Girl
Talk
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In this issue
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summer | 2017
a publication from your friends at Huron Regional Medical Center
From the CEO: We Will Make It Through ...........2
Putting Your Health in Your Hands ....................2
Proactive Kidney Care .......................................3
New "Smart" Digital X-ray Units ...................3
A Website for Women ....................................4
Investing in Our Community ..........................5
Elyse Brock, MD
When Toughing It Out
Isn't the Best Answer
WOMEN SEEM TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE, BUT SOMETIMES
THEY FORGET TO SEEK OUT CARE FOR THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY
FOR BOTHERSOME WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES. OBSTETRICIAN AND
GYNECOLOGIST ELYSE BROCK, MD, UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLE.
SHE CAME HOME TO HURON SO SHE COULD HELP.
"WHAT I'M LEARNING more every day is
that women in Huron and the surrounding
areas are typical Midwesterners, unlikely
to complain until something is really
bothering them," Dr. Brock says. "I
have seen women deal with painful
and annoying gynecological issues
longer than needed when medical
interventions are available locally."
She has talked to women with
fibroids so large that they feel pregnant, women with
periods so heavy and painful that they miss a week
of work every month, and women with urine
leakage so frequent that they can't exercise or
play with their children.
"When I asked these women why they
waited to seek treatment, many didn't want to
undergo surgery, not realizing that nonsurgical
interventions are common nowadays,"
Dr. Brock says. "Other times, embarrassment
or busyness kept them from seeking help.
As women, I think that we often put others before
ourselves, but I want to partner with
women to change this trend."
continues on pg. 4
