tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16755970639451063682024-03-13T15:06:08.339-04:00RICHARD IT'S THE STUFF I CARE ABOUT!Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.comBlogger957125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-26631669200202090592015-06-03T07:59:00.004-04:002015-06-03T08:46:46.556-04:00BROADWAY SINGS AGAIN!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-3150675176731775992015-05-21T05:17:00.001-04:002015-05-29T22:13:54.162-04:00UPDATE MAY 21<span style="font-size: large;">Dialysis (hemo) continues 3 times a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have lost 75 pounds - mostly fluid. This is a good thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peritoneal dialysis has proved to be NOT successful with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the peritoneal port in my abdomen is being removed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A fistula for hemodialysis is being placed in my left arm. This is a wonderful thing. The surgery will be June 11.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">ALL IS WELL. Planning a benefit for October 9 & 11 - benifiting Habitat for Humanity at United Church of Chapel Hill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">STAY TUNED. </span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-3824591960871857152015-03-08T12:48:00.003-04:002015-03-08T12:48:46.328-04:00UPDATE<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I am finally home after 3 months in UNC Hospital and a rehab center down the road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peritoneal dialysis proved not to be fast enough to satisfy my doctors, so we switched the hemo dialysis and, so far, we have taken off 80 pounds of fluid and toxins from my body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will switch to peritoneal in a couple of months when we have taken off 40 more pounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have so many wonderful friends looking after me, shopping for me and carting me around until I can get back to driving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kidney Disease is daunting, but it is NOT tragic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All is well.</span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-9374968363165183782014-10-25T15:13:00.003-04:002014-10-25T15:13:48.585-04:00NEW INFORMATION ON HOME DIALYSIS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>HOME DIALYSIS CYCLER</b></div>
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THIS CHARMING MACHINE COSTS</div>
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<b>$18,000</b></div>
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<u><i><b>YES, $18,000</b></i></u></div>
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FORTUNATELY, MEDICARE PAYS FOR ALL</div>
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END-STAGE RENAL CARE AND EQUIPMENT.</div>
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WHEW!!</div>
Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-60794290152993361242014-10-06T11:07:00.000-04:002014-10-06T19:08:15.133-04:00FIRST VISIT TO DIALYSIS CLINIC<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Had my first visit to the Carolina Dialysis Clinic this morning and they inspected my catheter and tested it and it's working perfectly. I learned some of the technique of hooking the catheter up to the solution for dialysis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I next go back to Pinehurst Surgical for a follow-up visit with the surgeon, then I return to Dialysis Clinic next Friday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All is well in this amazing adventure I'm on to stay alive. Thanks to Carol Johnson, Mason Cordell, Stephen Lair, Michele and Ryan Widd and Tom Terry for shopping, driving and caring for me in the past weeks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Keep me in your prayers, please. </span></span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-4982983841717309122014-10-04T08:35:00.000-04:002014-10-04T08:35:37.396-04:00UPDATE ON RICHARD<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, the Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter is in place, thanks to Dr. Willie Chu at Pinehurst Surgical! It was a flawless procedure and I was able to come home that same day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, it will have to heal for 2-4 weeks as I begin instruction for home dialysis at Carolina Dialysis (which is only 2 block from my house, isn't that nice. And that instruction begins on Monday morning, bright and early.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel fine and there is only minor irritation in my gut where the catheter was placed. And that is to be expected. It was a laparoscopic procedure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> So many friends have come by the apartment to wish me well and some even are shopping for me. Margaret's Cantina has even sent over my favorite foods! I am truly a lucky man.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For those of you in the <b>BROADWAY SINGS FOR HABITAT</b> benefit, the show <u><b><i>WILL</i></b></u> take place, probably in early spring just as soon as we can work out dates with United Church. You will be the first to know.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am already teaching my students here at home and beginning to coach some of the singes for the benefit. So you</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">will probably be hearing from me soon! </span></span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-63946091126139041712014-09-22T10:33:00.001-04:002014-09-22T10:33:29.559-04:00BENEFITS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS<h4>
This is what I am about to begin. On Oct 2, I will have the catheter placed in my abdomen and 2-4 weeks later the dialysis can begin.</h4>
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Benefits of peritoneal dialysis</h4>
The benefits of PD include:<br />
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<li>Fewer negative side effects (such as nausea, vomiting, cramping, and weight gain) than <a href="http://www.davita.com/treatment-options/in-center-dialysis/what-is-in-center-dialysis/in-center-hemodialysis-overview/t/5593" title="in-center hemodialysis">in-center hemodialysis</a></li>
<li>Fewer dietary restrictions than in-center hemodialysis</li>
<li>Needle-free treatments</li>
<li>Direct shipment of PD supplies to your home or travel destination</li>
<li>Infrequent trips to the dialysis center</li>
<li>Greater flexibility and freedom in your treatment schedule</li>
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In addition, because PD patients take an active role in performing
their dialysis, they are more involved in their care and more educated
about their conditions. Research indicates that patients on dialysis who
are more involved in their healthcare tend to be healthier and have a
better outlook regarding their treatment.Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-64877895499255116732014-08-12T08:21:00.000-04:002014-08-12T08:21:01.022-04:00CONTINUED KIDNEY DISEASE PROBLEMS<span style="font-size: small;">I went </span>yesterday to my regular kidney clinic appointment, and to meet my new doctor for my kidneys. She turns out to be very supportive and understanding. We discussed peritoneal dialysis and the swelling in my legs. It was her suggestion that I begin a water pill therapy. I have great experience taking Lasix and she decided I should take 80mgs once daily.<br />
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Then her attending doctor came into the room and questioned me and decided that I should DOUBLE the dose of Lasix to twice a day. They want me to take off 15 pounds of water weight in one month. This is reasonable.<br />
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My main doctor disagrees with this, saying that my swelling in the legs is due to lymphedema.<br />
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I am in a quandary as to whom to listen to! I know that I have gained 40 pounds in the last 4 months while eating the EXACT same small amount of food daily. (I really don't eat much. And my clothes still fit but my legs are huge.)<br />
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So I don't know who to believe. I think the leg swelling is due to a combination of lympedema, end stage kidney disease and poor posture.<br />
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So we are lowering the Lasix today to 20mg.<br />
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Bottom line: my main doctor knows my body for 8 years and the kidney doctors saw me for the FIRST TIME yesterday. <i><b> WHO WOULD YOU LISTEN TO?</b></i> <br />
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You can leave a comment for me if you like. It would be appreciated.<br />
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<br />Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-30899788059685025432014-08-11T09:59:00.001-04:002014-08-11T09:59:13.385-04:00WISDOM<span style="font-size: large;">It is better to do nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Than to do what is wrong.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For whatever you do, you do to yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like a border town well guarded,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Guard yourself within and without.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let not a single moment pass</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lest you fall into darkness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feel shame only where shame is due.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fear only what is fearful.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See evil only in what is evil.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lest you mistake the true way</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And all into darkness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Se what is.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See what is not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Follow the true way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Rise. sayings of The Buddha </span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-72466735361322778412014-06-25T13:36:00.001-04:002014-06-25T13:36:11.670-04:00ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END<span style="font-size: large;">Monday I had my last appointment with my wonderful nephrologist, Dr. Ryan Sanford. Ryan is moving to Greensboro and going into private practice. All the kidneys in Greensboro be aware! Dr. Sanford is coming to set you right!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was always so supportive and gentle with me as I went through the hell of kidney failure. But, together, we both feel we have prevented dialysis, reached a stable situation, and plan to keep it right there, God willing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I owe most of it to Dr. Sanford, who never gave up helping and encouraging me. Greensboro is lucky to get him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Greensboro is not so far away that I couldn't go there to see him if I needed. Onward! </span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-83899267716685576402014-05-28T13:04:00.003-04:002014-05-28T13:04:41.793-04:00HERE'S THE LATEST ON MY KIDNEY FUNCTION (OR LACK OF IT!)<div class="gmail_default">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>My nephrologist decided it was time to have the port put in place<br />
for Peritoneal Dialysis at home. So he made me an appointment with the surgeon. I diligently went to Pinehurst (where there is a surgery clinic like unto Mars) and met with the Duke-trained surgeon. The first thing he says to me is, "You don't need this put in place until you're ready for dialysis." Whew!! My kidney function, while low, is stable. So this is a good thing.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> So thanks, Nephro. The surgeon also said I was an excellent candidate for home dialysis because I understand the procedure and what it entails, including the dedication to hygiene. And it can be done at night while I sleep!</b></span></span></div>
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So I am greatly relieved that I will never have to have hemo-dialysis.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>God just laid it all out for me yesterday and I walked through the<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thanks for being there, and understanding.</b></span></span><br />
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Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-22751107517435596682014-04-23T20:13:00.002-04:002014-04-23T21:05:28.387-04:00TOMATO SHERBET?<div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">From my life-long friend Dick Hudson, by way of the Memphis Country Club</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2 c. tomatoes and juice, pureed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1 c. crushed pineapple</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2 oz. cream cheese</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1/2 c. cottage cheese</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1 c. mayonnaise (or "mynase")</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Mix ingredients and freeze in an ice cream churn.</span></b></div>
Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-42907930665251661652014-04-21T12:35:00.001-04:002014-04-21T12:37:05.023-04:00NO TRANSPLANT FOR RICHARD<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please excuse the informality of this blog, but it is easier for me to blog this information than to write each of you personally.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I went today for Transplant (kidney) workup and, long story short, the doctor convinced me to stop the transplant process.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With my history of mini-strokes, my age, and other physical maladies such as weight, surgery is not an option for me. The risks of surgery for me are too great, <u>the possibilities of a major stroke</u>.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, the risks outweigh the benefits. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My kidneys are stable and if I keep on my eating regimen and other things I have been told to do, maybe in the future I might have to have dialysis.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So the doctor ordered the transplant process to stop.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And I am a happy man today. </span></span></b>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-53571175400439125302014-04-17T10:21:00.001-04:002014-04-17T10:26:55.381-04:00SPRING CONCERT, 1955 - SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>MIRIAM COOK WALL AND NEWSOM SUMMERLIN, JR.</b><br />
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<b>In the spring of 1955, I think it was April, my mother and Newsom Summerlin, Jr. presented a duo-piano recital at the Auditorium of Sandersville High School.</b></div>
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<b>They played Buxtehude, Rachmaninov and Gershwin - and Mama changed dresses for each section of the concert! The dress in this picture was by Ceil Chapman. For the Rhapsody in Blue she wore a floor-length chiffon dress which her friends studded with hundreds of blue sequins. Could it be more 50's? I ask you?</b></div>
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<b>Regretfully, there are no recordings of either of them playing. Newsom had studied piano with Mama when he was a teenager. They are both gone now. I wonder if they're concertizing in heaven. There's some good music going on if they are! </b></div>
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Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-11091575327453541702014-04-08T13:09:00.001-04:002014-04-08T13:09:15.930-04:00WHY THEY CALL ME RICHWAH<style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Larry
Shue</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Back
in the 70's, while the earth was cooling and you could really take a
valium without an act of congress or getting arrested, I worked at
the Harlequin Dinner Theatres in Rockville, Maryland and Atlanta,
Georgia.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One of my happiest times of my life: great
shows, a full orchestra which was mine all mine and wonderful actors,
not the least of which was Larry Shue. Brilliant actor, comedian and
author, most notably of "The Foreigner" and "Winceslas
Square"</b><br /><br /><b>Larry was truly a man of the theatre:
actor, author, wit, raconteur, ladies man, - you name it, Larry was
it. He told me a story one day backstage about himself, which will
explain the name RICHWAH:</b><br /><br /><b>It seems that when Larry and
a friend of his graduated from University, they planned to teach
acting in Chicago. The funny part is that they decided they would
teach their students to do everything wrong, so they wouldn't become
competition for them, the teachers! And the main thing they were
going to teach was to have the students "schwah" the end of
every sentence they spoke. Such as Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or
not to be" would be </b><i><b>(in their method)</b></i><b> "To
be or not to be-WUH" or "Romeo, wherefore are thou?"
would become "Romeo, wherefore are thou-WUH?"</b> <i><b>(Try
it, yourself, and you will see how hysterical it is.)</b></i> <b>Walk
up to a friend and say, "Hello-WUH" and you can't help but
laugh.</b><br /><br /><b>Any way, we all thought this was very, very
funny - and everyone in the theatre company started "schwah-ing"
everything: such as "Hello-WUH", etc. Pam Bierly became
Pamela-WUH (eventually Pamela-WUH Pythis-Smythe-WUH") Anyway,
you get the idea.</b><br /><br /><b>And I became "Rich-WUH" or
as pronounced today "Richwah" - and by certain very dear
friends, just WAH. Endearing to me, strange to others, but there it
is.</b><br /><br /><b>And it occurred to me that every time we do it, we
remember Larry Shue. Larry died in a plane crash in 1985 while
preparing the script of "The Foreigner" for a Disney Film
that never got made.</b><br /><br /><b>We will never forget you, Larry.
Ever.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><b> Love,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><b> RICHWAH </b></span></div>
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Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-73002270668293865002014-03-31T12:01:00.000-04:002014-03-31T21:44:03.449-04:00KIDNEY UPDATE<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">KIDNEY UPDATE (MINE)</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just got back from my Nephrologist. My kidneys are still stable, but we are now checking them monthly instead of every 3 months.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We discussed dialysis, most especially peritoneal dialysis, which is done at home and through a port in the stomach during sleep at night. Here is a picture of what it looks like.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, IF and WHEN the time comes, I must prepare for this by having the port put in the front of my stomach. Then every night when I go to sleep I hook it up and the job gets done.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Preparation for this type of dialysis can't be done overnight. The port must be in place several weeks in advance. So we will make this decision WHEN and IF my symptoms occur (I don't have any now.)</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also don't have to remain a vegetarian but am allowed to eat ORGANIC animal protein. So that's a relief.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just keeping you updated about my situation. It doesn't (nor will it ever) ruin my life. Life is better than the alternative, don't you think?</span></span></b>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-46990987732755256012014-03-21T10:07:00.003-04:002014-03-21T10:07:28.823-04:00BAKED CRAB IMPERIAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4 tablespoons Flour</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2 cups milk</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 Tsp Salt</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1/2 teaspoon pepper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2 Tablespoons sherry</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 egg yolk, beaten</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 cup bread crumbs</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 teaspoon minced parsley</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1/4 cup finely chopped onion</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dash of cayenne pepper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 pound crabmeat, flaked</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 small can mushroom piece</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 small jar pimento</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1/4 cup chopped bell pepper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pour sherry over crabmeat to marinate; set aside. Melt butter, add onions and green peppers; cook until transparent. Add flour and blend, gradually add milk and seasonings. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add egg yolk and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; add soft crumbs, crabmeat and parsley. Gently mix and pour into well-greased 1 1/2 quart casserole. Top with buttered crumbs and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Serves 6. </b></span></div>
Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-68402637383758888342014-03-14T17:27:00.000-04:002014-03-14T17:27:07.113-04:00RICHARD'S PERFECT HOLLANDAISE SAUCE<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">RICHARD'S PERFECT HOLLANDAISE SAUCE</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1 STICK BUTTER (NOT SUBSTITUTES, PLEASE)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2/3 CUP MAYONNAISE (NOT LITE)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2 TEASPOONS FRESH LEMON JUICE (NO SUBSTITUTE)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">SALT</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">PAPRIKA</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Melt the butter over very low heat. Remove from heat. Add mayonnaise and whip with a WIRE WHISK ONLY until well-blended. Add more Mayo for a thicker sauce at this point.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Add lemon juice; use more than 2 teaspoons for a more tart sauce. Do NOT return to heat right after adding lemon juice or sauce will separate. Add salt and paprika to taste. Blend well.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Serve warm or at room temperature. To reheat, warm very slowly in a double boiler and beat with WIRE WHISK. Delicious with artichokes, eggs benedict, etc.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">NOTE: You can make a batch and keep in covered jar in refrigerator to have on hand. Will keep indefinitely. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-14394491082364100182014-03-05T10:38:00.000-05:002014-03-05T10:38:31.529-05:00SAVORY CHEESE COOKIES<b>SAVORY CHEESE COOKIES</b><br />
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<b>1 stick BUTTER (not margarine, please)</b><br />
<b>1 lb. New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, grated</b><br />
<b>1 tsp salt</b><br />
<b>1/2 tsp red pepper</b><br />
<b>2 cups plain flour</b><br />
<b>Roasted and salted pecans to top the cookies</b><br />
<b>Butter flavored cooking spray </b><br />
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<b>Cream butter and cheese until soft. Sift flour, salt and pepper together.</b><br />
<b>Blend until smooth.</b><br />
<b>Using a spoon (or melon baller) make round balls of cheese the size of $.50 piece.</b><br />
<b>Spray cookie sheet with butter spray and place the balls of cheese about 2 inches</b><br />
<b>apart on the sheet. Then gently press a perfect pecan half onto each ball.</b><br />
<b>Bake in 420-degree oven on the top rack of oven for 8-12 minutes. </b><br />
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<br />Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-16752667379150622502014-02-27T11:01:00.001-05:002014-02-27T11:01:06.838-05:00ANGER<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Buddha says:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Let go of anger,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Let go of pride.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When you are bound by nothing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>You go beyond sorrow.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anger is like a chariot careening wildly.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>He who cubs his anger is the true charioteer.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Others merely hold the reins.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>With gentleness overcome anger.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>With generosity overcome meanness.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>With truth overcome deceit.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Speak the truth. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Give whatever you can.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Never be angry.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>These three steps will lead you</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Into the presence of the gods.</b></span><br />
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<br />Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-21235823678629595902014-01-20T10:23:00.002-05:002014-01-20T10:23:48.148-05:00R.I.P., Maestro Claudio Abbado<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS</b></span>.</div>
Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-14623618077813214342014-01-19T19:43:00.002-05:002014-01-19T20:07:49.555-05:00GREAT WISDOM FROM THE BUDDHA ABOUT PLEASURE<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">THESE DAYS, I TAKE ALL THE WISDOM I CAN GET: FROM ANY SOURCE</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">THE BUDDHA SAYS ABOUT PLEASURE:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Do not let pleasure distract you</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From meditation, from the way.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Free yourself from pleasure and pain</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">For in craving pleasure or in nursing pain there is only sorrow.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Like nothing lest you lose it, </span>lest it bring you grief and fear.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Go beyond likes and dislikes.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>From passion and desire, Sensuousness and lust,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Arise grief and fear. Free yourself from attachment.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>He is pure, and sees, He speaks the truth and lives it.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>He does his own work, so he is admired and loved.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>With a determined mind and undesiring heart,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>He longs for perfection. He is called "He who goes upstream"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>When a traveler at last comes homes from a far journey,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>With what gladness his family and his friends receive him!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Even so shall your good deeds welcome you like friends</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>And with what rejoicing when you pass from this life to the next!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>From DHAMMAPADA - The Sayings of the Buddha</b></span>Richard Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441201504468650336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675597063945106368.post-80153365191147471872014-01-13T14:43:00.003-05:002014-01-13T15:41:21.812-05:00WARNING: SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND INTERNET AND BOOKS' ADVICE - CKD AND CAREX WALKERS AT WAL-MART<style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HELP!
I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP!! DO NOT SELF-DIAGNOSE YOURSELF,
CHECK ANY CHANGES WITH YOUR NEPHROLOGIST FIRST</span>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Sounds
like a commercial, right? But it true and it happened to me Thursday
morning last at 5am. I woke and went to the bathroom with my walker
and used the toilet. When I turned to go back to the bed, the walker
didn't make the complete turn with me and down I went. Fortunately,
I missed the side of the toilet bowl and the sharp-edged corner of
the lavatory console. But I was on the floor, with, as it turns out,
several severe hematoma's on both knees and on my left hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
could not get up. What to do? I tried pushing up against the door
frame, no luck; I tried pulling up on the toilet, no luck. So I
realized I was going to have to call Michael, my friend who has keys
to my locked apartment. I didn't really want to call the EMS because
I knew Michael and/or my friend Tom would come. BUT, the phone was
beside the bed, 15 feet away. So I crawled on my butt and managed to
get the phone and call them both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">They
showed up in 30 minutes. But if Tom had come first he didn't have
keys. So I crawled again 25 feet to the front door and reached up
and unlocked the door, crawled back to the floor beside the bed and
waited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">They
managed to pull me up and on to the bed. Once in that position, I
could navigate with the walker. They stayed, of course. I went to
the kitchen and very terribly woozy. which I thought was low blood
sugar. So I took some dextrose tablets and the dizziness eased off.
They saw me safely in bed and left. I paged my Dr. and she called
back around 10 and said, come the office immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So
Michael came at 12:30 and we go to the office. They took an EKG and
found something irregular with my heart, so I was ordered the the ER
for further observation and diagnosis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Tom
took me to the ER where it was discovered that I was completely
dehydrated and LOW IN SODIUM. So I was given 2 IV's of Saline. And
waited to be admitted to the hospital. That occurred about 8am
Friday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
went to a ward that was not Nephrology, but extremely nice. My
nephrologist had seen me in the ER the night before, so I knew my
“team” was on the case. Plus Dr. Jan had called the ER, and she's
my doctor and friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Long
story story short: The Nephrology Team finally visited me en masse,
and said, “Mr. Wall, you are dangerously low in Sodium, and this
explains your dizziness and disorientation, NOT blood sugar. YOU ARE
NOT EATING ENOUGH FOOD, SPECIFICALLY PROTIEN AND YOU ARE DRINKING TOO
MUCH WATER/LIQUIDS.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">At
the point, I began explaining that I was following Dr. Walser's book,
“12 Steps To Avoid Dialysis”. The head Dr. said, “That works
for rats, that does NOT work for humans. AND, has Dr. Walser
peronally treated you?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So
I was ordered the eat more Vegetarian choices, and LIMIT ALL FLUIDS
TO 1.5 LITRES A DAY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">EXCESSIVE
HYDRATION (3-4 LITRES WAS WHAT I WAS DOING per the Walser book's
advice) WAS STRESSING THE KIDNEYS AND DEPLETING THE SODIUM IN MY
BODY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THE
POINT I AM MAKING HERE: DO NOT DO ANYTHING YOU LEARN ON THE INTERNET
OR IN BOOKS WITHOUT FIRST CLEARING IT WITH YOUR NEPHROLOGIST!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
AM LUCKY, SO LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED, BECAUSE I WAS KILLING MYSELF.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
am home now and eating about 60 gms of organic vegetarian protein a
day, and religiously measuring my LIQUID intake.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>DON'T
SELF-DIAGNOSE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE 12 MEDICAL DEGREES</b></span><b>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And
get “Life Alert ASAP”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Thank
you, America! And UNC Nephrology, Dr's Ryan Sanford and Jan
Busby-Whitehead.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>AND BEWARE OF FLIMSY, CHEAP WALKERS MADE BY CAREX </b></span></div>
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