Jo-Ann Raia, an 82-year-old retired Huntington elected town official, has suffered from severe wound infections for a few years. What started as a blister from a pedicure, quickly turned into an infected wound that required immediate attention. Her primary care doctor recommended she see a wound specialist, so she made an appointment at Mather’s Wound Treatment Center.
Jennifer from Coram, a devoted mother and active member in her community, was diagnosed with stage 1 uterine cancer in the fall of 2020 and got a complete hysterectomy
Philip Vecchio thought it was just a bad case of indigestion. Luckily his wife was concerned enough to call 911 for her husband, who suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol. By the time Terryville Fire Department Paramedics Stephen Loizos and Frank Abbate arrived on January 20, 2022, Mr. Vecchio, 49, was having…
The last thing Jeffrey Forden remembered was having back pains after working out at home. “He got up and went to the couch and immediately went into cardiac arrest and from that moment, he was gone for maybe 20-30 minutes,” said his wife, Linda Sinanian Forden “I called 911 within seconds and they talked me…
Luz Ramirez, a healthy mother of five from Rocky Point, NY, leads an extremely active life. But on the afternoon of June 14, 2021, she was sitting down in her kitchen eating, and out of nowhere she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She knew right away that something was terribly wrong. “I told…
From limitations to snowball fights It was the kind of moment any mom could have: Holding her 5-year-old son’s hand while standing in the waves at the beach in 2019, Erika Shapiro got knocked down by a big surge, but made sure she didn’t let go of her boy. The pair were fine, but Ms.…
When 70-year-old Barbara Meyer fell while getting into a pool nearly three years ago, she suffered a fracture dislocation of her shoulder. To repair it, Richard Savino, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Long Island Bone & Joint, a division of Orlin & Cohen, working at Mather Hospital, put several pins in her joint, and although the fracture…
Smooth sailing How a hip replacement got this boat lover back on the water As soon as he saw the sleek, 22-foot fishing boat, Tom Ryan knew it was the buy of a lifetime. He immediately thought of all the places he and his wife could cruise to for fishing and clamming. But with a…
Artie Meyers, a 74-year-old plumber from Port Jefferson Station, hurt his back while unloading a boiler from the back of his Jeep in 2018. He suffered with severe back pain after the incident. When he got a postcard in the mail about a Back & Neck Pain Center seminar at Mather Hospital, he signed up. …
I suffered with obesity for more than 20 years. My kids were getting older and I realized it was time for me to get my own life since I had lived my life for them for the last 20 years.
The gastric sleeve surgery changed my life in so many ways. I’m a different person. I’m more confident walking into a room. I’m more open to making new friends and new relationships. People look at you differently when you’re morbidly obese. They treat you differently.