Attend this free seminar this week that discusses women’s health – specifically incontinence and prolapse. Only 15% of patients seek treatment for these conditions, which can both have a significant impact on your quality of life. Get the answers you been searching for.
Seminar Details: Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012 Time: Check in is 5:00 p.m. and the seminar runs from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Location: St. Vincent’s Medical Center Southside (formerly St. Luke’s Hospital) Roger Main Building, 4201 Belfort Rd. Ste. 370, Jax, FL 32216 Presenters: Dr. Jason Thompson and Dr. Lee Epstein of Florida Urogynecology will present the seminar and will provide the insight and answers you’ve been looking for.
Light appetizers and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by calling 1-800-466-5595.
We first met Benivia Forester in October 2010 when she shared her breast cancer journey with us. Her father cheered her on through chemotherapy by
celebrating each treatment with a new pair of heels. She was 36-years-old at the time and going through chemo treatments after having a bilateral mastectomy.
Energy to Dance
The innovations at Memorial Hospital’s Heart Center gave Janice Torbett the energy to dance again.
Janice Torbett had her valve repaired because it wasn’t working properly. “I had symptoms of shoulder pain, back pain and some chest pain but it was never severe,” says Torbett. “Exertion seemed to trigger it more than anything and that was because the valve wasn’t letting the blood go through. I would come home so tired that I would need to nap before dinner. Even cleaning the house was too hard.”
Torbett, who owns a Christian dance studio, and has taught dance locally for more than 30 years, says that the decision hung over her head until she heard about a new procedure by a new doctor in town – Dr. Jayasankar. “I feel fortunate to have had this procedure and Dr. Jayasankar. He was helpful and friendly and made the worst part not so bad,” she says. Torbett now goes to physical therapy where she does the treadmill, the bike and lifts weights. She is up to 3.1 miles per hour on the treadmill and she also has attended the nutrition class. “It helps me to be accountable and that is good for me,” she says.
Now Janice is back in her dancing shoes, and she doesn’t get tired when she dances with the young dancers at her studio.
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