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Mediclinic Hospital Care on Your Doorstep Or on the Move www.mediclinicinfohub.co.za SUMMER 2017 l YOUR ISSUE 33 ISSUE FREE COPY TO TAKE HOME THE NATIONAL THE RUNNER COMEBACK – WITH MEET THE ASTHMA TRIATHLETE WHO BROKE HIS BACK 6 ... AND IS habits WINNING of very AGAIN HEALTHY PEOPLE “I thought skin cancer was a white DON’T person’s disease” GET SICK SURVIVOR NANIKI THESE SEBONI TELLS HOLIDAYS HER STORY INSIDE THE SCIENCE OF EARDRUM SURGERY INNOVATIONS IN CATARACT SURGERY IS IT PERIOD “Asking for help PAIN – OR IS IT is not a weakness. ENDOMETRIOSIS? THIS SUMMER, It’s essential” TAKE YOUR HOW THE SANDES FAMILY RALLIED CHRISTMAS TO BEAT POST-NATAL DEPRESSION FEAST OUTSIDE FIND US ON ISSUE 33 | SUMMER 2017 CONTENTS UP FRONT 3 THE BIG PICTURE 4 6 HABITS OF VERY HEALTHY PEOPLE 5 GA GA BOO BOO! What’s your baby trying to tell you? 6 HEAT STROKE, E. COLI, MALARIA … Can the holidays make you sick? 8 MAILBOX Your emails and social like to think of myself as a fairly fit and healthy person. media posts I rarely struggle with anything more serious than man 10 COLUMN Becoming a mom was flu, and crushed the recent 24km Cape Town Marathon wonderful – and a bit weird IPeace Trail in just over two-and-a-half hours. But it wasn’t always this way. COVER STORY ON OUR COVER Just a few years ago things looked a bit … different: 10kg Vanessa, Ryan 12 “ASKING FOR A HELP IS heavier, I lived on the couch, in a depressed funk of pizza, and Max Sandes NOT A WEAKNESS. 6 PHOTOGRAPHER laziness and self-pity. The change to a healthier lifestyle Casey Bertie IT’S ESSENTIAL.” wasn’t quick, and it wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. Vanessa Sandes on how What started with slow, sporadic, sad 10km slogs at she overcame post-natal 6am has turned into long, steep climbs up Table Mountain, depression, with the almost daily. Now, those regular mountain climbs get me help of the whole family out of my head, keep me out of my GP’s office and far away from any therapist’s couch. Exercise has taught me some CHECK UP good things – discipline, and how to free my mind – and 5 18 MIND MATTERS Yes, stress without it I’m prone to going a bit mad. can make you ill Why am I telling you this? Well, February is Healthy 20 SPOTLIGHT “I thought skin cancer Lifestyle Awareness Month, so this summer we’re was a white person’s disease” encouraging you to get off the couch and into fresh air, 24 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE for the sake of your long-term health. Do you have endometriosis? But there’s another reason: many of the people featured in this issue of Mediclinic Family can tell you a similar story. CHECK IN Whether it’s our cover star Vanessa Sandes, the former 26 STAP VIR STAP Oordromherstel cyclist-turned-actress who overcame serious post-natal verander lewens depression, or Nolene Conrad, who conquered asthma to 28 THEN AND NOW The history become one of the country’s top middle-distance runners, of cataract surgery or Matt Trautman, the Ironman triathlete who recovered from a broken spine, all of them share an important lesson: CHECK OUT living a healthier lifestyle will make you a stronger, more 30 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Matt stable and more resilient person. Trautman broke his back in a cycling All the motivation you’ve ever needed to make those accident. Less than a year later New Year’s resolutions stick are right here: we explain how he won consecutive triathlons stress can make you physically ill, discuss the potential 34 NUTRITION Braai food that isn’t health hazards that await you on holiday, and chat to bad for you Naniki Seboni about her eye-opening skin cancer scare. 40 KEEP WELL 10 reasons to get up Finally, invite the extended family round and share some and at ’em this summer of the mouth-watering meals we’ve prepared on page 34 34 42 GOOD NEWS Nolene Conrad almost – this may be the year you finally impress your mom-in-law. died from an asthma attackk, aged Summer is here, and it’s calling your name. Have fun. 16. Now she’s a national runner Thomas Okes, Editor 44 PUZZLES Kids, test your brainpower – and win 46 YOUR HOSPITAL STAY Where to DID YOU KNOW? find us, and what you need to know 48 MEDICLINIC PEOPLE Lesego You can download this and past issues 26 Sepeng, pharmacy co-ordinator for free at www.mediclinicinfohub.co.za at Mediclinic Brits Email your Mediclinic story to [email protected] and you could WIN! win a fantastic prize. Turn to page 8 to see our readers’ letters. Visit our INFOHUB www.mediclinicinfohub.co.za When you see more happy patients. ZEISS AT LISA tri family ZEISS LISA AT tri and ZEISS LISA AT tri toric are not available for sale in the U.S. // INSPIRATION MADE BY ZEISS Switch now to ZEISS AT LISA tri family – the most widely used trifocal IOL worldwide Studies on ZEISS AT LISA® tri IOLs show: • a very high patient satisfaction and referral rate (97 %)* • a high level of complete spectacle independence (93 %)* • excellent vision at all distances: near, intermediate and far, under all light conditions, day and night* * Data on file www.zeiss.com/lisa-tri-happy-patients UP FRONT The big picture #CAREPARTNERS “Sight might be the most important of all the senses. Cataract surgery can completely change a person’s life. That kind of positive change – that’s what excites me.” Dr Willem Gerber, an ophthalmologist at Mediclinic Durbanville, performed five pro bono cataract surgeries on Groote Schuur Hospital patients. PATIENTS RECEIVED MEDICLINIC SHARED FACILITIES TREATMENT IN THE AND EXPERTISE WITH THE AIM OF WESTERN CAPE AND MAKING WORLD-CLASS HEALTH- 69 FREE STATE. CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. JAN RAS JAN Mediclinic is collaborating with the public sector to provide free surgeries and help alleviate waiting lists at public hospitals. In 2017, these patients received cataract surgery, eardrum repair and urological procedures. The project continues nationwide in 2018. PHOTOGRAPH SUMMER 2017 I MEDICLINIC FAMILY I 3 UP FRONT Healthier resolutions DR MARY-ANNE SEMENYA General Practitioner HABITS Mediclinic Tzaneen of very healthy people The secret behind New Year resolutions that actually last? They’re realistic. Words Linda Doke PHYSICAL ACTIVITY increases your energy, says Dr Semenya. “PORTION CONTROL is a big part of But don’t sign up at your nearest healthier eating,” says Dr Semenya. CrossFit box just yet: “Cleaning, “Swallowing enormous portions of taking the stairs, walking instead ore energy, better sleeping even the most nutritious foods can of driving, and playing in the patterns, a clearer mind, cause digestion issues, and will ensure park with the kids – these are all 6and a natural zest for life. you take in a lot of unnecessary sustainable ways of exercising.” M All of these benefits come with calories. Keep your the change to a healthier lifestyle. portions in check by But for good habits to stick, they using a smaller plate, need to become a natural, easy- and chewing slower.” to-follow part of your daily routine. “Adults should get SEVEN TO EIGHT Dr Mary-Anne Semenya, a general HOURS OF SLEEP each night,” practitioner at Mediclinic Tzaneen, Dr Semenya advises, “but we all outlines six habits that will improve have different sleep requirements, your health all year long. depending on our age and level of activity.” The key: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. “Get into bed and close your Your body is capable of 1 eyes. Allow your mind and body to adapting to illness, says Dr SLOW MOVE2 be still. It may sound Semenya. Even if you feel FOOD MORE too simple to be fine, small symptoms can true, but this is build into serious conditions. 3 the first step in REGULAR SCREENINGS will CLOSE improving your pick up markers of diseases DON’T6 SKIP YOUR EYES sleep patterns.” and conditions, such as THE CHECK- diabetes, prostate and cervical cancer, hypertension and high UPS cholesterol, that you may 5 4 It might not be the best miss. “Trust your GP with your AVOID LAUGH A medicine, but laughter is very medical history and follow TOXINS LITTLE beneficial, says Dr Semenya. their advice.” Surround yourself with people who make you smile. “HAPPY PEOPLE SMILE 40 TO 50 SMOKING AND DRINKING TOO TIMES A DAY. The act of smiling MUCH ALCOHOL CAN HAVE A stimulates our brain in much the CATASTROPHIC EFFECT on your same way as chocolate and sex.” overall health, warns Dr Semenya. Harmful habits like these can scupper healthier ones, leading to poor eating choices and too much OUR HOSPITALS ARE time on the couch. “Try go DESIGNED TO MINIMISE without them this holiday AMBIENT NOISE, THEREBY SUPPLIED IMAGES; GALLO/GETTY season – you’ll notice major, PROMOTING SLEEPING, WWW.NIMH.NIH.GOV WWW.NIMH.NIH.GOV and immediate, mind WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN and body benefits.” TO AID THE HEALING PROCESS. PHOTOGRAPHS SOURCES 4 I MEDICLINIC FAMILY I SUMMER 2017 UP FRONT Baby body language ody language is all you have DR ELNA GIBSON – at least for the first year. Paediatrician Mediclinic Emfuleni BWhile some moms and dads are masters at decoding newborn signals, others struggle. Yet there are tried and tested explanations for some common actions. Dr Elna Gibson, a paediatrician at Mediclinic Emfuleni, provides possible Crying explanations for the following The classic baby cue, crying common baby behaviours. could mean all manner of things. “Newborn babies can cry a lot!” says Dr Gibson.
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