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At Ease: The Experience of Losing Your Hair and Going to a Wig

Anne Schneider shares her story with us: I had chemotherapy in February and March 2009, and it was near the end of that time that my hair was thin enough to need coverage.  After a few amusing evenings of my family pulling out clumps of hair, I had the rest cut off in a classic [...]

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At Ease: From Woman’s Glory to Wigs

Tina M. Crow Halcomb shares her story about hair loss with us: In the 1920’s when my grandmother and her sisters contemplated short hair cuts, their father announced they would lose their glory.  When my Aunt Vera finally made the leap and cut off her long locks, she was shunned by some and envied by [...]

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At Ease: Fitness Tips from West YMCA

Lunges are the highest calorie burning exercise that can be done.  When lunging forward keep the front knee over the ankle — do not let it go over the toe while at the same time keeping the back knee from touching the ground.  Proper body alignment is important as well.  Pay attention to the positioning [...]

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