European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 22, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 chronically ill labor to ease strains of life by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany multiple sclerosis stole Tammy Mosher s driving ability. Now she depends on friends who drive her to Hospital appointments and on errands so her Soldier husband does t always have to Lake Lime off from work. Mosher has t always gotten around so easily however. A year and a half ago when the 27-year-old arrived in West Germany in the Middle of a multiple sclerosis attack she her husband and their two Chil Dren rattled around town on crowded Community shuttle buses. No one offered her a scat even after spying her Cane. No one told Masher about the Community taxi service this ordeal and others like it prompted Mosher to band with other chronically ill persons in the wies Baden area to form a group thai provides More than just support. Mosher Hopes that through the group s efforts not Only will services such As the Community taxi be better publicized but also other services will be tailored to meet the needs of the chronically ill. Along with the patient advocacy Agenda the group dubbed life for Long term illness family education provides a forum Tor the chronically ill and their family members to encourage one another and team about the illnesses. The people in our support group feel like they re accomplishing something that it s not just a cry on the shoulder Woc is my support group Moshe said. Life tries to make group members who suffer from illnesses such 15 arthritis asthma and diabetes More Independent no Only does it make people enjoy their Tourover Here More but it adds to the readiness of the sponsors Mosher said. They re not inking time Ottlo take people to the Hospital for exam pie. Mai. David Benson who works at Wiesbaden regional air Force medical Center said he has always supported support groups and in the Case of life having a handicapped daughter makes him a family member participant. These people live with these diseases so it s imperative that hey learn As much As they can about the disease specifically about the environment they. Have to live in and Liow to Deal with that. So As far As i m concerned this is an Extension of their treatment and As important As anything else they get from the medical Center said Benson chief of the Hospital physical disability clinic and occupational therapy services. Maj David Benson. Calls group Extension another multiple sclerosis sufferer retired air Force tech. Set Donald Schultz said life s Greal 16 Gui she motor says i feel like this is my family in a. Lot of ways said Donna kid Welt who has arthritis and colitis. The 2lh aviation brigade Secretary attended the no vember meeting with her teen age son. Some of the recent topics covered in the life monthly meetings included Lime and stress manage ment As they apply to a chronically ill person. Life also is establishing a reference Library with up to Date information on medical developments. Since the group formed in May its membership has grown from three to 20, and it has achieved a few of its Community improvement goals life members were allowed into the labor daycare Tot Sale at the Mainz Kastl storage station Early to avoid Long lines. And the Wiesbaden us recently announced it would begin offering reduced walking Tours for people who can t handle the walk ing involved in regular Tours. The group also Hopes it can arrange for the exchanges and commissaries to occasionally open Tammy Mosher. Driving Force behind group Early and it would like to find volunteers to provide members with housekeeping or child care assistance. Life also is working to centralize the process of obtaining a handicapped parking sticker. The pre sent system is so complicated that you almost have to be healthy to get a sticker Benson said. The Ideal would be a one Stop office at the Hospi Tal where the handicapped person could get not Only the sticker but also books of tickets which would reissued to parking violators and special id cards which would identify carriers As handicapped or need the id cards because in Many cases they appear perfectly healthy but As Mosher said try going up a flight of " it turns a lot of people off to to ahead and Rry Tope in the front of a line because they feel that they. Have to justify it she said. In general healthy people can t appreciate what chronic illness sufferers go through Benson said other people think that it s just like the common cold and if you sneeze twice you la be All right just work your Way through it. It s not thai Way. Rheumatoid arthritis Oslo arthritis multiple sclerosis diabetes heart conditions asthma they re not the common cold.". , of Jonefer weapons program compared to Hitler s London Dpi president Reagan s support of Star wars and stealth technologies has been likened to Adolf Hitler s belief in wonder weapons Jane s said in an authoritative publication. Jane s All the world s aircraft 1988-89" Praise the improvement of soviet warplanes and says some weapon systems on the Mig-29 fulcrum Jet fighter could be eight years ahead of the . Air Force s. The reference Book is packed with details on Mili tary and commercial aircraft sport planes sailplanes airships and engines. ,. A it includes More than �00 new pictures and & de tailed description of the russian built Blackjack bomber that was first seen up close by the West when then defense Secretary Frank Carlucci was in the so Viet Union in August. This year s edition also includes an artist s impression of the b-2 Sec ally bomber which is designed to use a wide Range of technology to make it nearly invisible to enemy radar. defense department this month released a Pic Ture of the $450 million Craft which is shaped like a flying Wing the actual bomber was scheduled to be unveiled tuesday. a foreword editor John Taylor offered two scenarios of the kind of air Force that will be effective in the 21st Century one represents the traditional path Taylor said. The of her looks to the kind of wonder weapons h in ice demanded from his scientists and engineers in the second world War elements of the latter approach that Are currently discernible Range from stealth air Craft to the space weapons of America s strategic de sense initiative or Star wars if the wonder weapons work he said few Trudi if the wonder weapons work few traditional warplanes would be editor John Taylor tonal warplanes would be useful. If they Are As illusory in the foreseeable future a were Hitler s wonder weapons of half a Century ago the real Cost could prove equally High Taylor said whether or not this is a path Worth following Isa decision that must be faced by the . Administration that will take Over from president Reagan in ,1989."-. Vic win the b-2 stealth bomber sceptical by said the sight of such a revolutionary design made of new materials. Must inspire for the safety of those who will Fly it Taylor said the traditional path would Lead to upgrading of existing programs. For example the . Air Force s pc 33 in flight refuelling tankers arc being reworked in the Hope of extending the aircraft s role beyond the year 2000. Young . Air Force pilots May Fly re skinned re eng inc tankers that were piloted in their shiny new Days by their grandfathers Taylor said. It May make sense to an economist politician or an Engineer who trusts a computer for All his Deci Sions but he added the average 1988 Motorist might prefer not 10 commute in a 1928 car with a new engine and strengthened under a Section titled has the West Gol i wrong Taylor said it would be foolish to suggest that soviet willingness to utilize the advanced their aerospace Industry Means thai their aircraft outclass those of the West in every he said he was surprised to discover at the Fani Borough air show held near London in september that the Mig-29 had conventional rather than advanced controls used on some Western fighters. One. Had to look very hard to Sec or even imag Ine any sign of stealth technology so beloved of the . Military Congress and their civilian con tractors Taylor said
