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“Imagine a Sharpie [marker]. I had a tiny Sharpie dot on the back of my leg that was black.”
By Ashli FindleyDeanna with her grandsons Luke, 4 and Levi, 4 months in Community Park in New Albany. Photos by Patti HartogNot leaving anything to chance, Deanna Watts, 52 at the time, went to her doctor to have the 1.1 millimeter, mole-like growth inspected and eventually removed; its testing revealed she had melanoma.That was nearly four years ago.Today, Deanna is beating stage four melanoma. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer because it has the ability to spread to other parts of the body. In Deanna’s case, it spread to a rib bone and [...]
Zap Your Spider Veins
By Tiffany White Post Sponsored by Clark Memorial Hospital Vein Center Marla Beeler, MSN, FNP, APRN Photos by Melissa DonaldConcealing your spider veins may be a pain, but permanently removing them is simple and painless. Marla Beeler, MSN, FNP, APRN with the Clark Physician Group Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Center, utilizes a vein removal treatment called sclerotherapy on her clients. Using a small gauge needle, Beeler injects asclera, a sclerosing agent, into the spider veins, which scars the vein better than saline. “The vein doesn’t have the reaction to saline, because saline is like saltwater. It is less [...]
What Kelly Sullivan is Reading, Watching, Listening to… (also about how the girl who thought school was dumb became a Ph.D.)
By Megan M. SeckmanKelly loves wearing this beaker pin her boyfriend gave to her. Photos by Melissa Donald At 33, Dr. Kelly Sullivan holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, is an Ivy League graduate, and has received several prestigious honors including Purdue University’s A.K. Balls award for excellence. Her passion for science runs so deep that she’s tattooed her favorite scientists, instruments, and formulas on her body. This inked tapestry consists of a pipette measuring tube that decorates the base of her neck, the Gibbs free energy equation, and Madame Curie. Among these odes to her field [...]
Quiz: Is Your Loved One Safe Living Alone?
By Tori TempleExplaining to your loved one that they are no longer safe living alone could prove to be a difficult conversation to start. Remember the following tips to help ease the strain for you and your loved one.“Remind them that they are not doing what they love anymore,” says Patti Naiser, president and founder of Senior Home Transitions, “and having help with household chores could reserve some of their energy.”Patti also recommends letting your loved one know what they will be gaining when moving to assisted living such as friends, social activities, and someone [...]
Who’s Taking All Those Photos?
By Bella Portaro-Kueber In today’s age of modern technology we’re all iPhoneographers. We take photos with our smartphones and share them with the world on our favorite social media platforms.One such platform — Instagram — has grown to over 700 million active users since its launch in October 2010, according to a report from Tech Crunch. Instagram users have cultivated groups that highlight the special interests of its users, and the most common of these micro-communities are the “Igers” city groups. Broken down by major cities, these accounts have moderators who share the photos and [...]
