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Show 23 "Reaulcitl - HbIMw) WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, Aug. 19, 1982 fim m twMw cepeft dotty wlk 'Be &ml QuppSeii as the Right crippler. great then, I just assumed by Mark Arner also Im sorry to tell . . . you have rheumatoid arthritis and theres nothing we can do. From that shattering moment on, it was official. After hearing the startling diagnosis from a general practitioner in Chigago nine known that I would be you e crippl-- and in wheelchair. d a her initial state depression, which was to last about two years, Merlene was put on aspirin which - as she remembers - caused During of the task of raising her adopted daughter, Marissa. After being diagnos-ethree-year-ol- d d as having rheumatoid arthritis, Mrs. Swenson continued for some time Springville, Payson and Santaquin. And, it was as a teacher in Illinois that she came upon another source of information on arthritis. get involved with it until I moved back to Utah. she said, teachers, was a member of the Arthritis Foundation. She told me a little bit about it, but I didnt The Utah Chapter of the Arthritis Fonda-tiois an information and referral center, according to chapter One of the as an elementary schoolteacher, a profession she had originally studied for in Utah and taught in sews, does Tole painting and Crewel em- Mary secretary It sponsors Haynes. lectures, forums, patient and professional hands badly. and education research on the na- Fat wote wtomotm n You want to do things for yourself, and she explained, you dont want pity. I think you want to feel tions number one crippler. Its goal is to find a cause treatment and cure for arthritis. Further information may be obtained by calling as normal as anybody else and do as many things as anyone else can. Thats probably 486-499- one problem I have. When I get feeling bad, I overdo it and I do Change needed. Merlene also pointed out a few things that required changing in her lifestyle. She explained how she crossed that hurdle. I dont teach everything I possibly can - and then it flares up again. Its this same kind of objective assessment of her situation that has allowed Merlene to cope with the great crippler. Despite the anymore. That was the most traumatic change at first and the hardest thing for me to accept because you have to really slow down and you cant do nearly what you used rather For instance, I ed to ski and was tive was usac- just so hard to do ordinary everyday things just to get dressed takes two or three times - longer than normal. And, just to carry pots and pans they just seem so heavy - is harder and it takes longer. UJay& to cope Merlene has found ways to with cope, her trouble her every minute of every day. Today Mrs. Swenson, a resident of Holladay who is raising two daughters aged 3 and 10, receives treatment at the UofU Medical Centers Division of Rheumatology. A patient of division chief Dr. John R. Ward, she is taking gold salt shots every two weeks, a drug cal-e- d Prednizone to help ease the pain and a drug called Tolectin to reduce inflammation. This combination of drugs is the result of literally years of trying almost everything available. Him yeaw ago Following - the diagnosis nine years ago, Merlene began her search for some shred of information to help her understand what was going on in her body. I knew nothing about it at all, she said. Right there, at school, I went and looked it up in the encyclopedia. The first thing I read was rheumatoid arthritis. stomach problems and didnt help me at all. Her daily life, she added, was perhaps even harder to accept. I was in a lot of pain and had no strength. I couldnt newly-discovere- food or put my makeup on. It was terrible. KowoE Day years ago. I get up and hurt, she said. After sending her husband off to work and school she soaks in a hot tub for a Then after some light housework, she takes a nap from one to two hours. She hires children to help with the harder yard and housework and aims at nine hours of sleep a night. As members of the half-hou- r. dif- ficulties. When asked if she has any rules of thumb to help her get two by, she replies, hands. She uses a rubber pad to help open jars and when she holds a glass or- mug, she doesnt use the handle - she uses both hands and all her fingers by even chew my The normal day for her is far different from what it was ten d sister Marissa use InterLesley Swenson (left) and her com to send message to their Mother, so she doesn't have to come downstairs practice helps decrease unnecessary movement of arthritic joints. three-year-ol- Draper To Be both sides. Pouring water at the table is accomplished, not by picking the container up, but by resting the base on the table and leaning it over to pour into a aBaitgnaifimeB FoflNerve;Peafness CUSTOM FITTED. PERSONAL LOSS Nothing over, under or behind the ear, no cords, tubes or wires . . . hear in the ear, not through a tube . . . simple Putting a fitted sheet on a bed is something that arthritis patients should avoid, she said. advised replacing them with success. NEW.RECHARGEABLE cupping The movement required puts too much stress on the joints. So, unless you have someone around to put them on for you, she church and children into her life. And, although it required some difficult changes at times, life to her is once again a slip-i- n No batteries to buy or change. REEHEARING TESTotpui: offices orm your flat sheets. has always Reading occupied a lot of Merlenes time and still does. She also d miHom New Home For The Von Lowell Youngs Now making their home in Draper are Holladay resident Merlene Swenson uses rubone way she has ber pad to help open jars found to cope with rheumatoid arthritis. glass. however, Merlene Swenson had to learn to cope with a painful stranger that might never leave, a disease that would remain to years ago, home, husband, and physically thats out. It hopeless diagnosis she received in Chigago, she has learned to rework her to do. Merlene Swenson demonstrates way to pour water without putting pressure on arthritic joints, while daughter Lesley watches. when her dont hurt too broidery An LDS mission to British Columbia, Can ada was filled by the young man. LDS Valley View 7th ward, Merlene and her family keep as busy in church activities as MTSmtE JOHN PARAS FURNITURE possible. jCDS Mtankw Its just a matter of what you can and cant FRIDAY You do, she said. only have so much energy and the most important things come AUG. 20 first. 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