“I went in thinking I was coming home for lunch, and I ended up having this surgery and staying there until my heart had regulated with the new addition to my body,” Jane said. Fortunately, Jane’s medical team caught her condition in time, however, surgery wasn’t going to be the only fix. She knew she needed to make some lifestyle changes, so she started with the Baird Wellness Center. “My doctor wanted me to go through his cardiac practice, but they didn’t have an appointment for me for two months, and I knew that if I didn’t start doing something right away, the shock of my scare would be over, and then I wouldn’t do anything,” Jane said. Her journey at the Baird Wellness Center began with wellness specialist Lydia Kraft. Lydia and Jane developed a plan involving a cardiac rehab-based workout five days a week.
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TOO LATE Masonic Village at Elizabethtown resident Jane Madio used to not think much about the importance of taking care of her heart, but this drastically changed when she had a big health scare. “I was having this shortness of breath back in September, and the doctors discovered that I was in the 90th percentile to have a heart attack,” Jane said. “It was mind boggling to me. I knew this was a huge wake-up call about my health.” After she had undergone testing, it was determined she needed two stents in her heart. What she initially thought would be a quick hospital visit turned into an extensive stay.
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After 60 days of remaining consistent with her workout routine, Jane went to her doctor for a follow-up appointment and was told her progress was so impressive that she was able to continue with her cardiac rehab at the Baird Wellness Center instead of an outside clinic. “For cardiac rehab, my doctor said they ask most patients to do 36 sessions and go three times a week,” Jane said. “I have far exceeded that here. If there’s a day that I can’t go, I feel bad and like I’m missing something. Lydia gives me that accountability, too, and I can’t disappoint her because I know what we’re doing is good for my health.” Since beginning her wellness regime in early October, Jane said she has already seen “amazing results,” and the quality of her life has improved significantly.
“Simple things like bending down and tying my shoe used to be a big deal, but now I can do that,” she said. “I can touch my toes, reach things on the top of the cupboard shelf … all of these little things that I couldn’t do before I started working out, I can do now.” Additionally, Jane has made significant advancements with the equipment and exercises at the center.
