{"id":3351,"date":"2023-09-12T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T09:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2023-09-14T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:51:07","slug":"how-dr-dawn-mussallem-inspires-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/how-dr-dawn-mussallem-inspires-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dr. Dawn Mussallem Inspires Patients…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Dawn Mussallem, a certified lifestyle medicine physician, says her dedication to a healthy lifestyle empowered her during her cancer treatment and helped her maintain vitality.<\/p>\n

She provides her patients at the Mayo Clinic Breast Center in Jacksonville, Florida, with evidence of why healthy lifestyle choices are essential for breast cancer prevention and treatment.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mussallem, a specialist in breast cancer and lifestyle medicine, comes to meetings prepared with evidence about why healthy lifestyle choices are important for breast cancer prevention and treatment.<\/p>\n

Her patients experience a range of emotions following a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Fear. Confusion. Determination.<\/p>\n

Fear.<\/p>\n

Confusion.<\/p>\n

Determination.<\/p>\n

“But patients embrace the opportunity to take control of their illness and embrace the six pillars of lifestyle medicine \u2013 nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connections,” said Dr. Mussallem.<\/p>\n

These terms are patient-focused. However, if Dr. Mussallem feels that additional inspiration could be beneficial, she shares her own story, one that surprises patients about the healthy and energetic doctor sitting across from them.<\/p>\n

It’s a story in which Dr. Mussallem survived stage 4 cancer and underwent a successful heart transplant. For her survival success, Dr. Mussallem credits the doctors, top-notch cancer care, and transplant care as well as her strong commitment to a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n

At that moment, Mussallem decided she wanted to live to 100. years.<\/p>\n

After three months of studying medicine at Midwestern University in Arizona, Mussallem began feeling unwell and fatigued. As she climbed the small stairs to her apartment, she collapsed. She was diagnosed with stage IV aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma and was told she had only three months to live. She was 26 years old.<\/p>\n

Mussallem underwent aggressive chemotherapy and radiation, as well as a bone marrow transplant. Through it all, she continued regular physical activity, hiking in the Arizona mountains, eating a whole-food-based diet heavily focused on plant-based foods, and attending classes.<\/p>\n

Medical school remained her focus and helped her maintain a positive mindset.<\/p>\n

The bone marrow transplant required a four-month hospitalization. Her team of doctors, who couldn’t keep her bedridden, provided her with a stationary bike. She rode the bike at 4 in the morning every day before the other patients woke up.<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure I would have survived if I hadn’t continued my healthy lifestyle even when I was sick and undergoing treatment. It empowered me and gave me hope knowing I could remain active throughout my cancer journey,” she said.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the new therapies that saved Dr. Mussallem’s life took a toll on her heart. She completed medical school, got married, and gave birth to a beautiful daughter. But her heart was failing. In 2003 doctors diagnosed her with advanced heart failure.<\/p>\n

It limited her physical activity, but it didn’t deter Dr. Mussallem from working at the Mayo Clinic and maintaining a healthy diet. She was eventually placed on the waiting list for a new heart.<\/p>\n

While giving a presentation to her colleagues at the Mayo Clinic, she experienced ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest. For several minutes, her internal defibrillator failed multiple times before finally reviving her. She was now a candidate for a heart transplant.<\/p>\n

In early 2021, her health rapidly deteriorated, and she was hospitalized and put on IV therapy to stabilize her. And then the miraculous call came\u2014a suitable heart became available.<\/p>\n

As a tearful Dr. Mussallem put it, “It’s so… full of hope. But it’s hard to be excited when someone else has died to give you life.”<\/p>\n

After the transplant, she took her first tentative steps with a walker, and two weeks later, she left the hospital without assistance. Three and a half months after the transplant, she ran her first 5 kilometers in 20 years.<\/p>\n

Then, a year and one day after the heart transplant, Dr. Dawn ran a full marathon, the Donna Marathon, on a cold, rainy, and windy day in Jacksonville. As everyone can attest, she set a record as the first person to complete a marathon just one year after a heart transplant.<\/p>\n

At the finish line, several colleagues joined her. After receiving her medal, the staff at the Jacoby Breast Health Center at the Mayo Clinic cheered loudly to show their support.
(Source: Mayo Clinic website)<\/p>\n

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1. Uravnote\u017eena ishrana i unos te\u010dnosti<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nKroz istoriju, razne dijete, od jednostavnih do potpuno apsurdnih, dolazile su i prolazile. Sigurno ste se susreli sa nekoliko njih. Me\u0111utim, jednostavna ishrana koja se sastoji od kompletnih, \u010distih i biljnih namirnica je jedna od najboljih za pobolj\u0161anje zdravlja i produ\u017eenje \u017eivotnog veka. Prema meta-analizi, dnevna konzumacija zelenog povr\u0107a mo\u017ee smanjiti rizik od kardiovaskularnih bolesti za 15,8%. Ova strategija uklju\u010duje ograni\u010davanje prera\u0111ene hrane, zasla\u0111enih napitaka, peciva i kola\u010da, dok se istovremeno pove\u0107ava unos sve\u017eeg vo\u0107a, integralnih \u017eitarica i ora\u0161astih plodova.\r\n\r\nIako promena ishrane mo\u017ee biti te\u0161ka, mo\u017eete po\u010deti sa malim koracima i jednostavnim zamenama.\r\n\r\n\u2022 Koristite integralne \u017eitarice umesto belog pirin\u010da, paste i belog hleba.\r\n\u2022 Zamenite slani \u010dips ora\u0161astim plodovima ili kokicama.\r\n\u2022 Umesto \u0161e\u0107ernih energetskih napitaka, konzumirajte nezasla\u0111enu kafu ili \u010daj\r\n\u2022 Napravite picu sa doma\u0107im testom i sve\u017eim povr\u0107em umesto smrznutih koje su bogate kalorijama i natrijumom.\r\n\r\nOp\u0161te je prepoznato da konzumiranje vi\u0161e vo\u0107a i povr\u0107a poma\u017ee pri odlaganju pojave hroni\u010dnih bolesti. Uvek zapamtite da jedete hranu \u201cduginih\" boja i birajte obroke bogate hranljivim materijama poput vo\u0107a i povr\u0107a kako biste pove\u0107ali raznovrsnost nutrijenata!\r\n

2. Ostati aktivan<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDa li ste osoba koja otkazuje rano jutarnje ve\u017ebanje zbog nekoliko minuta dodatnog sna? Motivi\u0161ite sebe da se pokrenete jer fizi\u010dka aktivnost, \u010dak i u malim koli\u010dinama, mo\u017ee produ\u017eiti va\u0161 \u017eivotni vek. Fizi\u010dka aktivnost je verovatno najva\u017enija stvar koju mo\u017eete uraditi za svoje zdravlje, odmah nakon uravnote\u017eene ishrane. Va\u0161e srce i cirkulacija postepeno se pobolj\u0161avaju kada redovno ve\u017ebate. Nivo kiseonika u telu se pove\u0107ava zbog pove\u0107anog protoka krvi. Redovno ve\u017ebanje pobolj\u0161ava raspolo\u017eenje i kreativnost, smanjuje rizik od hroni\u010dnih bolesti i na kraju produ\u017eava \u017eivot. \u010cak i dok ste na poslu, preporu\u010dljivo je izbegavati rad odmah nakon ru\u010dka ili ve\u010dere, pove\u0107ati unos vode i pratiti zdravlje uz pomo\u0107 fitness narukvice ili sata.\r\n\r\nStudije su pokazale da \u010dak i ako se te\u017eina ne promeni, ljudi koji su gojazni mogu smanjiti \u0161ansu za prevremenu smrt za 30% ili vi\u0161e ukoliko su fizi\u010dki aktivni i pobolj\u0161aju svoju kondiciju.\r\n\r\nNije potrebno da odmah po\u010dnete da tr\u010dite maratone da biste uklju\u010dili ve\u017ebanje u svoj \u017eivot. Stru\u010dnjaci preporu\u010duju da ciljate 150 minuta umerene aerobne aktivnosti nedeljno, ili oko 30 minuta brze \u0161etnje, vo\u017enje bicikla ili bilo koje drugo umereno kretanje. Jednostavan na\u010din za po\u010detak je da zamolite prijatelja da svakodnevno zajedno \u0161etate.\r\n

3. Praktikujte pozitivno razmi\u0161ljanje<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"Ne mo\u017eete imati pozitivan \u017eivot i negativan um.\" - Joyce Meyer.<\/em>\r\n\r\nPozitivno razmi\u0161ljanje ima ve\u0107i uticaj nego \u0161to mo\u017eete da zamislite. Prema nedavnom istra\u017eivanju, pozitivan pogled na \u017eivot mo\u017ee dovesti do 11-15% du\u017eeg i zdravijeg \u017eivotnog veka tako \u0161to smanjuje broj otkucaja srca, stres i anksioznost, i ja\u010da otpornost.\r\n\r\nNije potrebno mnogo da biste usvojili i negovali pozitivnost. Evo nekoliko va\u017enih saveta kako da po\u010dnete:\r\n\r\n\u2022 Vodite dnevnik zahvalnosti. Napravite naviku da svakodnevno zapi\u0161ete tri stvari za koje ste zahvalni.\r\n\u2022 Budite u dru\u0161tvu pozitivnih ljudi. Iznenadi\u0107ete se koliko va\u0161e navike i li\u010dnost mogu uticati na ljude sa kojima provodite vreme.\r\n\u2022 Prihvatite ohrabruju\u0107e afirmacije. Koristite pozitivne afirmacije kako biste podstakli optimisti\u010dan i konstruktivan pogled na \u017eivot.\r\n\u2022 Prevencija hroni\u010dne anksioznosti i stresa\r\n\r\nStres i anksioznost mogu zna\u010dajno skratiti \u017eivot. Na primer, sr\u010dana bolest, mo\u017edani udar ili karcinom plu\u0107a su bolesti za koje se ka\u017ee da su do dva puta verovatnije da \u0107e ubiti osobe koje su pod stresom ili anksiozne.\r\n\r\nDa li znate da osobe koje pate od stresa imaju tri puta ve\u0107i rizik od prerane smrti u odnosu na one koji su opu\u0161teniji? Smeh i optimizam mogu biti dva klju\u010dna leka protiv stresa. Prema istra\u017eivanjima, osobe koje su vi\u0161e pesimisti\u010dne nego optimisti\u010dne imaju 42% ve\u0107i rizik od prerane smrti. Pozitivan pogled na \u017eivot i smeh mogu smanjiti stres i potencijalno produ\u017eiti va\u0161 \u017eivot.\r\n

4. Uspostavite zdrav raspored spavanja<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nSan je neophodan za odr\u017eavanje aktivnosti \u0107elija i za isceljenje tela. Jo\u0161 va\u017enije, nedostatak sna mo\u017ee na kraju na\u0161koditi svakodobnom blagostanju i dugove\u010dnosti. Prema istra\u017eivanjima, pet ili manje sati sna tokom no\u0107i mo\u017ee pove\u0107ati rizik od smrtnosti za \u010dak 15%.\r\n\r\nRedovne navike spavanja, poput odlaska u krevet i bu\u0111enja otprilike u isto vreme svakog dana, verovatno su povezane sa du\u017eim \u017eivotnim vekom. Tako\u0111e, \u010dini se da je va\u017ena i koli\u010dina sna koju dobijamo, budu\u0107i da i premalo i previ\u0161e sna mogu biti \u0161tetni.\r\n\r\nNa primer, spavanje vi\u0161e od 8-9 sati no\u0107u mo\u017ee skratiti \u017eivot za do 38%, dok spavanje manje od 5-7 sati no\u0107u pove\u0107ava rizik od prerane smrti za 12%. Tako\u0111e, nedovoljan san pove\u0107ava \u0161anse za dijabetes, bolesti srca i gojaznost, dok istovremeno podsti\u010de pojavu upala. Sve ove stvari su povezane sa kra\u0107im \u017eivotnim vekom.\r\n\r\nVrlo je verovatnije da \u0107ete \u017eiveti du\u017ee ukoliko se pridr\u017eavate ovih zdravih \u017eivotnih navika.\r\n

5. Komunicirajte<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nOdvojite bar pet minuta svakog dana da se vidite ili \u010dujete sa prijateljima. Ako ne mo\u017eete da se sastanete sa prijateljem ili voljenom osobom li\u010dno, vreme provedeno na ekranu zapravo mo\u017ee biti od koristi jer omogu\u0107ava video razgovor. Uvek je bolje razgovarati licem u lice, ali socijalizacija na bilo koji na\u010din,koja vam poma\u017ee da se ose\u0107ate podr\u017eano, mo\u017ee otkloniti usamljenost i ose\u0107aj izolacije, koji su povezani sa smanjenjem kognitivnih sposobnosti, depresijom, sr\u010danim i mo\u017edanim udarom i preranom smr\u0107u.\r\n\r\nAko je te\u0161ko svakodnevno da kontaktirate sa prijateljima ili voljenom osobom, zbog rasporeda, potrudite se da komunicirate sa prolaznicima ili sa kolegama na poslu. Na primer, lako mo\u017eete da zapo\u010dnete razgovor sa kasirkom u prodavnici pitaju\u0107i kako joj je pro\u0161ao dan, iskazuju\u0107i iskreno interesovanje i volontiraju\u0107i informacije o svom vlastitom danu.\r\n\r\nOsmeh i iskreni kontakt mogu puno zna\u010diti za va\u0161e zdravlje i zdravlje onih koje sre\u0107ete. Mo\u017eda \u010dak sklopite i nova prijateljstva!","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majamayo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}