Fall 2019 Survive and Thrive! New Group Offers Women Support and Skills for Breast Cancer Journey
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Healthy LivingNews from Catholic Medical Center 100 McGregor Street Manchester NH 03102 Fall 2019 Survive and Thrive! New group offers women support and skills for breast cancer journey Everyone’s cancer journey is Thriver’s Club consists for four group has to learn how to make herself the #1 unique and, when you start sessions covering topics like self care, priority.” on it, you have no idea what intimacy, nutrition and mindfulness. “And it’s OK to do that,” Tammy yours will be like. Mary Wood-Gauthier, RN, from CMC’s learned. “I was so concerned about Wellness & Risk Reduction says, “the how to handle work and balance my Tammy Nardi recalls thinking at the whole program helps women focus beginning, “OK, I can handle this.” But, responsibilities. I had to admit maybe on the tools, both practical and fun, to I couldn’t and this group helped me about six weeks into treatment, “I really make the mind-body-spirit connection started to feel down. I had lost all of my learn that you really have to take care of they need to get through the fog of yourself and ask for help.” hair. It was hard to relate to everybody cancer.” at work. It was the most beautiful time The next session of the Breast of the year, everyone had vacation “There are others who will be there for Cancer Thriver’s Club begins plans, and I had to be in a chemo lab.” you taking care of your disease,” says Tammy, “but there are aspects of life October 9th. It was about that time when Dr. Jessica that you can’t put on hold, that you See page 16 for details. Ryan, Medical Director of CMC’s Breast really have to practice. Learning what Care Center, invited her to take part in a will put you in a good mood, help you new group, the Breast Cancer Thriver’s through the day, help you relax. You Smiles at Club. need these skills to survive.” “It really helped me from the first The Thriver’s Club underscores one the Sink session that I attended. I felt cared for of the first things Dr. Ryan tries to tell Flu season is nearly here and loved,” Tammy recalls. “The other her patients when discussing a cancer and clean hands are as women were all at different stages of diagnosis. “A woman will almost their plan, and they uplifted me. I had always, instinctively, put others ahead important as ever. lots of questions and seeing where they of herself. But in order to gain control Turn to page 3 for practical tips on all were gave me a process to follow. I of her therapy, in order to thrive, she how to make hand washing fun for little felt like, ‘I can do this.’” ones (and maybe you, too!). CatholicMedicalCenter @cmchealth @catholicmedicalcenter CMC Connect CatholicMedicalCenter.org App Medical News Breast Care Center Unveils New Mammo Machine New technology means better images, experience CMC’s Breast Care Center recently installed a new, state-of-the-art tomosynthesis mammography machine—a Siemens Mammomat Revelation. The machine is able to take both 2D and 3D images, and can be used for stereotactic biopsy and contrast enhanced mammography. Thanks to a 2018 law, all insurance carriers in New Hampshire must cover screening tomosynthesis mammography. Tomosynthesis is a 3-dimensional imaging technology images, we’re also able to provide that “provides unprecedented clarity,” a better patient experience. The according to CMC Breast Care Center machine features mood lighting to Medical Director Jessica Ryan, MD, create a shooting, calming effect FACS. “This allows us to detect and and it captures images with far less diagnosis breast cancer at the very radiation than older technology.” earliest stage.” “This helps us to fulfill one of our Pinky “We’re able to get incredibly clear Promises,” says Dr. Ryan, “to offer images from this wide-angle women the highest quality imaging machine,” says Breast Care Center with the latest innovations.” Make your Practice Manager Delia Cater, CRA, mammography appointment online Making MS, RT(R)(M). “But beyond better today: cmc-breastcare.org Strides Walk Breast and Cervical As we prepare for our 2019 walk, Cancer Screenings the CMC Breast Care Center would FREE like to extend a sincere thank you to all those who helped us reach Preventative Screenings Save Lives Protect yourself against breast and exceed our 2018 Making and cervical cancer. Strides Walk fundraising goal. Call today to see if you qualify for free preventative care screenings. Join Team “CMC Pinky-Promise” this year and walk Sunday, October 20, 2019 at the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (new location). Call 603.663.8726 or email: [email protected] main.acsevents.org/goto/CMCPinkyPromise YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCREENINGS CatholicMedicalCenter.org/screenings Healthy Living 2 CatholicMedicalCenter.org Where heart meets health. Want to Stay Healthy? Wash Your Hands! Tips for improving hand hygiene It’s no wonder that both National Flu it comes to getting kids to wash every hospital we have staff put it on their Vaccine Week and National Hand time they should. “Everybody has that hands, then wash it off. After, we use a Washing Awareness Week are the same problem with kids, even my own seven black light to see if they got all the spots week (this year, it’s December 1-7). year old,” says Conley. “There are good they needed to reach.” Hand hygiene and the flu—and most online resources as well as some cute, Hand sanitizer is good to have around other viruses, colds and infections—are interactive ideas. One thing I use, even for a quick clean on the go. “When closely linked. with adults, is glitter.” it comes to using the bathroom and “Hand washing is really important to Conley explains that it’s hard to preparing food, however, you should get rid of dirt but also any germs that appreciate how easily germs can use soap and water.” may be on your hands,” says CMC spread because germs are invisible. Director of Infection Prevention Ashley Using glitter helps to visualize how Conley, MS, CIC, CPH, CHEP. “It’s extra germs work. “Sprinkle it on a surface For more resources on important to wash your hands before and see how easily it gets on your good hand washing habits eating, after using the restroom and hands and, in turn, everything else. and tips for kids, visit one before touching your eyes, nose and Then wash it off and see how difficult of these websites: mouth. It’s how you prevent contacting it can be to get your hands completely germs that make you sick.” clean.” henrythehand.com Good hand washing habits can be Glo germ, a glow in the dark lotion, cdc.gov/handwashing easier said than done, especially when works in the same way. “Here at the glogerm.com CatholicMedicalCenter @cmchealth @catholicmedicalcenter CMC Connect 3 App Medical News WELCOMING… We’re Connecting to a excited to add these talented providers to the CMC family! 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She was also poised to become can expect “an interactive experience that president of the National Association of is going to help them connect to a deeper Irene Gablosky, Collegiate Marketing Administrators. part of themselves. I’ll help them create a LCMHC “It was so fun,” recalls Lilyestrom, “but in plan and some action steps. It really is a 2013 I became a mom and had a near ‘choose your own adventure opportunity’ Health Care for the death experience during childbirth. It was uniquely geared toward them, their goals Homeless a catalyst to take a hard, holistic look at and where they are in their life. It’s going my life and what I really wanted. Truth to help them get clarity.” Kathryn Sullivan, was I didn’t really want to work a job that Most of all, she says, “it’s going to be APRN required 40-60 hours a week. 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