Author: Carol Clinton, MD

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Getting meta with Kerouac – Dr. Carol Clinton is back and she’s kicking off the next batch of podcasts with Kerouac Smith, the guy who records, edits and produces the show. We talk about how his midlife career change came about, what his focus is now and where he’ll go in the future — we find out what his skin in the game is. Check out his podcast — Kerouac to the Future — and come back here as we start exploring what drives other people.

Sunscreen – why I love Colorescience

Colorescience Sunforgettable Brush

Earlier this year, the FDA published a document that divided sunscreens into three categories.
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631736.htm Why should you care?

For years – there have been concerns about some sunscreens that clearly were not suitable for human use or are harmful to the environment and these have been removed from ingredients in sunscreen and are now banned.These are called Category II. Category III sunscreens are chemical sunscreens that research and current knowledge is unclear of their effect on humans and or the environment and more information is needed. Category I sunscreens are proven safe and effective. The physical blocking sunscreens are zinc oxide and titanium are the two items in this category. In recent weeks, Hawaii first and other areas second, have banned some of the Category II sunscreen ingredients from use as they have been deleterious to coral reefs.

How do you find the safe and effective sunscreens? For years, I have been recommending Colorescience Brush – and the two active ingredients for sun protection are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. In addition, so that your skin does not have the white tint that these products give, an iron oxide is used to tint the powder so it matches skin color. We also know that iron oxide also helps protect the skin by shielding it from the blue light which we now know produces free radicals and therefore all the signs of aging.

What additionally may you like to know about Colorescience and their ability to produce sunscreens that are uniquely improved in the world?

The product is photostabilized with a triple coating technology that ensures the product is cohesive and adhesive – to your skin and between particles. The unique characteristics to this zinc and titanium formulation also allows it to not mix with water – allowing it to adhere to your skin through sweating and in wet conditions. This unique property allows sundamage to be blocked – as well as allowing the antioxidants in the product to not be broken down – allowing healing to be accelerated. There is a 65% reduction in free radical production with a standard zinc preparation. With colorescience there is an additional 50% lowering of free radical production.

In additional environmental impacts beyond sun – such as pollution – a normal zinc preparation does not protect from this. With the triple coated technology and the stabilization of zinc, titanium and antioxidants – we can see a 47% reduction of free radical production from pollution.

So the unique preparation of both the ColoreScience power and face shield, using the triple coating patented technology allows a three tier effect of protection for your skin:

1. It protects from free radical production from light – including UV, blue light and infrared light injury. Infrared light injury comes from heat production in the skin which is also diminished with this product.

2. Environmental impact of free radical production is reduced which is unique to this sunscreen which uses the two FDA approved molecules proven to be safe and effective – zinc and titanium.

3. The antioxidants you use and are also in this sunscreen are stabilized and are available to reverse the injury from production of free radicals.

There are additional unique properties to the product – the brush uses antimicrobial bristles to keep and maintain brush freshness. 45% of the product is sunscreen, 55% are additional ingredients to protect, moisturize, or calm your skin.

This is no expiration time for this product – the stabilization of the product maintains it’s effectiveness beyond three years.

This technology is known as enviroscreen. Take a moment to stop in, try it out, and use a layered approach to protect your skin……and while in the office, sign up for Lasting Beauty Rewards to earn rebates to continue to protect your skin.

So, the last year has been tough on my skin – and now I really have my SKIN IN THE GAME. I have not been able to do my basic maintenance treatments. This wasn’t true the first time I went through chemotherapy. This time it was just too much. I did not have the energy to even drive a car some days. I needed to focus on the treatments to get me better and then to regain some energy. A few weeks ago, I started back with my first treatment with Dr. Olah being ThermiVa. As my anatomy has changed over the years with childbirth, menopause, and surgery – it is time to put some energy in the area to help with some very mild stress incontinence. I don’t think surgery would be offered for this issue and Kegel exercises have not helped.

Now – on to my face. I sent a skinscript ahead of time to Ellen Burns, RN and Melinda Rodriguez-Tercius, RN in order to get my appointments scheduled. Ellen and Melinda, by the way, have grown leaps and bounds in their skills in the last year in my absence. I am looking forward to seeing what their hands and knowledge can do for me! Everyone that visits Timeless has a plan -a plan for the issues you are concerned about and a plan for anything we can see additionally that you may be interested in. As with any program that requires professional treatment, there are at home regimens to make the program more successful. Those are also included in your plan. If you haven’t seen your plan and are interested, call the office and we will send it to you!

So today was the day I started back. Some of the changes I have noticed in the last year are increasing laxity in my skin, reddish irritation to my face, decollete degradation with lines and discoloration, loss of volume in my lips and downward pull on my jowls. And my hands – oh they are a mess from the chemotherapy with strange bouts of swelling that have added to an aged look. I would have liked to have done the Secret RF microneedling treatment – but I still have my chemotherapy port and that has metal in it. So for now, I will go with standard microneedling , botox, fillers, chemical peels. And, as chemotherapy has ended, and my hair begins it’s course in growing again – my laser hair removal on my legs needs to be updated! Dermalinfusions will round out the treatments to give my skin a silky smooth appearance.

And – while I was in the office, I was able to chat with one of our patients who I haven’t seen in over a year. She looked fabulous and she shared she was turning 70 this year. I hope to look as good as she does a year from now. It has taken me awhile to get to this place – so it is going to take me awhile to get back to where I want to be! Follow along with me – it’s going to be fun. I will share with you my treatments, my progress and all that is new and exciting at Timeless Skin Solutions!

This is my first YouTube video self produced – please excuse my very humble beginnings!

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Dr. Clinton back at Timeless Skin Solutions beginning to get her skin back in the game!

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Welcome Dr. Yerington to “I’ve got skin in the game” podcast.  This is the second half of Dr. Yerington’s podcast. Dr. Yerington was a practicing anesthesiologist when a career ending disability occurred.  

Dr. Yerington spends time discussing the disability insurance maze that he hopes no one else has to endure.  He also will help you determine if a policy is a good policy for you. We discuss the differences between individual and group policies and what you need to know.

Dr. Yerington has five criteria for a good disability policy:  

1.  Use post tax dollars to pay for the policy

2.  Own occupation is a necessity  

3.  Guaranteed renewable or a noncancellable policy  

4. Have the option to increase in the future  

5.  Know your policy riders

There are certain life events that will cause you to reevaluate your disability insurance.  Here are common times to look at disability insurance: Entering medical school, prior to first pregnancy if you are a woman, prior to residency, at the end of residency, any time you change jobs and/or states of employment.  In your individual policy parameters should not change from year to year. Your group policy parameters will change from year to year.

In regards to life insurance, prior to becoming financially independant, Dr. Yerington recommends having life insurance for 20 times your annual gross income.   Do you have a spouse that does not work? They also need to have great life insurance. Be a habitual saver – find out how this helped Dr. Yerington stay in his own home during the ups and downs of his early journey through disability.

His goal in life is to help physicians protect their most important assets so when they go to work, they know their home and family are taken care of – and they can concentrate on giving their best to patients and society without burning out.

You can contact Dr. Yerington these ways:

Dr. Christopher Yerington:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisyerington/

Website:  https://physiciansincomeprotection.com/

Meet Dr. Christopher Yerington. Dr. Yerington shares with us his personal journey through disability and the cost to him – both financially and personally.  This first episode describes his personal journey through understanding, accepting, and helping others understand the definition of disability.   He has coped with a sudden change in the purpose of his life.  The journey Dr. Yerington shares is raw, honest, dark and scary.

He would love for anyone enduring a disability to be prepared ahead of time so if this event ever visits you, you are protected.  You should understand your disability policies so you can live your life free from financial worry.

Dr. Yerington is a trained anesthesiologist.  When he worked in with patients enduring chronic pain he began with  this prescription for pain management.

This is a prescription he used to write for patients who had gone through 7 or 8 providers before being in the OSU Pain Clinic:
Eat right – mostly vegetables and good variety, some fruits, no meat, no dairy, little to no oil or salt, use spices instead, no alcohol, no smoking or illicit drugs and then add long grain rices and beans to make up calorie counts for height. Drink only water.
Sleep right – 7.5–8.5 hours. Have a consistent bedtime routine, no electronic screens 40–60 minutes before sleep time. Wake up at the same time every day.
Exercise right – Walk every other day 25–35 minutes. Swimming is a great alternative. Be smart about physical activity but do it consistently.
Perform 6 out 7 days for 12 weeks

I believe it is also a good prescription for living.

You can connect with Dr. Yerington through LinkedIn or his website to learn more.

Dr. Christopher Yerington – Physician Disability Advisor & Advocate – Physicians Income Protection LLC | LinkedIn

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Website: https://physiciansincomeprotection.com/

Welcome, Janice Roth.  She carries the diagnosis of ovarian cancer as well.  She was diagnosed at Stage 4 and her niece gave her good advice.  Here she is, seven years and many rounds of chemotherapy later, talking about her journey.  She has been able to see her daughter grow a successful business, Rowe Boutique.  She has seen her daughter get married and is a loving grandmother.  On top of this, she has carried on her husbands legacy of being a warm and gentle man.  Here is a link to the Jack Roth fund.  Follow along and see the amazing work this fund does.

You may wonder who my heroes are – Janice Roth is one of them!

Welcome Jason Carpenter.  He has an inspiring story of facing cancer, not once, but twice.  He shares his inspiring message of continuing his journey as a CEO and working out life priorities – having been given the opportunity twice to consider how he wants to spend his time.

Welcome Heather Ceron as we discuss the legacy of Cleo Gwaltney – grandmother, aunt, inspiration.  Cleo could make you feel like the most important person in her world.  Discover her secret and live a life of love!

Jennifer continues to spread her legacy of live large and live long.  Enjoy listening to the transition of living her legacy following Phil’s passing.

And read her book and pass it on- both the book and the podcast.  So much to  learn from her and her family’s journey!  Phil would be so proud of them.

Here is her website to learn more:  http://jenniferlcarroll.com/

Here is her book – available for purchase on amazon and audible – and other sources as well.  http://jenniferlcarroll.com/books/

If live large, live long and Beyond Invincible resonate with you – connect with Jennifer.  She can chat with you – or speak to your group about this message.  It certainly comes from the heart!  Thank you Jennifer for sharing your story with “I’ve got skin in the game”  – you certainly do!

 

Welcome Jennifer Carroll.   As a journalist, she is a fantastic storyteller and she has many stories to tell! This is part one of a two part podcast.   I met Jennifer in Geneva shortly after her husband passed away from  prostate cancer.  We had the common thread of approaching cancer with positive mindset and actions.  Her sharing of the journey with her family on YouTube in a series called Following Phil was inspirational to me and I have deep gratitude that she and her family shared their journey so others could observe, learn, and appreciate what the family and Phil were experiencing.  Since then Jennifer has written books, encouraged proactive health care testing for men, traveled the world with friends and family, and continued on her quest to honor the beyond invincible legacy she created with her husband Phil.  Learn how habits developed in life, such as be positive, the chuck-it-bucket and the one thing helped sustain her as she lived a normal family life, into the world of cancer and illness and through the valley of grief and healing.  Jennifer’s new book Beyond Invincible is on kindle and hard copies available in mid October.  This link will take you to ordering her book.  Here is Jennifer’s website where you can find all of her messages and the multiple ways to communicate with her via social media and email.

Here is a poem Jennifer shared with me that she wrote shortly after Phil’s death.  I appreciate Jennifer’s strength in sharing her journey and the honesty of this poem.

Alone and Afraid

by Jennifer  Carroll

 

My life was not my own

Together we were one

I was caught in your orbit

Revolving around you

Craving your sun

 

It was my safe place

My sanctuary

My trench in the war

Beside the one I love

…The man I adore

 

Now you’re gone and…

I’m alone and afraid in a world I’ve not made

Trying to find a new sun

New purpose… new passion…new beginning

And then…

I will find my fix

And rediscover Jenn again!

 

Never did I dream, at this stage of life

We would be apart

I must keep searching to find the rainbows after the rain

And healing the hurt in my heart

 

Grief is like a shipwreck

Struggling for breath as the storm tears apart the world you know

Waves cashing down pulling you into the darkness below

You hold on tight to the wreckage

With a firm grip on never letting go

 

In time, the waves come farther apart

Not as bold, not as strong, not as fast

You can see them building from afar

You can prepare for their attack

Still desperately hanging onto the broken pieces of your past

 

Then they pass…and there is calm in the storm

You find yourself drifting, surviving, dreaming once again

Of the sun and the life that was

Not now…but back then.

 

I find strength in the memory of you holding my hand

Dancing and laughing and walking in the sand

Watching the hummingbirds

Marveling at their glory

Now, they’ve come to symbolize our story

They float free of time

Represent love and hope

 

I never want to truly let you go

Like a scar left behind from the shipwreck

A reminder to keep sailing

With all hands on deck

 

I will keep breathing, moving on and searching for the sun

There’s a flicker of light in my future

With one life over…a new one has begun.

I will always love you and miss you on this new journey of life

For the greatest blessing God gave me was you!

I loved being your lover, your friend, and your wife!

Jennifer has again inspired me.  As I approach the end of my treatment in early October, I can begin to imagine the multiple small steps back to wellness.  I look forward to posts from October forward talking about regaining physical strength and feeling back to myself.  Kind of reminds me of pregnancy – it takes nine months to have a baby – and takes time to recover.  I look forward to the recovery.