The Roanoker - July/August 2015 - 10

FROM THE EDITOR / REPAIRS / WORTH A CLICK

The Doctor Years
As the saying goes: Consider the alternative.
IT'S SOMETHING OF a demographic urban myth that we skip the dentist for our
20s, and the regular doctor until well into
our 40s.
Certainly not true of everyone, but there
are those of us who remain secretly proud of
having done such, despite the inadvisability.
Which I'm paying for now, I guess. In
the form of four teeth cleanings a year, from
two different levels of dentistry. Along with
whole new meanings for the likes of 5, 6
and, yikes, 7.
Not to mention the enjoyments of other
semi-geezerly things like colonoscopies, annual checkups, and regular blood-pressure
tests, where the old white-coat syndrome
excuse is now greeted with a perspective that
goes, "Well, if it gets elevated in this stressful setting, Kurt, then we have to assume it
does in others too."

Ooh, all common-sense on me.
Overall point being that I hate going
to the doctor as much as any 12-year-old.
With the accompanying point being that
I am approaching-all these decades beyond being anywhere near 12-the threshold of appreciating the benefits at a level
almost commensureate with hating on the
the going.

WORTH-A-CLICK

TheRoanoker.com

Almost.
And the other overall point being that
when you reach a certain age, you tend to
know and admire certain doctors and dentists first-hand, and you also know and admire some through the experiences of others.
Not that Roanoke is unique to fine
health care providers. But the bounty of
good doctors here goes along with things
like how friendly people are and how great
our outdoors opportunities are to create part
of the Roanoke Valley's charm, reputation
and value as a place to live.
As we say in our intro to this year's Top
Docs (beginning on page 22), those listings
are but one part of finding the right doctor
in the right specialty for you.
But then the word of hundreds of voting nurses can't be all wrong. Happy health.
-KURT RHEINHEIMER

CORRECTIONS
Our apologies for the following errors in
May/June's "Best of Roanoke" results:

1. Vote For Your Favorite Restaurants And WIN!
Visit TheRoanoker.com/DiningBallot16 to cast your ballot in our Readers' Choice Dining

* The sole affiliation for Dr. Nina K. Sweeney

Awards survey and you could win a $100 GIFT CARD!

(Platinum, Best Family Practice Physician) is
Roanoke Partners in Health.

2. More From The Black Hen & Bar Blue
For additional recipes of blood orange sauce, lemon shortbread crumble, and greek yogurt
sorbet, visit TheRoanoker.com/BlackHen.

* Dr. James A. Kelly (Gold, Best OB/GYN)
spells his name as above.

3. More Outdoor Entertaining!

* Ideal Cabinets Design Studio is the correct

For more recipes and a behind-the-scenes video from our outdoor entertaining photo-

business name for the winner of Gold, Best

shoot, visit TheRoanoker.com/Outdoor!

Kitchen & Bath Remodeler and Gold, Best
Custom Cabinetry.

PLUS: GET YOUR FREE E-NEWSLETTERS!
Visit TheRoanoker.com/ENews today to get more exclusive content

In March/April's "Rape: Speaking about the

delivered directly to your inbox every month!

Unspeakable," the outreach to junior and
senior high school girls from the VOICE (Vio-

FOLLOW THE ROANOKER

lence Can End) was undertaken by the Family
Coordinating Council.

10 | JULY/AUGUST 2015

THEROANOKER.COM

http://www.TheRoanoker.com http://www.TheRoanoker.com/DiningBallot16 http://www.TheRoanoker.com/BlackHen http://www.TheRoanoker.com/Outdoor http://www.TheRoanoker.com/ENews http://www.THEROANOKER.COM

The Roanoker - July/August 2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Roanoker - July/August 2015