Heart scan score saves local eye doctor and changes employee's lifestyle (10-8-20)

Heart scan score saves local eye doctor and changes employee's lifestyle (10-8-20)

While women are disproportionately affected by heart disease -- 1 in 3 women -- everyone has a heart, and everyone can be at risk... for october's "go red for women's" campaign, here's kq2's kilee thomas -- with how one heart score scan changed an entire business: <<kilee thomas reporting.

Sometimes it takes a loved one getting heart disease to take your own heart health serious.

Sot: susan weipert, optical options- "dr. rosenak was honestly the healthiest one we felt in the office so we thought, 'oh my gosh, if his score was what it was, i can't imagine what ours might be.'" susan weipert had a long family tree of heart disease grandparents to heart attacks and today has an aunt battling heart disease but she said it wasn't until her boss had a run in with heart problems that she thought twice sot: weipert- "dr. rosenak was getting ready to leave for a 14 day hike trip.

Very active, but very tired.

We were surprised to find out that he did not go because he was going to have a quadruple heart bypass surgery."

This prompted the close knit company- optical options- to pay for all of their employees to get their heart score now faced with her own heart health- weipart said the scan itself was easy, but waiting for the results was a different story sot: weipert- "so, it was a little nerve wracking wondering what the results would be."

"and your heart score was?"

"zero."

Zero.

The best heart score possible-she could have continued on with her normal routine- but she wanted to make a change.

Sot: weipert- "i have a lot of preexisting conditions.

Preexisting diabetes, there's some health history and i've gained some weight over the years that's harder to get rid of as you get older.

So, i decided i needed to make some food choices and exercise choices."

Weipert said like her- she hopes hearing someone else's story make people rethink their own heart health.

Sot: weipert- "without the experience of dr. rosenak getting a heart score, it would have never crossed my mind."

Reporting in st.

Joseph, kilee thomas kq2 news.>> this year's "go red for women" luncheon is virtual -- due to the pandemic... it's on zoom tomorrow at noon.

You can find a link to register on our website -- kq2.com.