VERILAST™ Technology for knee and hip replacements has been
lab tested to deliver the durability active patients need.
No matter where your road takes you,
durability matters
What does it mean to be an active patient? It means
hiking more, walking more, dancing more — living more.
VERILAST Technology was created to stand up to the
added wear and tear active patients put on their
implants. In fact, it was tested for durability 9-times
longer than the industry standard.
If chronic joint pain is keeping you from being the
active person you want to be, it might be time for
you to talk to a doctor about VERILAST Technology.
Testing concluded at 45 million cycles. ISO 14242-1 defines test completion at 5 million cycles.
Replacement surgery is intended to relieve pain and improve hip/knee function. However, implants may not produce the same feel or function as your original hip/knee. There are potential risks with hip/knee replacement surgery such as loosening,
fracture, dislocation, wear and infection that may result in the need for additional surgery. Longevity of implants depends on many factors, such as types of activities and weight. Do not perform high impact activities such as running and jumping
unless your surgeon tells you the bone has healed and these activities are acceptable. Early device failure, breakage or loosening may occur if you do not follow your surgeon’s limitations on activity level. Early failure can happen if you do not guard
your hip/knee joint from overloading due to activity level, failure to control body weight, or accidents such as falls. Talk to your doctor to determine what treatment may be best for you.
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Mr. Marlon M. Mencia FRCS
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Westshore Medical Private Hospital
239 Western Main Road
Cocorite, Trinidad, WI
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S
aturday 7th October was a lucky day for
some of us in La Brea. We hosted an in-house
bingo and invited our friends and family who came out to
make the evening a success and to support. There were
ten games overall and a final blackout game. To enable
players an opportunity to win some smaller prizes we
W
hile I was at St. Mary’s College in the 1950’s,
Father Leonid Graf (the “Lion”) was still taking
his Botany students on an annual hike to the top of El
Tucuche. As a result he held the unofficial record, at age
85 of being the oldest to climb that mountain. Many years
later, Frankie Farrell of the Field Naturalist Club bettered
this by doing it at age 86. Subsequently, my hiking “guru”
Raymond Banfield, proceeded to set consecutive records
at 87, 88, 89 and crowned it on 17th November 2010, on
his 90th birthday.
While I was not one of Fr. Graf’s Botany students, I also
started hiking while I was at St. Mary’s College, and at
Easter 1960, a group of form 6 students did the trek from
Rampanalagas to Blanchisseuse. Part of it, from Matelot
to Blanchisseuse, has become the route of the annual
19.7 mile “Hikeathon”. In 1960 we had taken two days,
overnighting at Gran Tacarib, compared with the Hikeathon
record, which stands at 2 hours 57 minutes! But of course,
such a time involves running most of the way rather than
hiking.
Although I was 22 years younger than Raymond, when
his hiking days became numbered, he designated me his
“heir apparent”, and joined with me when at age 62, I did
my first “twin peaks”. The aim was to climb the two highest
peaks, Cerro del Aripo and El Tucuche, on the same day.
Raymond saved his energy and did only El Tucuche. I’ve
tried to live up to Raymond’s legacy, and for the last six
years have held the title of “oldest hiker” on the Hikeathon.
I take more pride in the fact that I do it non-stop, in a
decent time (this year 6 hours 46 minutes) and rather than
being a straggler, complete it with more people behind
me than in front. My 90th birthday is still a long way off,
but I don’t think I’d want to break Raymond’s record for El
Tucuche. Instead I plan to set my own mark of sorts, both
with the Hikethon and the “twin peaks”, which I hope to
repeat later this year, on my 75th birthday.
On 30th September, one week after my 75th birthday,
accompanied by Chris Kelshall and a group from Island
Hikers/Fitness Walkers, I did the “Twin Peaks”. We used
the Lalaja route to El Cerro del Aripo, and the Hobal Trace
route to El Tucuche
Photo: The author serenading Raymond Banfield at
the summit of El Tucuche on his 90th birthday.
By TTARP member Glenn Wilkes
THE
HIKING
OLD MEN
La Brea -
Black Gold Seniors
Submitted by: Ezra Vaughn, Chairperson
made a few alteration
which was accepted
heartedly. Carol Noel
was responsible for
distributing the gifts to
the winners.
