Both Jack and I have volunteered at the hospital since shortly after we retired here 20 years ago. I had always been short of breath. A pulmonologist recommended pulmonary rehab. I wasn’t enthused because as a sedentary person, I was much happier sitting down and not moving, but my lungs needed to move.
When ThedaCare speech therapist Meghan Gallagher was looking for an effective way to lose some extra weight, she knew ThedaCare’s intensive Lifestyle Intervention Program fit the bill.
“I worked for over 30 years in retail—always on my feet. Between that and the arthritis I developed as I got older, my knees were pretty bad.
I love playing football. Whatever it takes to stay on the field, I’m all for it. So when I felt something “pop” in my foot, I gutted it out and finished the game.
I was suffering from my chronic, yearly sinus congestion and working 40 hours a week, 8 to 5. I was at work and didn’t want to call the doctor’s office, so I decided to try an e-Visit for the first time.
When Waupaca area residents need a specific medical product like compression stockings or a piece of equipment like a nebulizer, convenience is important.
I kind of broke my leg during a ski club trip. And by “kind of,” I mean I completely broke it. I was heading down a hill, and I changed course too fast and too hard. My ski came off, I fell down and I heard the “crack.”
“As a Master Gardener, I enjoy working in my flowerbeds. Now I can do it all without pain. I’m also back at work at Sacred Heart School, and can for sure keep up with all the kids again.” — Linda
I was a smoker, and my dad had heart problems. And because of those things, I was religious about my heart checkups. One day, Dr. Lewandowski called about my test results. I know that most times that was not a good thing.
When Jessica Williams decided to deliver her twins at ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin, she didn’t think twice. Two of her four other children were born at the hospital and she liked the nurses.
ThedaCare patients with breast, cervical or endometrial cancers have the option of a radiation treatment that works from within one’s body to place a high dose of radiation inside the tumor area.
Someone once said, “Teachers touch the future.” Renee Konter, early childhood teacher for ThedaCare, has spent her life working with children. For nearly 25 years, she has touched the lives — and the futures — of dozens of children in the Fox River Valley.
When I turned 50, I had my first colonoscopy. My wife Lisa is a nurse, so she made sure I did it. That’s when they found a lesion.
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