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HEALTH AND WELLNESS Erin Ashley · One on One With a Professional

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's
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  Speaker 1: time now for one on one of the pro and
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  Speaker 1: I am a physician's assistant Aaron Ashley with us today. Erin,
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  Speaker 1: how are you today?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great, Thanks for having me back. How are you today?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I'm wonderful. It's always great to have you on board.
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  Speaker 1: We have so many questions. You're a new neighbor right
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  Speaker 1: across the street from KWAPA here on Frank Phillips from
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  Speaker 1: the radio station with health and Wellness, and my goodness sakes,
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  Speaker 1: it's great to have you here in the neighborhood. Today.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk about a couple of different things.
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  Speaker 1: First one will be preventative health and tell us why
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  Speaker 1: that is so important.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, thanks again for having us on. And we've
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  Speaker 2: had several new patients that's walked in our doors and
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  Speaker 2: they've given you your radio station the credit for how
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  Speaker 2: they heard about it. So we're definitely grateful for giving
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  Speaker 2: us the opportunity to speak on your radio station. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: my name is Erin Ashley. I'm a physician assistant. I'm
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  Speaker 2: one of the main providers there at at our location
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  Speaker 2: at Bartles phill You have preventive health. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: preventive health is it's kind of in the name, prevention
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  Speaker 2: is in the name. It's really about focusing on preventing illnesses,
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  Speaker 2: screening for items with this goal of catching something early,
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  Speaker 2: and really catching something early can make a massive difference
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  Speaker 2: in the patient's outcomes. And so I really think that
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  Speaker 2: we need to make a I think healthcare in general
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  Speaker 2: needs to be a little bit better at this. We
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  Speaker 2: need to make a shift in medicine from reactive to proactive,
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  Speaker 2: so proactively approaching our health versus just reacting to maybe
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  Speaker 2: you know, all these symptoms we've had for months or years,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, if you think about things like
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  Speaker 2: diabetes and hypertension, they're really silent illnesses in most instances.
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  Speaker 2: In the beginning, you may not have any symptoms, and
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  Speaker 2: you may have diabetes or high blood pressure for years
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  Speaker 2: and not really know it if you're not going to
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  Speaker 2: see a doctor. So that's why preventative health is so important.
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  Speaker 2: You just never know what could be going on that
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  Speaker 2: you aren't even aware of. So that's why I really
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  Speaker 2: and encourage people to start young. You're never too young
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  Speaker 2: to have a primary care doctor and to be having
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  Speaker 2: those preventive care discussions with your primary care position.
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  Speaker 1: Amen on that. I know a person who found out
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  Speaker 1: that he was diabetic and the doctors said that you've
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  Speaker 1: probably been this way for ten years, you just didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: It's like yeah, yeah, and so being always keeping an
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  Speaker 1: eye on things great and staying ahead of it. What
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  Speaker 1: are the current preventative guidelines and recommendations these days?
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  Speaker 2: So there's really a lot and to you know, for
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  Speaker 2: conciseness of this conversation, I think the best place to
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  Speaker 2: start is just a wellness visit with your provider, and
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  Speaker 2: it's recommended that you see your provider at least annually,
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  Speaker 2: even if you have no chronic medical conditions or diagnoses
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  Speaker 2: that you know of getting in with your doctor once
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  Speaker 2: a year for a wellness visit is really just the
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  Speaker 2: foundational principle of preventative health. And the reason that this
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  Speaker 2: is important is because you know, I personally like to
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  Speaker 2: get annual labs on my patients, looking at their cholesterol
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  Speaker 2: all levels, screening for diabetes, looking at their thyroid function,
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  Speaker 2: their kidneys, their liver, you know, all these different things
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  Speaker 2: that labs can give us information about. And then even
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  Speaker 2: just the simplicity of checking vitals. You know, your blood
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  Speaker 2: pressure could be a little higher than you realize and
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  Speaker 2: not know it. And also just to open the door
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  Speaker 2: for discussions around lifestyle if you're interested in starting an
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  Speaker 2: exercise program or you're interested in some weight management options.
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  Speaker 2: Really that annual wellness visit is a great place just
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  Speaker 2: for a strong foundation. There's a lot of age based screenings,
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  Speaker 2: genetic based screenings, gender based screenings. You know, in general,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of cardiodoscular risk factors that we can
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  Speaker 2: look at with certain labs vityls. You know, based on
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  Speaker 2: your family history. There may be some genetic based screenings
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  Speaker 2: that are recommended for males. We talk about things like
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  Speaker 2: prostate cancer screenings, colon cancer screenings for females, we talk
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  Speaker 2: about cervical cancer screenings and breast cancer screenings, and then
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  Speaker 2: colon as well for the female. And this can all
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  Speaker 2: sound a little overwhelming, you know, when you kind of say, say,
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  Speaker 2: I have this massive list of things I need to do,
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  Speaker 2: but it is really important. I recently read a study
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  Speaker 2: that said sixty percent of colon cancer deaths could have
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  Speaker 2: been prevented with appropriate screening. Oh my, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that that's staggering. That if we just really prioritize the screenings.
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  Speaker 2: We could be catching things so much sooner, which could
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  Speaker 2: ultimately change the course of that diagnosis. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think it's really important. The same with breast cancer. I
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  Speaker 2: read recently that sixty five percent of breast cancer could
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  Speaker 2: have been caught much earlier if regular screenings were completed,
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's just important to think about. You know,
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  Speaker 2: why preventative health is important because it truly can change
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  Speaker 2: the outcome of a diagnosis.
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  Speaker 1: And there you go goes back to proactive as opposed
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  Speaker 1: to react it. Wow, we' those were astounding stats. Focusing
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  Speaker 1: on women's health. What are the recommended screenings for the ladies?
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  Speaker 2: So for women, cervical cancer screening is recommended. So those
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  Speaker 2: top smears the most women hate doing every year with
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  Speaker 2: HPV testing, you know, they are important because really cervical
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  Speaker 2: cancer is asymptomatic for a very very long time, and
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  Speaker 2: so you could be having something going on with without
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  Speaker 2: realizing it. Those mammograms also not fun, but we're supposed
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  Speaker 2: to be starting those at age forty and even sooner
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  Speaker 2: if you have certain family or family history, that age
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  Speaker 2: forty could be earlier. You know, it's ten years before
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  Speaker 2: the diagnosis of diagnosis of a family member, and so
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  Speaker 2: I think it's important to especially on that note, not
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  Speaker 2: to ignore symptoms. I mean, I've had two friends this
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  Speaker 2: year diagnosed with breast cancer at thirty one and thirty four,
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  Speaker 2: And so even if you're not at the minimum age
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  Speaker 2: for recommendations, if you have something that is concerning, do
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  Speaker 2: not ignore it. Definitely get help for colon cancer screening.
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  Speaker 2: This doesn't just go for females, this goes for males
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  Speaker 2: as well. But the recommendation is to start colon cancer
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  Speaker 2: screening at age forty five. Again, unless there's a family history,
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  Speaker 2: it could be sooner. But we have lots of options
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  Speaker 2: now outside of colonoscopies, so don't let the thought of
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  Speaker 2: a colonoscopy scare you away. We have some much less
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  Speaker 2: invasive options now for colon king through screenings. That's really awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Also for females and males. Also as osteoporosis screening, we
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  Speaker 2: typically start that at sixty five and do that every
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  Speaker 2: couple of years. So those are the main things for
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  Speaker 2: women's health, and you know, some of them cross over
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  Speaker 2: to mails as well.
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  Speaker 1: When we talk about primary care and having a primary doctor,
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  Speaker 1: why is this so widely important?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely? You know, having a primary care doctor, you are
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  Speaker 2: attached to them, you're on their list of patients. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that's so important because then you have a
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  Speaker 2: doctor that's in your corner, that's available to you if
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  Speaker 2: you ever need anything. I mean, of course, you know,
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  Speaker 2: this preventive aspect of care is really important, and having
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  Speaker 2: someone that you can, you know, go into and make
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  Speaker 2: sure that you're monitoring your preventative health. But also if
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  Speaker 2: something were to happen, you have someone to go to,
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  Speaker 2: versus you don't have a primary care doctor and you
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  Speaker 2: have a pretty sudden concern. You know, you may be
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  Speaker 2: waiting a couple of weeks to get in with a
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  Speaker 2: primary care physician because you don't have that relationship already established.
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  Speaker 2: And I read recently that nearly about a third of
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  Speaker 2: Americans don't have a primary care provider, and this is
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  Speaker 2: astonishing to me. And a lot of it is we
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  Speaker 2: don't prioritize our health. We don't think it's important. We're
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  Speaker 2: all busy, you know, we're maybe we're in a position
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  Speaker 2: where we're working a lot or caring for someone else.
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  Speaker 2: But establishing that relationship is really important, and it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: mean you have to go see them all the time.
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  Speaker 2: I mean you can have a primary care doctor that
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  Speaker 2: you see once every six months or once a year
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  Speaker 2: if you don't have any you know, ongoing health concerns
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  Speaker 2: and you're not on any medications. So just getting in
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  Speaker 2: for that initial visit and establishing that relationship is so
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  Speaker 2: important because then you have someone to turn to, You
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  Speaker 2: have an office to call, even if you're out of
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  Speaker 2: town and need advice, you know, So I think it's
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  Speaker 2: important to definitely get that relationship established.
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  Speaker 1: Folks, you're listening to Aaron Ashley. She's physicians Assisted at
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  Speaker 1: Health and Wellness right here in Bartonsville, right across from
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  Speaker 1: the radio station on Quappa at Frank Phillips Boulevard and
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  Speaker 1: going along with the primary care at Health and Wellness.
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  Speaker 1: What primary care services do you offer?
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  Speaker 2: We offer really just about everything from a primary care standpoint.
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  Speaker 2: We can do in house labs my Wonderful Soon nurses
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  Speaker 2: for Sean and Katie can get you drawn while you're there.
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  Speaker 2: We'll send it off for you. We usually get results
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  Speaker 2: back in a couple of days. We are able to
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  Speaker 2: help you schedule any imaging that you need. You know
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  Speaker 2: your mammogram. Oftentimes we can getch you an appointment before
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  Speaker 2: you walk out the door. We definitely and then we
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  Speaker 2: also are in the final stages of getting the right
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  Speaker 2: supplies we need to do pops, so we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to do the pop smears in office as well.
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  Speaker 2: We have coon cancer screening options in our clinic. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we really have the ability to do almost everything that
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  Speaker 2: you would need from like a primary care and preventative
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  Speaker 2: health standpoint. So I definitely recommend people come in and
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  Speaker 2: get an appointment.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Aaron Ashley, what is the first step for
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  Speaker 1: patients if they want to start paying clothes for attention
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  Speaker 1: to their health?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, the very first step is getting an appointment. I
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  Speaker 2: know I sound like a broken record, but that is
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  Speaker 2: really the first step. Give us a call. You can,
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  Speaker 2: Like you said, we're right there across the street from you.
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  Speaker 2: You can give us a call. Are for numbers five
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  Speaker 2: three nine three three seven zero zero zero six. You
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  Speaker 2: can walk in and make an appointment. We are open
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  Speaker 2: seven days a week, so we're and we open at
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  Speaker 2: seven am, so we have those early appointments if you
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  Speaker 2: need that, But definitely call us, make an appointment, let
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  Speaker 2: us know what you need what you're wanting to get
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  Speaker 2: taken care of, and we're happy to could definitely become
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  Speaker 2: your primary care provider. You know, we're coming into a
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  Speaker 2: new year, and so this is a time where a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people start thinking about out maybe making health
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  Speaker 2: a priority for the first time. We see a lot
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  Speaker 2: of New Year's resolutions, we see a lot of different
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  Speaker 2: health goals that are set, and so you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: a new year, and so I think this is a
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  Speaker 2: really great time to think about, how can in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five I make my health a priority and calling
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  Speaker 2: and making that first appointment is definitely the first step.
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  Speaker 2: I always say, especially women, Women are really good at
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  Speaker 2: caring for everyone around them. I've got kids, I work
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  Speaker 2: full time, I get it. But we have to remember
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  Speaker 2: that we can't take care of others until we take
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  Speaker 2: care of ourselves. And so I think it's just really
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  Speaker 2: important to take that hour out of your life and
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  Speaker 2: go set up a relationship with the primary care provider.
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  Speaker 1: Best advice I've heard all year. Aaron Ashley is with
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  Speaker 1: Health and Wellness right across the street from the radio
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  Speaker 1: station Frank Phillips and Quapa here in bartles Field. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for being our guest on one on one with.
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  Speaker 2: The pro we are. I'm honored, Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate it.