Dispensary Corner 22 Mar 12
March 22, 2012
SCARY new public service
announcements in the USA aim to
highlight the risks of smoking by
giving tips for living with a
tracheotomy.
The Centers for Disease Control
ads are titled “Tips from Former
Smokers” who have been forced
to have surgery so they can breathe
through a hole in their neck.
In the ad the patients detail a
number of inconveniences about
having a tracheotomy, including
“when you have a hole in your
neck, don’t face the shower head.”
There’s also the confronting
“suction out your throat before
you eat” as well as “crouch, don’t
bend over - you don’t want to
lose the food in your stomach”.
ANOTHER example of healthy
ageing was seen in Salt Lake City,
Utah last year when a 101-yearold
woman became the oldest
person to paraglide.
Mary Allen Hardison took to the
air on 01 September to celebrate
her birthday, saying she decided
to try up the activity after her 75-
year-old son Allen took it up.
The feat was certified last week
by Guinness World Records
officials, who said it was “pushing
record breaking to new heights”.
Hardison responded to the
attention by telling media “just
because you are old doesn’t mean you have to sit on your duff all day.”
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