Peter Flynn is a Catholic ministries community volunteer and an incredibly talented hobby craftsman with skills that’d make any honey-do list a cinch. “I’ve done a lot of home improvement projects for my wife and daughters over the years. Just a few outdoor projects include installing a lawn watering system, landscaping a garden and replacing […]
North Raleigh resident, Bailey Hurt has enjoyed a colorful life as an artist. He first came to North Carolina as an East Carolina University Pirate, majoring in art. Thereafter, he relocated to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York where he earned a graduate degree. Nostalgic for the beauty and wonder of North Carolina, he returned […]
Fuquay Varina resident, James Brown, chuckles when he thinks of his newly-minted celebrity status…among kids. “Wherever I go, I find kids staring at my prosthetic leg. One day, I was walking through my neighborhood, and a little boy stopped on his tricycle to say, “I like your robot leg.” Despite the hardships that James has […]
Swayzine McLean is a longtime Raleigh resident in her 60s whose engaging presence and infectious laughter brighten everyone she meets. Commitment to Good Health After Heart Attack and Onset of Chronic Conditions Yet, her journey has not been without setbacks. Swayzine is a heart attack survivor who received an implantable defibrillator. She also lives with […]
Hands, wrists and elbows. Rochelle Masudal has a passion for helping people regain mobility, strength and function in these body parts. “I love this specialty area of OT because I am very results-oriented,” explains Masudal. “I appreciate how quickly my patients and I can see continuous gains in these parts of the upper extremities with […]
“It started when I was a teenager. I would actually pass out. My fatigue was so severe. I slept much more than my peers and couldn’t do as much as they did.” These are recollections from 27-year-old Megan Mast, whose journey to her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) diagnosis and treatment has been an arduous […]
The therapists with the WakeMed Breast Health Rehab Program understand the seriousness of a breast cancer diagnosis and a patient’s desire to battle the disease with all possible resources. That’s why they developed the Breast Health Rehab Program! Before Breast Surgery The program begins with a pre-surgery evaluation, which gives patients a head start on […]
Comfort. Compassion. Care. These describe standards of treatment we might all want, whether in a health care environment or not. When Lyn Foley suffered an unexpected accident and a broken right hip, it was inconvenient and scary — nobody wants to go out to dinner with family and end up in the hospital. But her […]
On Sunday March 19th, 2017, I had an automobile accident. A car ran through a stop sign and I hit them. I had a cracked sternum and three cracked ribs. I had both legs from the knees down to my feet injured during the crash. Being diabetic, my wife and I were concerned due to […]
September 22 is not just the first day of fall. It is also national Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Every 11 seconds, an older adult is seen in a U.S. emergency department for a falls-related injury. Last year in our state, falls among older adults led to more than 17,000 hospitalizations. Tips to Prevent Falling in […]
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