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Page I SECTION THE HERALD Wededay May in A Red Cross feature He owes his life to Factor Don Wright is an artist who owes his independence his greenhouse his garden and his lifestyle to Factor VIII a blood derivative and to Newfound- He is years old and a hemophiliac About ten years ago he decided lo move from being an art teacher in Ontario RED CROSS Blood donor clinic Monday 115 845 pm Holy Cross auditorium Stevens Italian Hills unit secretary for the Cancer seen here work In the new office at wit an Street The office situated upitalrs over the Christian Book Shop and Is open Monday and trlday Herald photo There ire Bed Cross Blond Transfusion ice Canada blood is ken into its component pari an operation requiring the most nied equip ment techniques The results ire it It means blood such platelets can be given to those clinics v i Ihi leukemia patients depend in platelets for I hi treat n Platelets ire found in plasim wheh is the i loured I d portion of blood The blood comes people across who donate blood the an Red Cross Blood Donor lo what he perceived as a more relaxed less pressured life in Newfoundland This coincided with the isolation of the blood product Factor VIII from whole blood as the break through treatment for Bui Wright even now can I separate way of life from his treatment To him lhe are linked and decisions are made by him because he is primarily an artist nut because is a I I came here for the more ilaxed way life for a life liat made sense to me Wright sad Ten years ago my joints were in bad shape I I do half the th I do today Today I feel belter than He wis two years old living in Timmins Ontario when he had his tonsils removed and as bleeding profusely It was Ihtn Ins discovered he had hemophilia a rare condi lion occurring only in men resulting from the absence of Factor VIM the name crucial clotting agent in the blood Al hat time the only treat ment for hemophilia was bed and whole blood trans fusions which was dangcrota because of theamounl whole blood which had to be trans fused order lo control monhaging I was very lucky he said nk I survived because of lots luck and my mother devotion As it was I spent a lot of childhood In bed To hemophilia for most a dults my age would have meant crippling by now But for the meet part his life is enfettered with health anxie ties He lives in a small coastal about two hour a drive away Si John and the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service centre He saws his own firewood digs his garden is building a greenhouse and spent last win ter working part time with his son on a fishing dory I m doing ail sorts of things I would I have thought pes sidle ten years he doing them at my rate and within the limitation of the time and energy 1 ve got but I doing them Every time I get the stuff what comes to mind la the fact that people give freely in good failh and in good health Wright said They re there to help people like me You too can help by giving your blood at your local clinic this Mon day May 12 from I 15 to In the Holy Cross Church auditorium Cancer campaign may gross Louise Stevens says that last months cancer Society fund raising cimpaign went least as well as expected and Hal ton Hills projected contribution of should ho Tie April campaign has really well this year Mr I lh one of the reasons for his is increase in cancer I don I think there is family anywhere that hosn t been touched it All the proceeds from the drive go towards combatting cancer and educating the public on how to prevent Mrs Stevens will be opera out of a new office at Street Any or in don it ions will be accepted at the nev location Mrs provides cancer in the Mrs 1 sure the 80s will be even be a free breast liaison the public and Stevens says Many people better clinic held al the volunteers and distributes don realize that many forms Any donations can be mailed Georgetown District Hospital educational pamphlets to the of cancer arc curable if caught lo the local office where they from Any 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during periods of stress As it helps them own problems Learn some of the new methods of controlling stress There are all kinds of techniques from the simplest to the most sophisticated And finally get more information on how you can understand and deal with stress by writing to Ontario Ministry of Health Resource Centre Queens fork Toronto Ontario After all the more you know about stress the better you can cope with it And Mental Health Week is a good time to start Ontario Ministry of Health Dennis Minister HAZENS SALES SERVICE Come in and see the 1980 fine of KawasaVi Road Dirt Bikei UNIT ion ITS A BODY SIDE MOULDINOS PIN WHEEL OPENING MOULDING WITH COMPLETE PAINT JOB AT 2 Commerce Acton ss mister CO FRESH DON UTS A THE WORLD S COFFEE DAILY JS KINDS OPEN 24 HOURS Motion Mils FOR All NEEDS FREE STONE GUARO WITH COMPLETE I MILE SOUTH OF Provincial 1170 MUFFIIH I travel service IGooiQeownl Ik AFTER HOURS AND HOLIDAYS Col For Sou YOU CAN DEPEND ON TIDY CAR BILLIARDS ARCADE HILLS SHOPPING 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