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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Linda Lundstrom designs shone on the catwalk
Set in the comfortable and commodious Allstream Building at the Ex, this March’s LG Fashion Week was the place to be for fashionistas, designers, and those just wanting to observe the chaotic frenzy that is Fashion Week. Or simply just look at designer stuff.
If you have never been, then believe me it’s wild, crazy and noisy – and lots of fun.
People are there to see and be seen, of course. But it is truly the heart of the fashion business in Toronto. The lights, the music, the atmosphere, the L’Oreal VIP and VVIP lounges and the crazy, funky, fashion people – plus we ordinary mortals – makes for an energizing atmosphere. You can get your hair and make-up touched up in between shows, get a close look at newest L’Oreal products (“because you’re worth it!”) and see what’s on offer from local business: MoRoCo Chocolate had a dress ‘made’ of macaroons on display, for example.
Wanting to be there specifically to see the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection of Linda Lundstrom, one of Toronto’s well-known and much loved designers, we took our seats and waited to see what Linda had ‘up her sleeves’ (pardon the pun) for real women, with real women’s bodies. Even though on the catwalk the models are other-worldly, a touch on the slender side, the clothes look great. We had the good fortune to sit with two Lundstrom afficianodos: Mette Uffe (left in the picture) sporting an elegant charcoal grey Lundstrom turtleneck shift in comfortable bamboo, and her good friend Susanne Staer. Three out of the four of us were well over 50, and all appreciated Linda’s designs. She knows how to dress real women, and make them feel good.
Her collection was fabulous. Mette and Susanne agreed. The coats, especially – I can’t wait for fall.
And thank you to Mette and Susanne for becoming our newest Tempo Toronto readers and members.
Tags: fashion, Fasion Week, L'Oreal, Linda Lundstrom, Style, style over 50, tempo toronto
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Spinal decompression worked for me
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
One-sided view of spinal decompression on CBC
X-rays showed zero disc space between two vertebrae in the lower back. My dear family chiropractor couldn’t help me any more, my family doctor scheduled CT scans and an MRI, then I was scheduled for a visit to the neurosurgeon to go under the knife. This apparently was the only answer to the multiple disc herniations and degenerative disc disease that were causing the five years of agonizing and debilitating pain I had been experiencing.
It was so bad that I couldn’t stand, sit, lie down or sneeze without bringing myself to tears. Slow walking was all I could manage. Driving was painful, sex was out of the question. I gained 12lbs. Life was hell. No amount of exercise, yoga, painkillers or positive thinking helped.
While waiting for my surgical appointment time to arrive, I visited Dr. Richard Liem at the Low Back Clinic to see if he had anything to offer me. We started with a review of X-rays and scans, a thorough physical examination, and a long consultation discussing the pros and cons of his treatment offer. He believed I would be a good candidate for spinal decompression therapy, with the proviso that I understood that the success rate was less than 90%. It was my decision to proceed.
Five years in agony. Five days on the DRX9000. Pain gone.
The full treatment course lasts five weeks, and at no time did I experience pain or discomfort … just blissful relief. Within 12 weeks of starting treatment, I was doing everything I had missed out on for the previous five years. I started exercising, doing core strengthening to to ensure I retained my new-found, pain-free state. That was four years ago, and I have not looked back.
Tonight’s CBC Marketplace report told a tiny – and slanted – part of the story. I was shocked. This sounded like it was reporting on a parallel universe, clearly not this one with which I am familiar, first hand. Regardless of whomever is running other spinal decompression centres, Dr. Liem was nothing but thorough, caring, open and honest. Everyone is different, of course: at least 10% of people do not respond to the treatment; and there was never any claim that he could diagnose cancer – he’s a chiropractor! I was surprised by the one-sidedness of it all. Only one successful patient was interviewed, and even then it was suggested that his weight loss and exercise had played the larger part in his success.
If I hadn’t experienced great care for myself, I’d have been completely swayed by this report. And I’d have lost out on the fabulous quality of life I now can claim. I have never regressed, not in over four years. I do not feel swindled.
Read our report in the Living section.
Tags: 50 plus, baby boomers, back pains, CBC, Dr. Richard Liem, spinal cord, spinal decompression, tempo toronto
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