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| Free bike helmet fitting
day |
| Did you know that about
2/3 of bicyclists are wearing the wrong-sized helmet or are not
wearing one correctly?
That is why Injury Prevention Services
at Genesys – a component of Genesys Trauma Services – is offering
free bike helmet fittings throughout the summer.
Next fitting
is Saturday, June 25, from noon to 3 p.m. at Bicentennial Park in
Grand Blanc (off Grand Blanc Road).
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| 2011 Charity Classic Golf Tournament &
Party |
| The 19th annual Charity Classic
is a Genesys Health Foundation special event that raises money for
the local community. Funds raised through this year’s event will
benefit the Genesys Health Foundation’s Women & Children’s $2
million Capital Campaign.
This year’s Genesys Charity Classic
Party will be held on Saturday, July 16,2011, beginning at 6 p.m.,
at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
| Dentist chooses Genesys for heart and
stroke care |
 When retired dentist Don Wayne
received care for ongoing chest pain at another hospital with no positive
results, he chose Genesys for a second opinion. “I remember
driving by the hospital and remarking what a beautiful facility
it was, so I chose a cardiologist at Genesys, and I’m glad I
made that decision.” Don had a 99 percent blockage in one of
his arteries. “I was walking on thin ice, but Genesys took
care of me, and I have since changed to a doctor at
Genesys,” he reports.
The second time Don “chose”
Genesys was unplanned. While painting his house, he fell off a
ladder and landed on his back. “I felt OK, I worked around the
house the next day, and I even went for a bike ride. Later that
night, I started watching a movie, fell asleep, and woke up with
numbness on my right side – from the top of my shoulder down to
my waist. Before too long, it extended down to my toes.
“I told my wife to call 911. At first, she thought my arm
had fallen asleep. I had to tell her this was
serious.”
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| Genesys
gives 89-year-old woman a “new shoulder” |
“Shoulder surgery is the best thing that ever happened to
me!” announces 89-year-old Ida Dowdall. “I had surgery in the
morning and went home that night.”
Ida
isn’t shy about sharing the details of her experience at Genesys and
the orthopedic surgeon who cared for her.
“My
left shoulder was bothering me and it started getting worse and
worse. I couldn’t lift my arm to shower and shampoo my hair. I
was in a lot of pain. I was afraid to lift anything because the
pain was so bad. But, I kept putting off seeing a doctor because I
thought I had arthritis. I also was caring for my sick husband and I
just didn’t have time.” Finally, Ida went to see Mark
Dyball, DO, orthopedic surgeon at Genesys who had replaced her
knee a few years ago, and also had taken care of her son-in-law, two
grandsons and a nephew.
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| Genesys leads national efforts to increase heart
disease awareness in women |
 Catherine Carr lives
with a very rare heart condition called Takotsubo, or broken
heart syndrome, thought to be triggered by extreme and sudden
emotional stress. The heart muscle suddenly and temporarily weakens, and
the heart balloons out, causing a thinning of the heart muscle
wall. Fewer than 2 percent of patients diagnosed with acute coronary
syndrome have Takotsubo, and about 91 percent are women.
“It is so rare, and yet, the Genesys heart team was able
to recognize it right away,” Catherine was relieved to
announce, acknowledging that physicians at the Genesys Heart Institute
saved her life.
Catherine is one of three women in the
US who has some form of cardiovascular disease. In fact, heart
disease is the #1 killer in women age 20 and over, and cardiovascular
disease kills about 433,000 women every year - almost one each
minute.
About 64 percent of women who die suddenly from
coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms.
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| Basketball star chooses
Genesys for ACL surgery |
 Patrick Lucas-Perry
initially described his knee injury as a “tweak” during a
practice game last year. “I made an awkward move and
something didn’t feel right, but I kept playing,” he smiles
his basketball champion smile that magnetizes everyone who meets
this remarkable 18-year-old Powers High School senior.
After practice, he had his knee checked out, hoping it was only a
minor injury, but was shocked to hear from Bruce Lawrence, DO,
orthopedic surgeon at Genesys, that it was a complete ACL tear that
required surgery.
“The stability in my knee was
totally gone. If I continued to play on it, I would blow out my
knee and my career would be over,” he explains.
Patrick admits he first thought, “What am I going to do next?
Is there life after basketball?” The young man is known
nationally for his phenomenal point guard skills. In fact, scholarship
offers from colleges across the country started coming in when he
was a high school sophomore.
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more...]
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| Passion for painting excels with tools from
Genesys |
 Primary Lateral Scoliosis forced Ron
Cannell to give up a career he loved as an instructor in the
Department of Theater at Ohio State University.
The rare
neuromuscular disease slowly weakens voluntary muscle movement.
Eventually, the nerve cells that control these movements degenerate and
die.
The disease came on gradually, Ron explains.
“At first I started having trouble with my balance and then I
began falling frequently.” It progressed so much that Ron had
to give up his job, his home in Ohio, and his independent
lifestyle.
“My kids asked me to move closer to
home,” so Ron chose Genesys Convalescent Center (GCC) as his home
where he could receive the care he required and live his life to its
maximum potential.
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more...]
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| Ecstatic family knows Genesys is where hope
lives |
 “I thought my life would be a fairy tale. I
met the man of my dreams and we were going to start a family, but
it didn’t quite go the way we expected,” reflects
Arlene Wilborn when talking about her emotional roller coaster ride
over the last 10 years, and a future full of promise – thanks
to medicine, the doctors at Genesys and prayer.
Arlene and her husband Corey tried unsuccessfully for several years to
start a family. Even a fertility specialist at a local hospital
dashed their hopes when they lost the triplets Arlene was carrying.
“This was just devastating to me, but I wanted
to continue trying,” Arlene was determined. On their next
attempt, the Wilborns were blessed with a son, Marselis. But, their
happiness soon came to a rapid halt when Arlene found a lump in her
left breast. A biopsy revealed she had early stage cancer.
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