TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE

HEALTH AND MEDICAL

2002 EDITION

THE PROP UP PILLOW NECESSITY IS TRULY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.

After Macarena Rose was diagnosed as a sufferer of stomach reflux, she was advised to do a variety of things in order to control it. Stomach reflux is particularly difficult to control at night if a person lies down. Macarena found that she was between the devil and the deep blue sea in that if she tried to sleep upright to prevent the reflux of the stomach acid into her esophagus, she had difficulty sleeping. Yet, if she allowed herself to lie flat, she would surely be pained by the reflux. ( Which had caused her at the age of 33 to get the start of esophagus cancer from reflux ) In an attempt to find a solution for her predicament, she developed a special pillow to support her while she slept. The pillow design was SO special that she was able to patent it. Since over seven million other people suffer from this same problem, Macarena and her partner, Erin Koogle, have begun to manufacture and sell these Prop Up Pillows.

EDITOR'S NOTE : For more information about the Prop Up Pillow, call ARJ Medical at 813-855-3255.