Cookeville Regional Medical Center

A magazine for senior adults distributed by Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Hip Replacement: Not So Difficult
There Is a Fountain
of Youth!
Cookeville
Regional
Cardiologist Helps Develop
Less Shocking Defibrillator
Reduce Unwanted
Cold Calls
Haunted Half Marathon
Much More Than
‘Just a Race’
Volume 4, Issue 3: Fall 2011
Calendarof events
Cookeville Regional welcomes you to these fun and educational health screenings
and events that give you an opportunity to ask questions about health issues.
Basic Life Support Course
When: September 10 and October 8, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Where: CRMC Education Center
Cost: $40
For: Health care providers only
RSVP by calling: (931) 783-2039
Dailey & Vincent Concert
When: Saturday, September 24, 5 p.m.
Where: Gainesboro football field
Proceeds benefit: Children of Jackson and DeKalb counties, through
The Foundation at CRMC
Cost: $15 per person, free for children 10 and under
Tickets available at: Tennessee Bible College, (931) 526-2616, and also on the day of
the concert or at www.daileyvincent.com
Blood Drive
When: Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: The Bloodmobile will be parked outside the main entrance of the hospital
on both days.
Hospice: It’s More Than You Think
Table of Contents
ALL ABOUT LIFE
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Use National Do Not Call Registry to Reduce Unwanted Cold Calls
SMART SENSE
FBI Notes Two New Types of Cyber Scams
NEW AT COOKEVILLE REGIONAL
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CRMC Cardiologist Helps Develop Less Shocking Defibrillator
Hospital is second in U.S. to offer the Protecta™ ICD.
HIP REPLACEMENT NOT AS
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DIFFICULT AS SOME MIGHT THINK
Most patients walk within a day and are free of pain
within three weeks.
PATIENT PROFILE
Sharon Kay Brines
Hip Replacement Patient
"It's like a wonderful gift being given back to me."
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ACTIVE AFTER 50
Anna Belle Pruett
She’s still going strong at 96.
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DEPARTMENTS:
Active After 50
All About Life
Calendar of Events
Club 50 Plus News
Crossword Puzzle
Crossword Solution
Fitness After 50
Community Health Fair
Dr. Menachem Langer, Chief Executive Officer
Melahn Finley, Director, Marketing & Public Relations
Upper Cumberland Haunted Half Marathon
When: Saturday, October 22, beginning at 7 a.m.
Where: Tennessee Tech University Quad
For more information or to register: RunHauntedHalf.com
Proceeds benefit: The CRMC Foundation Cancer Care Fund
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HAUNTED HALF MARATHON
IS MUCH MORE THAN ‘JUST A RACE’
One entrant overcame all odds to run.
What: First annual educational event for the general public and health care providers
to learn more about hospice and how we can come together to become ambassadors
for a positive death experience. CMEs and CEUs available for a nominal fee.
When: October 21, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: TTU Whitson-Hester School of Nursing
Presented by: Cookeville Regional Medical Center, The CRMC Foundation and area
hospice organizations
RSVP by calling: (931) 783-2037
When: Saturday, October 22, 7 to 10 a.m.
Where: CRMC Education Center
For information or to register online: (931) 783-2587 or
www.crmchealth.org/healthfair.php
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From Our Kitchen to Yours
Healthy Eating
New at Cookeville Regional
Physician News
Smart Sense
Women’s Wednesday
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SEASONS© is published quarterly as a service of Cookeville
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For information about future events, phone The Community Wellness Center
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Volume 4, Issue 3
© 2011 Cookeville Regional Medical Center
All rights reserved.
For more events, see page 3.
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One Medical Center Blvd. • Cookeville, TN 38501
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Women’s Wednesday . . .
luncheons are enjoyable
and informative.
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Place: Room 3, Education Center
Lunch: Catered meal $6, or bring your own
RSVP: By Monday prior to luncheon
(931) 783-2628
September 14 —
All in the Label: Understanding the Food Nutrition Label
Do you look at the food nutrition label before you buy a food?
Are you unsure what it means? Join CRMC Chief Clinical Dietitian
Tracy Galyean, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, and learn how to better understand how to read the food label so that you can make quick, easy
and informed decisions regarding food choices that contribute to
a healthy diet.
October 12 —
What’s the Latest Progress in Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is still the most common cancer among American
women other than skin cancer, and the second leading cause of death.
Join Harry Stuber, M.D., and learn about the latest updates and
progress on breast cancer.
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
...is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all
residents in the communities we serve.
Club 50 Plus at Cookeville Regional was developed for adults age 50 and
beyond to encourage healthy lifestyles. Members enjoy preventive health
screenings, educational programs, referral services, activities, discounts and
more! For more information or to learn how you can join Club 50 Plus, call
931-783-2660 or visit www.crmchealth.org/club50plus.php.
Unless otherwise noted, Club 50 Plus events are held from 12 to 1 p.m. in the
Education Center at Cookeville Regional.
August 16 — "50-50 Rule for Family Caregivers"
Join Kim Driver of Home Instead Senior Care as she discusses the 50-50 Rule,
designed to help adult siblings improve communication skills, develop teamwork,
make decisions together and divide the workload in caring for aging parents.
September 20 — "Advances with the da Vinci Robot"
Dr. Lee Moore of Upper Cumberland Urology Associates will discuss recent
advances made in surgeries involving this powerful new surgical tool.
October 18 — "Ghost Stories of the Upper Cumberland"
Join Dr. Opless Walker as he shares some of the area’s spookiest stories.
Registration is required. Contact Karen Bailey at 931-783-2660.
For more information about Women’s Wednesday events, phone
The Women’s Center at Cookeville Regional at 931-783-2628.
Physician NEWS
Drs. Purgiel and Pierce Relocate
Dr. Kevin Purgiel and Dr. Mark Pierce have
opened their new office in Cookeville Regional
Medical Center’s Professional Office Building,
Suite 202, located on the Fourth Street side of
the hospital.
Dr. Purgiel is a general
surgeon who provides a
full spectrum of general
surgery services, including
minimally invasive surgery
techniques, and is specially
trained in several unique
Dr. Purgiel
procedures, including
single-incision laparoscopic surgery. He also has
extensive experience in endoscopic procedures
for upper endoscopy and colonoscopy.
Dr. Pierce is an infectious disease specialist with
expertise in infections of the sinuses, heart,
brain, lungs, urinary tract, bowel, bones and
pelvic organs. Much of his training has focused
The latest updates on Cookeville Regional’s physicians and staff.
on all kinds of infections, including those
caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
Dr. Pierce’s office is also
home to the Travel Clinic
at Cookeville Regional.
Services at the clinic include
itinerary consultation,
vaccinations, site-specific
advice to protect your
Dr. Pierce
health, and treatment of
travel-related illnesses. Dr. Pierce has extensive
experience in travel medicine. He founded and
directed the Vanderbilt International Travel
Medicine Clinic and spent many years as a physician in remote areas of Africa. The Travel Clinic
at Cookeville Regional Medical Center is open
on Thursdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Special
group consultations are available upon request.
For more information or to schedule an
appointment with either Dr. Purgiel or Dr.
Pierce, call (931) 520-8320.
Tatiana O. GutaChesnut, M.D., Joins
Cookeville Regional
Internist Dr. Tatiana O.
Guta-Chesnut has joined
the staff at Cookeville
Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Chesnut
Dr. Chesnut is joining the
hospitalist program and will be specializing in
and focusing solely on taking care of patients
who have been admitted to the hospital. Dr.
Chesnut received her medical degree in 1993
from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy
of Cluj Napoca in Romania. She completed her
residency in internal medicine at St. Barnabas
Hospital in Bronx, N.Y. Dr. Chesnut is board
certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Chesnut is pleased to be in the Upper
Cumberland region and looks forward to
serving the medical needs of our community.
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All About
Life
Use the National Do Not Call
Registry to Reduce Unwanted Cold Calls.
The National Do Not Call Registry was jointly established by
the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications
Commission to give Americans a way to avoid getting telemarketing calls at home. Adding your home or cell phone number
to the registry is easy — and absolutely free.
There are two ways to register:
• Online at DoNotCall.gov, as long as you have a working
e-mail address. Shortly after you sign up, you will receive an
e-mail confirmation from DoNotCall.gov that contains a
link you must click to complete the process. If you do not
click on this link within 72 hours, your phone number will
not be registered.
• Over the telephone by calling toll-free 1-888-382-1222
from the number you wish to register.
Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on
the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently.
Source: http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/coldcall.htm
SMART SENSE
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FBI Notes Two New Types of Cyber Scams.
"Whaling" or "spear phishing" occurs when a scammer targets a
business or organization with personalized e-mails to either a group
of employees, an accountant, or a specific senior manager.
E-mail content will refer to fake-but-critical business matters, such
as a legal subpoena, IRS notice of audit, domain name registration
or even a credit line being revoked. Recently Middle Tennessee
businesses reported receiving e-mails about a customer complaint
that appeared to be from the Better Business Bureau.
The e-mails will appear to have been sent from a trustworthy source
or even from a staff member within the organization.
E-mail addresses will look similar (but not identical) to an address
you are familiar with. The scammer’s aim is to convince the recipient that the e-mail requires urgent action by following a link to a
fake website or opening an attachment that is malware infected.
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Either action will download malware onto your computer that can
record keystrokes, passwords and other company information that
allows the scammer to access when you go online. The end result is
most always auto transfer of funds from bank accounts, resulting in
huge financial losses to the business.
The most obvious way scammers obtain employee names and e-mail
addresses needed to personalize this scam is from postings on social
sites such as Facebook and business networking services such as
LinkedIn. Scammers easily capture publicly available information to
identify their victims in this new and emerging scam.
BBB offers the following advice:
• Use caution with e-mail containing attachments.
DO YOU KNOW THE SENDER?
• Clicking on links provided in e-mails increases your
risks of being a victim.
• Install and regularly update antivirus, anti-spyware
and firewall software.
N E W AT
Cardiologist Helps Develop Less Shocking Defibrillator
Hospital is second in U.S. to offer the Protecta™ ICD.
Cookeville Regional Medical Center recently became
the first hospital in the Southeast and the second in the
U.S. to use a new implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
(ICD) that lessens “unnecessary” shocks. CRMC's Dr.
Mark Wathen played an instrumental role in the development of this new technology, which is now being
used by electrophysiologists nationwide.
While ICDs have been implanted in humans since
1985 and have a 99.7-percent chance of successfully
shocking a heart in cardiac arrest back into good
rhythm, they are also known to jolt patients when
it isn’t needed. However, the Protecta™ ICD with
SmartShock™ technology, engineered by Medtronic,
Inc., uses technology that dramatically decreases the
number of unnecessary shocks, which are intensely
painful.
“Before I started this process, 50 to 80 percent of patients
got shocked from a defibrillator," Wathen said. "If you are
a patient who receives this (new defibrillator), you have
only a 5 percent chance of getting shocked in a year's time.
That's beautiful.”
Among First in U.S. to Use
Cryoballoon for Afib
Electrophysiologist Dr. Mark Wathen has brought a number
of cardiac firsts to the area since joining the hospital team in
2010. He is now treating atrial fibrillation, otherwise known
as “AF” or “afib,” with a new cryoballoon procedure that
blocks the electrical pathways that cause afib.
The balloon catheter,
inserted into the target vein
using a guide wire, inflates
and can isolate the vein
with one freezing blast,
unlike an RF, or radio frequency, ablation, which
uses heat and requires multiple burns. Wathen says he
has been using the cryoballoon technique every week
Dr. Wathen
since the procedure was
first performed at CRMC in April. Overall, the success rate
with the catheter-based treatment is measured at 75 percent,
he said.
Offers Several Types of
Single-Incision Surgery
Cookeville Regional is proud to offer singleincision laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder,
kidney and gynecological needs, and more.
With traditional laparoscopic surgery, three or four incisions
are made to allow the surgeon to insert “ports,” or straw-like
devices, into the area where the operation is to be performed.
These ports create passageways for the doctor’s tiny instruments — usually a grasper, a laser and a camera. While the
ports are traditionally placed far apart to allow the surgeon
more room to work, with single-incision surgery, all three
ports are placed through one small incision.
Surgeons offering this service at CRMC include Scott
Copeland, M.D.; Brian Gerndt, M.D.; Jeff Moore, M.D.; Jeff
McCarter, M.D.; Kevin Purgiel, D.O.; Bert Geer, D.O.; Jeff
Gleason, M.D.; and Christine Pham, M.D.
“Afib has been very difficult to manage,” said Wathen. “This is
going to change that whole process."
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Hip Replacement N
Most patients are
walking within a
day and free of pain
within three weeks.
Dr. Greg Roberts
he mere thought of hip replacement can conjure thoughts of
extreme pain and a long recovery time. Fortunately, that's no
longer the case.
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"As early as the second morning after the surgery, I'll ask my patients,
'How's the pain you were having when you came in?' and probably 95
percent of the time, they're like, 'Hey, that pain's gone,'" said Dr. Greg
Roberts of Upper Cumberland Orthopedics, who regularly performs hip
replacements for patients at Cookeville Regional. "By the time they leave
the hospital, they're typically feeling better."
"By the time they leave the hospital,
they're typically feeling better."
He says that patients might take pain medication for two to three
weeks following the surgery, but "by three weeks, they're typically back
onto just Tylenol® for pain, and feeling good. By six weeks, they're feeling
really good, they're up walking and doing normal activities, and by three
months, they're able to do just about anything they want to."
Roberts typically allows patients to place all of their weight on the new
hip beginning the day after surgery, and they're usually walking 100 feet
with mild to moderate pain within two to three days following surgery.
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Another benefit is that today's artificial hips last much longer than
those of the past. The metal parts, including the ball that fits into the
socket, are made of Oxinium™, which is Oxidized Zirconium.
"Both the socket and the rod that goes down into the femur are made of
a metal that has a lattice structure like bone, so the bone actually grows
into the metal and forms a bond with it," said Roberts. "I attach them
with screws that hold that metal in there until the bone can bond."
The ball moves about in a socket made of highly cross-linked polyethylene, which is much harder and more wear-resistant than the types of
plastic previously used in hip replacements.
"It's a state-of-the-art material with very, very good wear characteristics,"
said Roberts. "We're trying to make hips now that are hopefully going to
last 25 to 30 years."
According to Roberts, the small amount of pain involved in hip
replacement is much better than the alternative.
"People come in and they're almost in or are in a wheelchair, they're
using a cane or a crutch either part-time or full-time, they're having difficulty sleeping, they're having difficulty with just basic activities that we
all take for granted — walking, getting out of a chair, getting into a car,"
said Roberts. "Guys are giving up golf, women are giving up gardening,
people are giving up the things that they want to do in life. This operation changes it for them."
Not As Difficult As Some Might Think
Patient Profile
Sharon Kay
Brines
Dr. Greg Roberts, left, and patient Sharon Kay
Brines discuss Brines' successful hip surgery recovery
during her one-year follow-up appointment.
White County, Tennessee
Diagnosis: Hip Arthritis
Physician: Dr. Greg Roberts
Treatment: Hip replacement
y the time she came to Dr. Greg Roberts for help with her right
hip last summer, Sharon Kay Brines was in so much pain that
she could barely visit family or attend to daily tasks.
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"Mrs. Brines had bad hip arthritis, and it had progressed to the point
that it was bone on bone," said Roberts. "When she first came in, it had
gotten to the point that she was having problems doing most activities.
She was probably not that far from (requiring) a wheelchair."
"It's like a
wonderful gift
being given
back to me."
Said Brines, "When I came to him, I was in a lot of pain, and most of
what I needed to do and enjoyed doing was not getting done anymore,
not by me, without a lot of help."
Roberts determined that she needed a total hip replacement, and he
scheduled the surgery for June 4. Her recovery went smoothly, and
within three months she was back to her normal, pain-free life.
"Now I am doing everything that I need to do, that I enjoy doing, and
without pain," said Brines. "It's like a wonderful gift being given back to
me, and I'm most grateful for that."
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Healthy Eating
Eating Out and Bringing Food Home — the Doggie Bag
Make sure you’re following proper food safety precautions.
Meal portions are getting bigger and bigger these days.
This means that there is a meal waiting for another day.
Care must be taken when handling these leftovers.
If you will not be arriving home within two hours of finishing your meal, it is safer to leave leftovers at the restaurant.
Remember that the inside of a car can get very warm.
Bacteria may grow rapidly, so it is important to go directly
home after eating and put your leftovers in the refrigerator.
Some senior center meal sites do not allow food to be taken
home because they know how easy it is for bacteria to multiply to dangerous levels when food is left unrefrigerated
too long. Check with your center for its policy on taking
leftovers home.
From
Our Kitchen
toYours
Jim Rose, CRMC chef
Applesauce Bran Cereal Muffins
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 cups raisin bran cereal
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons margarine, melted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup fat-free milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup applesauce
Directions: Mix flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Mix cereal
and milk in medium bowl; let stand 3 minutes. Stir in egg, applesauce, sugar
and margarine. Add to flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Batter will
be lumpy. Spoon batter into muffin pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray,
filling each 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Yield: 12 muffins
Nutrition Information: Calories 140, Carbohydrate 30 gm, Total Fat 1 gm, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fiber 4 gm, Protein 2 gm
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F I T N E S S
After 50
here is a fountain of youth. Millions have discovered
it — the secret to feeling better and living longer. It's
called staying active. Finding a program that works for you
and sticking with it can pay big dividends. Regular exercise
can prevent or delay diabetes and heart trouble. It can also
reduce arthritis pain, anxiety and depression. It can help
older people stay independent.
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There Is a Fountain of Youth!
Exercise can relieve a variety of ailments
and help you stay independent.
There are four main types of exercise, and seniors
need some of each:
• Endurance activities — like walking, swimming,
or riding a bike, which build "staying power" and improve
the health of the heart and circulatory system
• Strengthening exercises — which build muscle
tissue and reduce age-related muscle loss
• Stretching exercises — to keep the body limber and
flexible
• Balance exercises — to reduce the chances of a fall
Source: National Institute on Aging:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exerciseforseniors.html
Crossword Solution
See puzzle on page 11.
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HAUNTED HALF MARATHON
Is Much More Than ‘Just a Race’
One entrant overcame all odds to run.
rganizers are busy preparing for the Haunted Half Marathon in
Cookeville this coming October 22. The race will raise funds for
the Cancer Care Fund, which helps people pay medical bills if
they're uninsured, but it also helps cover any kind of living expenses.
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"When I had in my head to bring this to Cookeville and when I worked with
some of the people that surround our community, my vision was that this race
would be about people's stories," said Summer Brown, Haunted Half coordinator. "It's so much more than just a race."
One of the runners in this year's race certainly has a story to tell.
On October 23, 2009, A.J. Jergins, who used to be a heavy drinker, was out
celebrating his acceptance into a prestigious aeronautical school when
things went terribly wrong. He was walking about a mile and a half back to
his parked car after visiting several bars when he was struck by a truck and
left in the road. Then another car, whose driver did not see A.J. lying in the
road because the street lights were out, came along, and its bumper caught
on A.J.'s belt buckle and dragged him 600 feet down the road under the car.
A.J. came away from the accident with countless fractures and 16 broken
bones, including three breaks in his right shoulder blade, four breaks in his
right hip, two breaks in his back and one in his neck. In addition, he had a
collapsed left lung, three missing teeth, a punctured throat, a separated
shoulder, a torn rotator cuff, and a third-degree burn of the back of his left
hip that went down into the muscle tissue.
"The doctors
told me,
'You're never
going to do it
again...'"
"The doctors told me, 'You're never going to do it again because you're missing
muscle over here, and your hip's destroyed over here,' and I was like, 'Well, I'll
see you later.'"
In the months after A.J. started running, he had chance encounters with
two people who were preparing for local marathons. Though he was initially convinced he would never want to run in a marathon, he said, "I start
getting this feeling in my heart like God was telling me, 'I gave this back to
you for a reason, and you need to go do this because you've got a lot to share.'"
So he signed up for the Music City Half Marathon, which was held this
past April in Nashville, and started training. He signed up for the twohour race and finished with an official clock time of 1:51:13. After taking
some time to recuperate, he found out about the Haunted Half and decided to enter that, too. Since entering, A.J. has scored sponsorships from
Tama® Drums and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Burn Unit.
He was at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment for three
and a half weeks, and when he finally left the hospital, his doctors told him
he would never run or play drums again and would very likely never walk
again, either.
However, less than a month after leaving the hospital, A.J. re-taught himself to play drums in a way that would accommodate his injuries. He
played his first live show with a band on the one-year anniversary of his
accident, and he played 22 more live shows in the six months that followed. But he soon learned that drums alone weren't enough to keep him
occupied, so he decided to take up the other activity the doctors told him
he would never do again — running.
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"I know a lot of people listen to my story and say, "Wow, I'm so sorry that you
had to go through that," said A.J. "But I tell them that if I was given an opportunity to go back in time 1,000 different times, just to the point of, 'Do I want
to go through the accident or do I want to continue being who I was?,' I'd
probably ask to go back 1,001 times just to make sure I did it. I would do it
over every single time because of who it's made me."
Anyone who wants to enter can go to RunHauntedHalf.com to print a
form or register online. Charities are also invited to participate and may
have a certain mile of the race dedicated to their charity to help them raise
awareness and funds.
Crossword
Across
1. Honoree's spot
5. Swift hissing or rushing
sounds
13. Coastal raptor
14. Substrate
15. Formally surrender
16. Former descriptor for
"indie" films (2 wds.)
17. Energize
19. Incurred (2 wds.)
20. Agency behind Do Not
Call Registry with FCC
21. Ring
23. End
24. Song "__ Touched Me"
25. Same as "nay"
26. Bash
27. Attractive dwellings
or retreats
31. Puts up with
33. Hurting
34. "It's __ against them!"
36. Movie "__ Golden Pond"
37. ___ green
38. Egg producer
40. One of the largest joints in
the body
43. Claw
45. Follower of Bohemian
John Huss
47. Hostile
49. Affirm
50. Office or position of ease
51. Beauties
52. A very magnetic type of
neutron star
53. "___ quam videri" (North
Carolina's motto)
See solution on page 9.
Down
1. Coffee order
2. "You ___ kidding!"
3. Having to do with India
4. Appear
5. Anger
6. "In this"
7. ___ grass
8. Autumn color
9. Ancient colonnade
10. October half marathon
held in Cookeville
11. Forming a series
12. Level, treeless tracts in
SE Europe and Asia
18. Maple genus
22. Bygone bird
24. "Get your hands off me!"
26. Flipper
27. A purifying act, experience
or ordeal
28. Includes Micronesia,
Melanesia, Polynesia and
Australia
29. Cyber scam targeting
businesses
30. Blazer, e.g.
32. Word before and after
"will be"
35. "The English Patient" setting
38. Chilled
39. King or queen
40. Busy places
41. Agenda entries
42. As such
44. Black cat, maybe
46. Dressing ingredient
48. Director's cry
Active
After 50
Anna Belle Pruett
Cookeville, TN
ne of the first things you'll see when you get off the elevator at
CRMC's ICU ward is Anna Belle Pruett's glowing smile. For 13
years, she’s served as a volunteer for eight and sometimes 12 hours a
week in the hospital’s ICU waiting room, where she gives directions, answers
phones and comforts people who are visiting hospitalized loved ones.
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And at 96, Mrs. Pruett is remarkably active and sharp.
"Believing in the man upstairs is the main thing for me," said Pruett, who reads
her Bible daily. "I have read it through twice, and I'm reading it again this year.
You know what they say: 'Three chapters a day and five on Sunday.' That will get
you through it in a year. I also read Proverbs from start to finish each month."
She says that her scriptural study, along with working crossword puzzles, helps
to keep her mind active. Mrs. Pruett also stays physically active. She still does
her own housework and drives the 100-mile round-trip to Carthage for church
each Sunday by herself. She also belongs to a Red Hat group and plays bridge
once a month. She credits her good health to years of taking her vitamins and
"trying to eat correctly — mostly fish and chicken and vegetables and fruit."
When asked what advice she had for other seniors wishing to remain vibrant, she
said, "Stay active, eat correctly, and keep busy. The mind is something wonderful."
Are you over 50 and active? Tell us all about it! If you would like to share what
you do to stay active, why, and how it has helped you and/or others, we just might
feature you in an upcoming edition of Seasons©. Please e-mail your information to
mfinley@crmchealth.org or write CRMC Marketing Department, 1 Medical
Center Blvd., Cookeville, TN 38501.
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Another
excellent
choice.
Fastening your seat belt. Washing your hands. Wearing sunscreen.
Some choices are so obvious, they practically make themselves.
Getting a mammogram is one of them. And when you schedule
yours with The Women's Center at Cookeville Regional, you're
not only choosing to take charge of your health, you're also
choosing the only breast imaging center in the Upper
Cumberland to earn the American College of Radiology's
Breast Imaging Center of Excellence status. It's an easy choice.
✿ Cookeville Regional is now offering evening and Saturday
appointments to make it easier than ever to get a mammogram.
Call now to schedule your mammogram:
Located just one block from the hospital at the
Outpatient Imaging Center
931-783-2222
✿ Only Breast Imaging Center of Excellence in the Upper Cumberland ✿ Featuring state-of-the-art digital mammography ✿
251 West 3rd Street ✿ Cookeville, TN 38501 ✿ crmchealth.org