges Rub both sides of chicken with oil; sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper. Place skin side down on grill rack. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 5 minutes. Turn; grill 5-6 minutes longer or until golden brown. Place chicken on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Top with peppers, onion, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and remaining salt. Seal foil tightly. Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat

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for 20 minutes. Open foil carefully; add tomatoes. Reseal foil; grill 4-5 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear and vegetables are tender. Yield: 2 servings. Nutritional analysis: 1 serving (calculated without chicken skin)

equals 170 calories, 8 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 38 mg cholesterol, 631 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 13 g protein.

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Harvest Ratatouille

Prep: 20 min. + standing Cook: 10 min. 1 cup cubed eggplant ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup chopped onion ½ medium green pepper, diced 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tablespoon canola oil ¾ cup diced zucchini ¾ cup diced yellow -summer squash 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano

½ teaspoon dill weed ¹/8 teaspoon pepper 1 medium tomato, chopped 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese Hot cooked pasta, optional Place eggplant in a colander over a plate; sprinkle with salt and toss. Let stand for 30 minutes; rinse and drain well. In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry the onion, green pepper and garlic in oil for 2-3 minutes. Add the eggplant, zucchini and yellow squash. Cook and stir for 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in parsley, oregano, dill and pepper; heat through. Sprinkle with tomato and Parmesan cheese. Serve over

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In just one afternoon last week I watched a Cuban baby dance (cute), a drunken Russian trying to put his clothes on as he left the beach (sad), and an inebriated concertgoer attempting to put on one flip-flop. (I hate to admit it, but I laughed.) And then there’s the whole world of dogs and cats doing cute things, plus inspirational cartoon characters telling me to lighten up, dance and buy some flowers. So I did. I also watched an elderly couple play a duet on the piano as they waited in the lobby of the Mayo Clinic. (Inspiring.) Perhaps I’m finding these Facebook videos entertaining because as a child I spent much of September sitting through my parents’ friends’ home

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movies of their summer vacations. Why they thought we’d be interested in their travels I don’t have a clue, but there I was, a 10-year-old trapped in a living room watching Mount Rushmore and Niagara Falls fly by. Home movies were the precursor of today’s videos, but entertaining they were not. In fact, they made me sick. They should have handed out bags. Often it felt as if I were in the backseat of their car watching the world spin by — a blur as the amateur cameraman’s arm swung up, then down, then across. But on occasion these people would actually stop for a family close-up, say at the Grand Canyon, with one of the kids usually doing something jerky to bring attention to himself. (You know who you are.) And if it were posted on my Facebook page today, would I find it amusing? I fear I just might. Time can do funny things.

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ot that I haven’t been busy lately. I have. But I will confess Facebook has occupied more of my time recently than it should. Yes, the same people show up every day sharing with me how much they love their morning toast. I couldn’t be happier for them. And there are still those who go on and on about their children, who all appear to be far above average. Cute, too. Photos are posted. Sometimes by the dozens. I’m happy for them, too. Honest. I am. But what attracts me to Facebook these days is a late-summer flurry of videos that friends are posting. It’s as if, in unison, they all realized that sharing a one-minute video is better than sharing the joys of warm toast. Whatever it is, I’m now hooked. Pssst! Want to see my video? they whisper. I do. I’ve become a voyeur. I never opened any of these videos before. Not sure why. Now it’s like Christmas every morning, but like Christmas gifts, some are better than others.

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My kids knew they would always find me in the garden. I love flowers and gardening has always been my passion. The beautiful gardens at Shady Lane fill my heart with joy!

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