Heart condition and school retreat.. help please!?
Hi!Im 14 years old and I have a spiritual life(religion) retreat tomorrow. We are going to be walking 2 miles to Luis Munoz Rivera Park. It's going to be very hot.(I livein Puerto Rico so you can imagine). I am requiered to wear a BLACK class shirt and I'll be wearing a pair of jeans. I have hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy accompanied with frequent arrhythmias. I've already had episodes where if I over-exert myself, I get light-headed, nauseas..but stop before I actually faint. I am currently taking beta-blockers. How do I havdle this event tomorrow? Are there any dangers? What should I do? Please help now!!!! The thing is tomorrow! thanx
BTW, Im not overweight.
I was born with a congenital heart condition. I'm 21, and have spent the last decade trying to keep up with my peers when really I can't do what 'normal' people can. The truth is, you should never exert yourself to the point where you feel like you will faint. If you do feel that way, you know the drill...stop, sit down, wait till you feel better...wait some more...then you can get up an go again.
I don't think this trip is a good idea. If you are set on going, the ask if you can wear a different shirt and possibly different pants to keep the heat down so you can better handle the walk. Take lots of water, and if you feel sick, simply stop, Don't let anyone force you to go on, you are risking your life if you push yourself too far!
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Cuban Culture – The History of the Guayabera
This elegant, comfortable, and cool piece of clothing has been worn by several generations of Cubans and lots of foreigners. Coming with a great acceptance in the tropics because it is made of cotton or fine linen, it is believed that it was created by the wife of a countryman in the region of Santi Spiritus, Cuba, around 1709; designed actually as a comfortable piece of clothing for field labor. Another version tells that it was created by a Spanish immigrant from Granada who, in his tailor shop in that village, sold long shirts with comfy pockets for keeping cigars and pipe tobacco.
Originally the shirt was known as yayabera because it was used in the region near the Yayabo River. As countrymen used to keep guavas, very abundant in the area, in the huge shirt pockets, the name was changed for the one we know today: guayabera. It is really nice during the summer: fastened up in the front part with nacre buttons, the same type of buttons on the four pockets and the cuffs, with the sides a little bit open to facilitate the collocation of the machete to one side and a knife to the other. All of these characteristics made for rapid adoption by the countrymen.
However, in the mist of the 20th century, a Lebanese tailor named Said Selman created in Cardenas, Matanzas, three new models of the Cuban guayabera with seven new designs for the pockets; changes that revolutionized the piece of clothing completely and became the essence of the patterns commercialized today. Not only had his regular Cuban customers asked for his guayaberas, but also a large number of foreign tourists that were on vacation in the Varadero resort, who began to buy the famous linen guayabera, tailor-made, with 23 nacre buttons, in white or natural colors made with efficiency and skill.
This tailor created and combined guayaberas with casual and smart collars, long and short sleeves, and above all, he eliminated the lists and pleats of fabric sewn on the piece of clothing, initiating the tradition of sewing directly on the fabric without cuts or extra pieces of material. In total, 12 innovations to the guayabera, born in the Yayabo region, are attributed to the Lebanese tailor.
The guayabera has become one of the main trends of international fashion since some years ago. The prices for one piece vary from $24.99 for a cotton guayabera to $135.99 for an Irish linen guayabera, and if the piece is made of Egyptian linen it can cost up to $175. It is also a part of the female wardrobe now since some New York female designers of Cuban origin have created works using its pattern. In Cuba, some souvenir stores and fashion shops offer it with varied designs, fabrics, and colors. Instead of suits, the guayabera is the official piece of clothing in Cuba for all the public acts and it is accepted in almost all places and events that demand etiquette.
Guayaberas are also produced in Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Puerto Rico; where models and styles are less complex, however. They are also worn in many Asian countries, including Thailand and the Philippines, where they have embroidery instead of pleats.
About the Author
This brief history of the Cuban Guayabera was written by a Cuba travel expert from Cuba For Less, a specialist in fully customizable Cuba vacation packages.
