Your Stories
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“I LOVE the leg warmers, which is a big surprise to me. My knees just ache like crazy when they get cold and hurt worse when it’s damp out. I wear the leg warmers at night instead of using a heating pad. This might sound funny, but they make my knees feel loved. I use the MocSocks too, when I can find them. Apparently my cat thinks the soft cuddly things are her babies. She keeps stealing them to drag to her “lair.” I think the socks and leg warmers would be perfect for people in wheelchairs or for those who have a hard time getting dressed. These garments are tons easier to put on than most socks or slippers.”
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“Several years ago, I bought my mother a pair of the green Mocsocks at the Steamboat Springs Balloon Festival, and that was the first of MANY pairs she’s had. She wore that pair until there were holes in the bottoms, so I got her 3 more pairs, and friends have given them to her for birthdays and Christmas. Truly, she wears them ALL the time ALL year round—she even wears them inside of her Crocs when she goes out in the winter. Last nite she was sitting in her easy chair with her legs up and I noticed that, once again, she has holes in the bottom of her latest pair. It’s not that they don't wear well and last a long time, because they do. It’s just that she wears them ALL the time, and nothing can hold up to that.”
The funny thing is that my mom is VERY hard to buy anything for. She's 83, and thinks that I shouldn’t spend money on her for presents. She always says, “I don’t need that, why do you spend your money on things for me?” That was true until I started buying her Janska MocSocks. Now when I give her a present, she say’s “Oh goody, I hope this is a new pair of MocSocks”! I always ask her if they aren’t too warm to wear in the summer, and she says that they keep her feet at a comfortable temperature year-round, and she doesn’t want to wear anything else.
So, I guess it’s time to get her a couple more pairs now that winter is approaching. Can’t have her wearing those “air conditioned” MocSocks with holes in them!
Thanks for such a great product.
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| Jackets |
“The woman in my life had cancer surgery last Monday. Before leaving for the hospital, we made sure to pack the Shortee she received as a Christmas present, so that she’d have something comfortable to wear home, that was easy to put on and take off.
Following surgery and recovery, the Shortee went on, and did not come off for three days! She slept with it, sat up in bed with it, and went for short walks around the house with it. It has become the equivalent of her personal security blanket. It has since been washed (thankfully), yet she’s wearing it again, as it gives her the comfort she’s desperate for while she’s working through the post-surgical pain.
I knew when I ordered many of your products this Christmas season that they would be a hit. What I didn't expect was for them to be irreplaceable. Thank you so very much for everything. You can count on me as a customer, for all the right reasons.
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| Capes & Wraps |
“Before my first chemo treatment I had a hundred questions. Among those that didn’t get asked was, “What does one wear?” I ended up going with sweats and a big T-shirt for comfort, and, if I do say so myself, I looked a bit like a seven-year-old at her first dental appointment. The comfort piece was only marginal -- the waistband was too tight, the shirt too cold, and ports not very accessible. These are not bits of information that had come hard wired with my innate fashion sensibilities.
That treatment brought me to my knees. For four days I couldn’t walk more than a block without feeling like I would pass out. I expected tough. I just didn’t know what kind of tough to expect, and I wasn’t ready.
A week later, for the second chemo treatment, I wanted to wear an evening gown, complete with spike heels and a killer little Gucci clutch bag. I wanted Cancer to know “I’m coming out big today, baby, so take notice. Me and chemo are working together now, and we are a force to be reckoned with . . . you’ll be wanting to stand down.”
I think it comes out of my friend Denise’s wise advice “If you’re feeling insecure, overdress.” This advice has never failed me. Only, I don’t really own an evening gown and I couldn’t picture one that would satisfy the comfort and accessibility requirements for chemo, so I resigned my self to holding a mental image of the ‘evening gown warrior’.
This is where this amazing Janska line of clothing comes in. A pair of black Gaucho Pants, a French Blue Pocket Cape with matching MocSocks and I looked like I was ready to dance that cancer right out of my life. Step one: Attitude.
Now let’s talk comfort... I do not understand the technology that allows a waistband to hold pants comfortably up yet expand for 2.5 liters of intraperitaneal chemotherapy without feeling tight. I simply love the technology. The clothes are not only supremely comfortable, they are comforting. And accessible? It’s almost embarrassing it’s so easy. Another handy feature? Not to worry in my Janska evening gown that I get nosebleeds so easily now — I clean up nicely too.
So you can picture this if you want, I know I looked pale plugged into IP and IV chemo, but I know I looked beautiful in my Janska Chemo Dancewear as I waltzed with my IV tree down the hallway at the chemo center. We’ll be waltzing this cancer right outta’ my hair . . . and doing it in style. (Then growing the hair back!)”
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| Hats & Scarves |
“I have ordered several fleece coats and a hat from your website. I also purchased a fleece coat in Colorado a few years ago. The quality of your products: warmth, manufacture, and fashionable-worthy is surpassed only by your customer service and genuine regard for your customers. One of the coats I ordered was not yet ready to be shipped with the rest of my order, and I received a telephone call from one of your agents to let me know that the coat would be delayed. I was shocked and most pleasantly surprised by this. In this age of e-mailing, twittering, face-booking, and remaining anonymous, it is most refreshing to be able to deal with a professional and genuinely caring company. I plan to be a return customer and I applaud your efforts.”
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