HEART TO HEART Newsletter of Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 The Mended Hearts, Inc.

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1 It s Great to Be Alive and to Help Others Cape Cod Chapter Events for March April, 2014 Please Join Us!... Invite Others. All are Welcome! FREE PROGRAM! March April, 2014 CHAPTER MEETINGS 4 6 P.M. Martins CR, Cape Cod Hospital (THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH EXCEPT JANUARY, JULY AND AUGUST) Next meeting: ***THURSDAY, March 20, 2014*** Dr. Peter Chiotellis, M.D. Cardiologist FILE OF LIFE VALENTINE S DAY February 14, 2014 President Peter Van Stratum, Mary Beth Henry, Tom Taveniere, and Tom Henry manning the File of Life table on Valentine s Day. Thank you also to Bobby Brown, Bob Silverberg, Joan Ryan, and Cathy Van Stratum for volunteering to help out that day.

2 Cape Cod Chapter Events for 2014 Please Join Us!... Invite Others. All are Welcome! FREE PROGRAM! ON-SITE RAFFLE CHAPTER MEETINGS 4-6 P.M. Martins CR, Cape Cod Hospital 2014 MEETING DATES & SPEAKERS January, 2014 NO MEETING February 14, 2014 VALENTINE S DAY, File of Life distribution, Mugar Building Lobby,10 a.m. 4 p.m. February 20, Dr. Paul Pirundini, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Cape Cod Hospital. Pauline Phillie, Director Cardiovascular Quality, CCH March 20, 2014 Dr. Peter Chiotellis, M.D. Cardiologist April 17, 2014 Dr. John Kalin, M.D. Cardiovascular Consultants May 15, 2014 Dr. Richard Zelman, M.D. Cardiologist/ Interventional Cardiology June, 2014 Annual Dinner Meeting, TBD Installation of New Officers for THANK YOU, Dr. Zelman for supplying the funding for refreshments at our monthly meetings. -2-

FILE OF LIFE DISTRIBUTION THANK YOU to Pat Kane for supplying 1000 File of Life packets. Peter Van Stratum and Bobby Brown, early volunteers for File of Life packets, Valentine s Day, 2014. Jan.- Feb.

January- February visitors were: Katherine Beach Bobby Brown-2 Tim Crane (3) Ken and Maryse Ethier (2) Jeanne Shepardson (3) Bob Silverberg (4) Thank you January-February visitors!

3 FILE OF LIFE DISTRIBUTION THANK YOU to Pat Kane for supplying 1000 File of Life packets. Peter Van Stratum and Bobby Brown, early volunteers for File of Life packets, Valentine s Day, Jan.- Feb Visiting Report We started the visiting year with a blizzard, but still managed to end up with a reasonable number of patients visited. January- February visitors were: Katherine Beach Bobby Brown-2 Tim Crane (3) Ken and Maryse Ethier (2) Jeanne Shepardson (3) Bob Silverberg (4) Thank you January-February visitors! Total Visits for January-February: 43 CCH Wards- 22 CVPA Visiting Area 6 Falmouth Hospital Rehab. 15 We are now starting participation in a National Mended Hearts Patient Survey lasting through May and likely into June. It is the first time Mended Hearts has formally reached out to patients visited, asking if our visits are helpful, positive and informative, and if we should add to or can improve any aspect of our visits. We are still in need of new active visitor volunteers. If you are at all interested in becoming a Mended Hearts Visitor, or learning more about the visiting program, let me know. Visitors must be Mended Hearts members in good standing, qualified as Cape Cod Hospital Volunteers, complete our Mended Hearts Training Program and have had some form of heart surgery or be heart surgery patient caregivers. It s a wonderful way to give back to others needing hope and encouragement. We re glad to be alive and helping others. Tim Crane, Visiting Chairperson TCrane7632@ Comcast.net -3-

4 Wonderland Do you ever wonder about where life has taken you? Do you ever wonder about people you haven t met even though you may have passed by them occasionally, even multiple times? Do you ever wonder about the job you didn t take or the move you didn t make? Do you ever wonder about an early love, and where that person is now? Do you ever wonder that if you d been 10 seconds earlier, or 10 seconds later, the auto accident would never have happened? Do you ever wonder what your life would be like if you didn t marry the person you did? Here s one more question for you. Do you realize that EVERYTHING you ve ever done in your entire life has lead you to being here, now, reading this? Far fetched? Silly? No. Because here you are, now, reading this. Now THAT S really something to make you wonder! Bob Silverberg, 1/2014 TRIVIA (Prepared by Ruth Albert) 1. How many miles is it from the Sagamore Bridge to Provincetown? 2. What is the longest bridge connecting Cape Cod to the mainland? 3. What type of marine animal is the Sand Dollar? 4. In which town is the Cape Cod Playhouse? 5. On which island would you find Menemsha Beach? 6. What institute was formed in Woods Hole in 1930? 7. The Massachusetts State Bird is found throughout Cape Cod. What is its name? 8. What is the longest U.S. Highway that starts on Cape Cod, goes through 14 states and ends in Bishop, California? 9. Which clam chowder has a tomato base? 10. What condiment was processed on Cape Cod in the 1800 s? (answers on page 5) WANTED! NOMINATIONS Nominations are now being taken for the slate of officers for Mended Hearts #315. Please place your nominations for any office (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary) with Tim Crane, Nominating Chair at or TCrane7632@ Comcast.net Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 Please make checks payable to: Mended Hearts - Chapter #315 And mail to: Jeanne Lemire PO Box 816 Monument Beach MA The slate of officers will be will be voted on during the April 17 meeting. BE THERE TO VOTE ON THE CANDIDATES. -4-

5 THE MENDED HEARTS, INC. Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 PO Box 568 Truro MA ; CHAPTER OFFICERS President: Peter Van Stratum Vice President: Jeanne Shepardson Secretary: Johanna Fullam Treasurer: Jeanne Lemire Visiting Coordinator: Tim Crane Individuals with any type of heart condition, their families, heart patient caregivers, medical professionals or anyone interested in helping heart patients are welcome to become a member of the Cape Cod Chapter of Mended Hearts. Applications are available at our monthly meetings and on our website, capecodmendedhearts.com. You may also call our Membership Chair, Jeanne Lemire, at or our President, Peter Van Stratum, at trurogolf@comcast.net. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A MENDED HEARTS VISITING VOLUNTEER? Would you like to share your experiences and be an encouragement to other heart patients and their families? We continue to be in need of new active visitor volunteers, especially now that some of our visitors depart for the South for the winter. New volunteers start out with experienced volunteers to gain familiarity with procedures and to build self-confidence. For further information or to answer your questions,please contact:- Tim Crane,, Tcrane7632@comcast.net THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR THEIR GIFT CERTFICATE CONTRIBUTION TO MENDED HEARTS: Bayside Betsy s, 177 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA Old Yarmouth Inn, 223 Rt. 6A, Yarmouthport MA MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: There must have been a reason why we made it past our heart problems!!! Well, my personal thought is that our job here was not quite done. I am sure most of us ( hopefully all ) have touched a lot of lives in a positive way since the day of our procedure(s). I almost think it our duty to help other people that need help in a vast variety of ways. Beth Wood, physiologist, said at our holiday party that 2/3 of the people are depressed to some degree.not so true for Mended Hearts people!. WE ARE POSITIVE PEOPLE>>>>SO SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP OTHERS! Stay Healthy, Peter Answers to Trivia: miles; 2. Bourne Bridge; 3. A sea urchin; 4. Dennis; 5. Martha s Vineyard; 6. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; 7. The chickadee; 8. Route 6; 9. Manhattan clam chowder; 10. Salt -5-

6 Heart to Heart Newsletter Cape Cod Chapter #315 PO Box 816 Monument Beach MA Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 Heart Patients dedicated to Offering Encouragement and the Gift of Hope to other Heart Patients, their Families and Caregivers To learn more about Mended Hearts, visit: capecodmendedhearts.com

HEART TO HEART Newsletter of Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 The Mended Hearts, Inc.

HEART TO HEART Newsletter of Cape Cod-Hyannis Chapter #315 The Mended Hearts, Inc. www.capecodmendedhearts.com November/December 2015 Cape Cod Chapter Events for November-December, 2015 Please Join Us!... Invite Others. All are Welcome! FREE PROGRAM! CHAPTER MEETINGS 4 6 P.M. Martins