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BUSINESS DIPLOMA Financial Assistant 338â€"6600 ny Or LEeaqnanG Oakville‘s Business School , March is Kidney Month idney transplant gave new lease on life y SHELLY SANDERS GREER pecial to the Beaver ; hen Terry Young was 17 old, he had a lot more f on his mind than the usual eenage concerns over dating and chool. He was on a very restricted diet hich didn‘t allow salt and only illowed for 12 ounces of fluid a day. ome days he was so weak, he couldn‘t zo to school, and death was a real possiâ€" pility. Young had both kidneys removed hen he was younger and, as a result, was spending 10 hours a day, three days i week, on dialysis. This meant sleeping it the hospital three nights a week in order to have his blood cleansed. } "I tried to maintain as much norâ€" mality as possible, he recalls. ‘High school was bad nough...you just can‘t fit in when you‘re going through dialâ€" ysis." Young‘s problems began when he was 11 and was diagnosed with high blood pressure. What was happenâ€" ing was his renal artery, which brings blood to the kidneys for cleansing, was blocked off. So the poisons which are normally secreted out from the bladder were staying in Young. Removal of his kidneys was necessary and his only hope for a longâ€"term cure was a kidney ransplant. Fortunately, Young was one of the Iucky people who spent a relativeâ€" y short time on dialysis â€" two years â€" and then received a kidney which his ody accepted. r "Some people are not as lucky as I am," Young says, "because their body rejects the new kidney. When I was on dialysis, I saw a lot of people die. I was it the point where I couldn‘t live a norâ€" mal life and I got weaker and weaker. I saw people playing sports, but I couldn‘t do anything physical, not even swimâ€" ming, because I had shunts or tubes in my arms, to allow the blood to come out of my artery and through the dialysis »A machine. If I was hit in the arm with a ball, I could have bled to death." Since Young‘s transplant 20 years ago, people with kidney failure today have many more options and a greater chance for a full recovery. For example, according to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, dialysis treatments have been A play InstaDt Bi any pla 4 / Bingo: you Bingo 4 w yoe 11e Look for Instant t m [ (ell ‘UO‘L u ort ‘t:\\\e \gHL\nL\\\\ e ngo. The any t D â€" ameâ€" e Bingo 84 9,000â€" Four car ¢ four c4 | love 1 t your avon, call | â€"8 n fi"«lfl%‘a.‘s' ime, ds on each rdS, once per 0 winnmE: nstant local Lottery po.398â€"0098 POU" Qutlet. ;..featuring our mystical | I-Iobnob with soothsayers. Analyze the lines in your hand with a resident palmist, or gaze into a crystal ball! Have a personal indepth astrological chart prepared, or visit one of our clairvoyants for a look into the mysterious world of the paranormal! reduced from 36 hours a week to just 12 and home dialysis is now an option. In addition, kidney transplants are now 85 to 90% successful compared to a 50% success rate 20 years ago. "A lot of these advances are due to the research by the Kidney Foundation," says Young, who is also the March Drive Honorary chair for Oakville. ""More than 50% of the money raised goes to research. It‘s nice to see things have improved, but we still have a long way to go." There are three places near Oakville where dialysis treatments are given â€" Mississauga, Toronto, and Hamilton â€" and according to Young, there are curâ€" rently 25 Oakville people receiving treatment at Credit Valley Hospital. March is Kidney month in Oakville and the goal this year is to raise $25,000 during the march canvass. "If everyone gave a dollar, we would be way over our goal," says Terry. The Kidney Foundation was started 30 years ago by a group of dedicated volunteers from Montreal. The objective was to raise money for research into kidney disease, as there was little research being done in Canada at the time. Now, The Kidney Foundation of Canada is the only national organization in Canada with a mandate to raise funds for research into the cause, cure, prevention, and treatâ€" ment of kidney disease. Since 1964, more than $28â€"million has been spent on research programs. Some of the Foundation‘s goals for the future include preventing some forms of hereditary kidney disease, a 100% success rate for kidney transâ€" plants, and replacing dialysis and transâ€" (See ‘Healthy‘ page 17) 110 Fine Stores and Services Just north of the Q.E.W. and Trafalgar Road. 842â€"2140 3th Anniversa Celebrations! 4 Thursday, March 10 to Sunday, March 13 â€" @AKVILLE DLACF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994 Page 13 Hopedale Mail Serving Oakville for Over 30 years, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. *Sunday 12 Noon to 5:00 p.m. (*Not all stores may be open) Located at 3rd Line and Rebecca in Oakville * $27â€"0229« Â¥ Terry Young and his daughter Kelsey were canvassing for the Kidney Foundation at Hopedale Mall, Saturday. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) s "enlightening" event you won‘t on‘t miss, Joe Fisher, author of ‘Life Between Life‘ and ‘The Hungry Ghosts‘ as he divulges astounding information on ghosts and reincarnation! 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