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04/20/2017 ISSUE 16

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56 Vero Beach 32963 / April 20, 2017 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

HEALTH

Vitrectomy: Vacuuming up ‘floaters’ for better eyesight

BY TOM LLOYD news is there is now a safe and effec-
Staff Writer tive way to get rid of them.

Floaters, in everyday parlance, are Dr. Robert Reinauer at Vero Beach’s
those hard-to-define shapes (often New Vision Eye Center explains.
called specks, strings, amoeba-like il-
lusions or cobwebs) that sometimes “Floaters,” Reinauer says, “are main-
appear – seemingly out of nowhere – ly vitreous. You have a vitreous gel in
within our field of vision. the center of your eye and that’s what
makes up the majority of your eye. A
Medically speaking, these annoy- basketball is filled with air. The eye is
ing floaters are complex, but the good filled with mainly vitreous gel.”

“That vitreous gel is a jello-type

Dr. Robert Reinauer. PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE

substance,” Reinauer continues, “that of an age-related numbers game and
is 98 percent water and about 2 per- Reinauer uses percentages to make
cent collagen. That’s collagen – like that point.
in our skin – and as time goes on, it
wrinkles and shrinks and will pull “Everybody,” says the likable Rein-
away from the back of the eye. That’s auer, “will get floaters or have a poste-
what creates floaters.” rior vitreous separation as time goes
on – 40 percent of patients over 40
The National Eye Institute says years old have it; 50 percent over 50; 60
that while the vast majority of people percent over 60 years old; and 70 per-
learn to ignore these visual anomalies, cent over 70. By the time you’re 90, 90
roughly 10 percent of the U.S. popula- percent of patients have vitreous gel
tion suffers a more extreme form of vi- come off the back of the eye.”
sual impairment due to floaters.
“Most eye floaters are caused by
According to the American Soci- age-related changes inside the vit-
ety of Retina Specialists, floaters can reous chamber of the eye,” reports
in some cases persistently interfere the Mayo Clinic. “Microscopic fibers
with a person’s vision. That can make within the vitreous tend to clump to-
simple tasks such as reading or even gether and cast tiny shadows on the
safely navigating a flight of stairs retina which is what appears to us as
more difficult. floaters. They become more and more
common with age.”
They can also make driving a car
safely a nearly impossible task. The best way to eliminate floaters,
according to Reinauer, is a procedure
Floaters, it turns out, are something

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HEALTH

known as a “vitrectomy.” HAIR’S SOME VERY COOL NEWS
Even a cursory description of that FOR BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS

procedure is probably not for the BY TOM LLOYD That’s because chemotherapy drugs epithelial cells that are part of hair fol-
squeamish. An outpatient surgery Staff Writer are powerful chemical compounds licles. Not surprisingly, certain chemo
with local anesthesia, a vitrectomy specifically designed to attack rapidly drugs find those cells every bit as invit-
“sucks out” floaters and the vitreous Adding insult to injury, some of the growing cancer cells. ing a target as cancer cells.
debris that causes them. Meanwhile, very chemotherapy drugs used to
nearly all the vitreous gel within the eradicate breast cancer cells also cause Unfortunately, they also attack other But there’s now a way to potentially
eye is also removed and replaced by a countless women to lose their hair as rapidly growing cells they encounter put the brakes on those follicle-killing
sterile saline solution which, Reinauer they undergo treatment. and some of the fastest growing cells in chemo drugs for a substantial number
says, “your body re-filters over about the human body just happen to be the
24-36 hours.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 58

But the results are both immediate
and impressive.

“I would say 95 percent, if not more,
of patients who have it done in one eye
[immediately] want it done in the oth-
er eye,” says Reinauer.

“But what I really like,” he continues,
“is that my patients are happy.”

And that happiness comes in many
forms. One in particular clearly
touched Reinauer.

“I had one gentleman who would
volunteer for his church. He would
drive the school bus for kids – go pick
them up and take them on field trips,”
but because of severe floaters, says
the 38-year-old Reinauer, “he had to
quit doing that. We did his vitrectomy
surgery on both eyes and he said, ‘You
know what? I finally feel safe enough
that I can go back to doing those bus
trips again.’”

Reinauer, who served his residency
at Detroit’s famed Kresge Eye Institute,
has now performed over 1,000 vitrec-
tomy procedures here in Vero Beach.

The smile on Reinauer’s face does
momentarily fade when the topic of
another “floater-removal” procedure
comes up. The ones that use lasers.

Laser vitreolysis, or laser removal of
floaters, is not what it says it is, accord-
ing to Reinauer. “You do not remove
anything when you use a laser.” In-
stead, he explains, “You are breaking
floaters up into small pieces. In other
words,” he continues, “you’re taking a
big problem and making it into mul-
tiple small problems and hoping that
those multiple small problems are an
improvement.”

Moreover, on a consumer-finance
related note, Reinauer points out
Medicare and most insurances will
pay for vitrectomy procedures but
not for laser-based “removals” of eye
f loaters.

And while no ophthalmology or
optometry associations mention it,
one of the side benefits to any vi-
sion improvement procedure must
certainly be getting a clearer look at
Reinauer’s super-snazzy, hyper-col-
orful socks, which are sort of mini-
trademark of this particular highly
skilled retinal surgeon.

Dr. Robert Reinauer is with New Vi-
sion Eye Center at 1055 37th Place in
Vero. The phone is 772-257-8700. 

58 Vero Beach 32963 / April 20, 2017 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 57 HEALTH

of patients. and dribbles from melting ice packs. Carrie Sansone with the Dignicap.
According to Carrie Sansone, admin- By cooling the scalp to carefully cali-
PHOTO: GORDON RADOFRD
istrative assistant at the Scully-Welsh brated levels, the Dignicap machine
Cancer Center, the FDA has approved narrows the blood vessels beneath the
an updated device for “scalp hypother- skin which, in turn, reduces the vol-
mia” for female breast cancer patients ume of chemotherapy drugs that are
called a “Dignicap.” able to reach the hair follicles.

This particular innovation is actually The fewer chemo drugs in the fol-
a modern update of a relatively old and licles, the less likely those follicles are
simple concept. The idea is to keep the to die and therefore the less likely hair
scalp (and therefore the hair follicles) is to fall out.
cool. Or downright chilled. And while
ice packs and ice bags were used in the Even this newest innovation, how-
past, this modern incarnation consists ever, is not a sure thing for everyone.
of a high-tech hood and console with
built-in sensors and no messy drips The Journal of the American Medical
Association cites a 66.3 percent success
rate in avoiding hair loss in one multi-

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center study which, while impressive, Always on go? Fix that overactive bladder
means the treatment did not work the
remaining one third of patients in- BY TOM LLOYD their doctor about the problem. Specialists here in Vero Beach, says
volved. Staff Writer OAB can and does force people – OAB can now be effectively (and dis-
creetly) treated.
Why the machine works for some Here’s the bad news: Overactive consciously or sub-consciously – to
and not others is not exactly clear. bladder – or OAB – is incredibly com- avoid social gatherings or spending As with just about any medical prob-
mon. time with family. It can even make lem, proper diagnosis is key.
The American Cancer Society ad- them put off vacations because they’re
mits, “It can be hard to predict which Some 33 million Americans will afraid their sudden and intense urges Davila explains why: “If I tell you the
patients will lose their hair and which seek medical help for OAB this year, to urinate may lead to “an accident” symptoms of prostatitis, they would
ones won’t, even when they take the and the Urology Care Foundation that will embarrass them. be similar to the symptoms of overac-
same drugs.” speculates that many millions more tive bladder. If I tell the symptoms of
are just too embarrassed to talk to Here’s the good news: Urologist Dr. a benign growth of your prostate or
And that’s where it gets really com- Hugo Davila, with Florida Healthcare
plex. Some chemo drugs are more like- CONTINUED ON PAGE 60
ly to lead to hair loss than others.

The Journal of Clinical Oncology
cites Hexalen, Paraplatin, Taxotere
and Neosar as being among the chemo
agents most likely to cause hair loss.

Asking your doctor or medical bariat-
ric physician if the drugs prescribed for
you are more or less likely to lead to hair
loss is certainly an option but remem-
ber: He or she prescribed those drugs
specifically as the best way to treat your
particular type and stage of cancer.

Still, the possibility that up to two-
thirds of breast cancer chemo patients
might no longer have to face the added
stress of losing their hair during treat-
ments prompted Answer-to-Cancer
co-chairs, Carole Plante and the late
Donald Casey to take action.

In 2016, the local nonprofit raised
$96,000 to fund the lease of a Dignicap
machine for Scully-Welsh – and they
didn’t stop with just the lease.

Sansone, who has 18 years of oncol-
ogy work backing her up, explains the
device’s manufacturer, Dignitana,
charges $200 for each treatment, but
Plante very proudly and emphatically
states “nobody pays” at Scully-Welsh.

Answer-to-Cancer’s generous dona-
tion picks up the tab for those charges.

Plante, herself a 30-year cancer sur-
vivor, faced the disease a second time
when her daughter was diagnosed with
breast cancer up in Maryland and had
to endure the emotional and psycho-
logical stress that hair loss can add to
an already tough ordeal.

The Dignicap treatments, which just
started here this January, can be some-
thing of an ordeal themselves. Accord-
ing to Sansone, “patients have to have
[the device] on about an hour before
their chemo starts, so we put it on
while they’re getting their pre-meds.
And then, depending on which che-
mo agent they’re getting, they have to
sit between two and three hours after
the chemo drugs are infused. So they
could be here five or six hours.”

Still, as JAMA points out, “any inter-
vention that can prevent or reduce the
severity of chemotherapy-induced hair
loss is sure to be eagerly welcomed by
both patients and oncologists.”

For more information, contact the
Scully-Welsh Cancer Center at 772-563-
4673. 















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PETS

Bonzo very impressed by vivacious Victoria

Hi Dog Buddies! months old. I was with my seven litter- sailboat ride was on Dad’s
mates. They were fallin’ all over them-
Victoria Herendeen is super energet- selves to be cute, but I kinda hung out shoulder. Didn’t take me
ic, with personality plus. She’s just 2, over to the side, ponderin’. Anyhoo,
so she’s got lotsa puppy in her still. You Mom wanted a dog. Dad had a dog in long to get my Seapaws.
know, learnin’ a lotta stuff, but can’t college but it was Big. A Dobie. An I was
wait to get on to the next fun thing. Small. So he’s like, ‘WELLLL, I’m just And, since we don’t have
not SUUURE. I gotta THINK about it.’
When I found out Victoria is a Kees- any ackshull cows or
hond/Schipperke/Mini Australian “I had decided I wanted ’em to be my
Shepherd/cattle dog mix, I thought to Forever Family. But they’re headin’ for sheep to herd, I herd
myself, “Huh?” the gate. So I run over to the gate like,
‘Hey, guys, did you forget something? boats. I leap from one to
So I Googled and found out some What about ME? Hey! Wait UP!’ I want-
stuff: For hundreds of years, Kees- ed to tell Dad it’s only my body that’s another and pull on the
honds guarded river barges along the small. The rest of me is Totally Big Dog.
Rhine; the slightest thing can get them I knew he’d find that out if he’d just give ropes and try to bunch
barking. Schipperkes also guarded me a chance.”
barges, and this kinda pooch’d be a ’em together. Back when
great second mate for a boat owner. “Obviously, it all worked out,” I said.
They bark for entertainment as well “Yes, Thank Lassie! For a while there, I was real little, Dad took
as danger. The mini-Shepherds love to I thought I’d missed the Doggie Door of
play, an never outgrow the puppy stage Opportunity.” me out on his paddle
and they and the cattle dogs are hard- “Timing is everything. So, what’s life
wired to herd. After yapping with Vic- like these days?” board. It was PAWsome.
toria, I could see them all in her. “FUN, Mr. Bonzo! Most Friday eve-
nings at 6, me an Mom an Dad meet up But I accidentally fell
Victoria and her Mom and Dad, Lisa with a buncha other pooches and their
an Mark, were waiting for me and my humans for our Weekly Dog Walk! off. WELL, Dad totally
assistant at their office. “Bark, bark, Then we all ushully go out to dinner af-
bark, bark, bark!” said Victoria, bounc- ter. Didja know Melbourne’s real Pooch freaked out. But I just
ing an wagging happily around me and Frenly? My favorite place is Mustard’s
my assistant, til her Mom an Dad said Last Stand. They have ‘Fido Friendly’ dog paddled back to
to stop. seating. Friday Fest is also fun. Lotsa
new humans and pooches to meet. shore. I mean, hellOO.”
“Oops! Right!” said Victoria. She ex- Mom says I’m a Conversation Starter.
ecuted a neat Wag-and-Sniff, followed The Keys are totally Pooch Frenly, too. “So. What kinda
by introductions all ’round. Then she Have ya been down? It’s Pooch Heaven!
said, with a big smile, “Woof! Mr. Bon- In Islamorada, I hang out with Lily, an work do you do?” Victoria, the water dog. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN THACKER
zo, I think I got that right, didn’t I? I’ve at home it’s my neighbor, Ziggy, an also “We’re Real-Tors.
been practicin’! So this is our office. We my step-cats, MollyGale and Dittie. I
can sit over here at the table?” scooch stealthily though the grass on I’m not certain what
my tummy, just like them.”
Victoria is neat and pretty. She most- “Cats. You don’t say. Whaddya do for Pretend Tors are, but we’re the real Oh, an, guess what? I took a Be-
ly looks like a Schipperke, ’cept they’re exercise?”
ushully black, an she’s white, except for “I love bein’ in the water. After I hadda ones. We sell houses an stuff. I’m Of- havior Course at Petco and got a real
her head. And she has pointy, stand- have knee surgery, I even did water re-
up-straight ears. Her tail is bushy, like hab at the vet’s. I also enjoy runnin’ on fice Greeter and Shredder. I attend cli- diPLOma! That’s an Important Paper
the Keeshond, but hers doesn’t curl up. the beach. An boats: the paddle board,
the kayak, the cat, any of ’em. My first ent meetings, cuz I have a good instink you’re not s’pose to chew up or pee on.
“I’m ready to hear your story, Miss
Victoria.” for humans. I can tell if they’re nice, or I think Mom’s gonna hang it on the

“Mom and Dad got me when I was 4 not. Mostly they’re nice. I’m also the wall.”

Night Watchdog and believe me, Mr. I was still smiling when we said our

Bonzo, when I bark my Big, Serious goodbyes.

Bark, nobody’d ever dream I wasn’t a Heading home, I was thinking

Big Dog.” about how happy and frenly and en-

“Umm, you said Shredder. What, ex- thusiastic little Miss Victoria is about

actly, does that enTAIL?” life. I wish somebody could put all

“Er, well, I like to, on occasion, you that in a spray can so we could spray

know, eat paper. One time I ate some- it on Grumps.

thing Dad called a Check. He got pretty

upset. Till next time,
The Bonz
“He said, ‘Oh, FINE! NOW I’m gonna
hafta call this guy and tell him ‘My Dog Don’t Be Shy
Ate Your Check.’ I mean, how was I to
know?” We are always looking for pets
with interesting stories.
I tried really hard not to laugh. “Any
favorite treats?”

“Sure. Chicken and lamb jerky. And

the Mailman always has treats for me. To set up an interview, email
I wait by the mail slot every day. Even [email protected].
the Substitute Mail Person has treats.















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REAL ESTATE

display cabinet, stainless steel appli- desk and storage. Perhaps the room’s
ances, recessed lighting and polished most appealing aspect is its charming
gray granite countertops. The 2-level bay window and cozy window seat,
island accommodates storage, dish- which clearly extends an invitation to
washer, lunch bar and a deep double curl up with a book, maybe even write
sink. an actual letter, or simply daydream.

The sink, Sheridan points out, faces Down the hall toward the foyer is
the river, thus turning the drudgery of another wonderful, flexible room,
various sink-related tasks into an op- currently Sheridan’s office. A hand-
portunity to savor the inspiring water some built-in occupies one entire
view, including, she notes, dolphins wall, with plenty of desk space,
playing and kayakers gliding past. shelves and storage. The walls here
are a toasty gold grass cloth and
A hallway off the kitchen leads to the floors are wood. As throughout
a corner guest bedroom on the west the house, all cabinetry and trim is
side, with sea blue carpeting, full white.
bath, walk-in closet and access to its
own patio. Also off the kitchen is the The master suite, on the east side, is
laundry room, which accesses the a haven of peace and tranquility. The
2-bay garage. walls have only the softest whisper of
color, a delicate, almost ethereal blue-
Near the laundry is a “hidden” gray. The recessed lighting, pale car-
room, currently set up as an office. peting, custom built-in dresser and
Here, the floor is a glowing warm shelving unit all contribute to the re-
wood, and there is ample room for

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laxed ambiance. A double glass door gence, with white cabinets, double
lets onto a private patio, featuring an sink with creamy countertop, gleam-
exquisite waterfall fountain, which is ing white Jacuzzi soaking tub atop a
lighted at night, one of Sheridan’s fa- tiled surround. Above the tub, a tall
vorite features. cathedral window with white plan-
tation shutters offers the bather a
The master bath is all about indul-

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great view, and some privacy. Square in ambient light. The south bedroom
white floor tiles cornered with tiny features a bay window, revealing the
diamond-shaped tiles are very retro magnificent river view.
and perfect for this room. Delicate
pale pink wallpaper with powder blue The Moorings is among Vero’s
flowers is used to great effect. The most prestigious private club com-
bathroom lighting is recessed, and munities. Amenities include a pri-
make-up friendly. The room also fea- vate beach, the Pete Dye golf course
tures a glass shower, water closet and with riverfront clubhouse, and a
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More homeowners using refinancing to free up cash

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY for remodeling their homes or con- percent equity levels that some banks Kiefer, deputy chief economist at
Washington Post solidating high-interest credit card set as the minimum required for cash- Freddie Mac, notes that today’s level
balances and other debts. Lenders outs “could disappear quickly,” as of cash extractions is nowhere near
They’re either a valuable financial don’t audit what borrowers do with they did in 2008 and 2009. what it was for much of the past de-
tool for homeowners or a harbinger of the cash they pull out, so some of the cade.
trouble on the horizon: Cash-out refi- money could well be spent on cars, Jurow sees hints of trouble brew-
nancings, which were wildly popular overseas vacations or ongoing house- ing in a handful of micro markets And, unlike the permissive lend-
during the housing boom years and hold expenses. such as luxury condominiums in ing practices during the boom years,
which contributed to the severity of New York, Miami and San Francisco, today’s cash-out borrowers tend to
the crash, are on the rise again. But when cash-out refis begin to where prices are softening or declin- have solid credit, and their post-
soar, is that a positive or negative ing. refinancing loan-to-value ratios are
National mortgage investor Fred- indicator for the housing market’s much lower. 
die Mac reports that 45 percent of all health? Critics such as Connecticut- Other experts disagree. Leonard
home-loan refinancings in the final based real estate analyst Keith Jurow
three months of last year involved say the trend today is reminiscent of
cash-outs. That was the highest per- the tail end of the boom years – and a
centage since the end of 2008. little worrisome.

In a cash-out transaction, borrow- Although banks and other lenders
ers come away with a new mortgage may have more-rigorous underwrit-
that is larger than the one being re- ing standards than they did during
placed. The borrowers pocket the dif- the 2003-2008 period, he says, they
ference between the old balance and may be “overconfident” about how
the new mortgage amount and can long housing-price inflation will
spend it on anything they choose. continue and how much of an eq-
uity cushion borrowers should be re-
Much of the current cash-out surge quired to maintain.
is the result of steadily rising home
prices and equity holdings since In the event of a financial market
2012. With more equity, rising num- correction, which Jurow sees as a dis-
bers of owners have been attracted to tinct possibility, home-price inflation
the idea of using a cash-out refi to pay could cease and the 15 percent or 20

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REAL ESTATE

Ocean Drive condo project gets Planning and Zoning OK

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN Artist rendering tion, who are experienced oceanfront
Staff Writer developers.

The Vero Beach Planning and Zon- Neighborhood condo association
ing Commission has approved the representatives who spoke during the
site plan for 4091 Ocean Dr., a six- public hearing were mostly support-
unit condo building slated to break ive of the project.
ground this summer.
Coastmark bought the .67-acre
Commissioners had few questions property across from the Conn Beach
for developers/owners Yane Zana and boardwalk for $1.9 million in Octo-
Brian Curley of Coastmark Construc- ber, according to Zana and county
property records. The purchase in-
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FEMA and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection dictate the
lower level walls will break away so wa-
ter flow is not dammed during a flood
event. Zana said the below-grade ma-
sonry wall will be cut every four feet.

Steel-reinforced concrete piers/col-
umns will start 25 feet below grade
and extend upward through the stories
above to provide primary structural
support for the residences, Zana said.
Although code requires “inhabited
space” start 17.5 feet above the flood-
plain, the first floor at 4091 Ocean will
be about 22 feet above floodplain.

The building will be within the 35-
foot height requirement, Vero Beach
Planning and Development Director
Tim McGarry said, although the peak
of the roof will be 13 feet above that,
because height is measured from the
ground to the eaves, “the embellish-
ment” on top not counting.

Zana said all the condos, which will
start at about around $1.35 million,
will have ocean views. “The views are
great from all floors and obviously get
better with each higher floor. They
will mirror what was constructed at
the Chelsea Condominium two doors
to the north.”

Entry to the 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath
units will be from the side street,
while ocean views will be from balco-
nies facing the boardwalk.

“The residences will feature Sub-
zero and Wolf appliances, natural
limestone flooring, exotic quartz-
ite and marble counter tops, an ex-
tensive millwork package with solid












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