Patient Stories

Holly

Ministry volunteer and grandmother

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I’m Holly. And I would say that the difference with a Cala treatment is indeed the difference between night and day. It’s the difference between feeling very apprehensive and feeling more confident. I think the first time that I really notice hand tremor was about my late 40s.
00:00:30
But it was when I was in my mid-50s that I decided that it was probably a good time to see a neurologist and figure out if I did indeed have Parkinson’s.
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Essential tremor has affected my life particularly in a dining situation. And it would be difficult for me to drink without spilling. It was difficult keep food on my fork. It’s difficult to read, holding a book or a magazine, newspaper. In the cooking field I have trouble keeping a knife steady when the tremor is really bad.
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I have so many reactions to medication that I decided I didn’t even want to pursue medication. And I knew that I did not want to pursue brain stimulation or focused ultrasound. And then two people from Cala came to interview people that might be interested in being in one of the testing programs. And I think I was the first person that shot up my hand.
00:01:58
I was so excited about it because I just knew that it was going to be something very special. When I took the prescription into my physician he had absolutely no clue what Cala Trio was. And I took the packet of information I took into him and was going to go on the website and read all about it.
00:02:26
And he was pleased to be able to give me the prescription, so that I could get my own.
00:02:36
Cala Trio has changed my life. And it even brings tears to my eyes. It has made such a difference in my life. Being able to read without the book shaking all over the place, feeling more secure cooking, using a knife. One of the best parts is being able to eat and drink without having a tsunami in my cup and not having food fall off my fork.
00:03:12
It’s just so nice to be able to go about my normal business, knowing that I’m not going to be trembling the way that I had prior. It’s an amazing, amazing medical device. I want to spread the word because it is so effective. My prayer is that many people will come to know about Cala and Cala Trio.
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Beverly

Cala user

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I’m Beverly. I have an essential tremor. And I’m dealing with it better thanks to my little miracle-my Cala Trio. I was not formally diagnosed with essential tremor until about maybe 15 years ago. I had complete work up by my neurologist.
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He ruled out any other cause of my movement disorder and diagnosed essential tremor. I’m one of four children. And of the four of us three have essential tremor. My ET has progressed farther than my sister and my brother’s have progressed.
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The hardest things for me are things like writing, feeding myself, eating and using my hands for little things–things like grooming, trimming my fingernails and putting in earrings. These earrings were hard to get in because of my tremor
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I tried every medication imaginable to treat my tremor. If it had any potential ability to reduce tremor I tried it. And there have been some real problems with that. I’ve had major falls. And it has impaired my balance to the point that I now use a walking stick, so I don’t fall.
00:02:12
I love a cup of coffee in the morning and to do the Sudoku. And now whenever I drink my coffee and the Sudoku I put on the Cala Trio. And I go to political meetings. And I had lost the ability to take notes in meetings.
00:02:37
I can wear my Cala Trio and now I can take notes again. It doesn’t fix my tremor. It doesn’t cure my tremor. It doesn’t completely eliminate my tremor. But it reduces the intensity. Cala Trio has given me the ability to go back out into the world.
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Ben

Retired Air Force veteran

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