Mr. Moaning’s Story

In the summer of 2012, David Moaning knew he needed a primary care provider to help him manage his high blood pressure. When someone suggested North by Northeast, he came down on a Thursday night for one of our walk-in clinics. “Right away,” he says, “I knew this was a place where I could get healthy. They sat down and just listened. I thought, ‘Hey, they’re interested in me!’” Five years later, when asked if feels like his health has improved at NxNE, Mr. Moaning says, “I know it’s improved! My high blood pressure and diabetes are under control, I was treated for my hepatitis, and I got my glaucoma taken care of.” Mr. Moaning has been a huge part of his own health improvement. In August 2016 he became one of our Cuts & ChecksTM barbershop blood pressure program’s patient ambassadors, visiting our partner shops twice a month to check blood pressures. He’s put what he learned about hypertension through Cuts & ChecksTM into practice for himself, paying more attention to what he eats, moving more and, this past May, quitting smoking! As he tells it, “I realized I was stepping out for a cigarette while checking blood pressures at the barbershop and coming back smelling like smoke. That’s not right!” When he told Dr. Jill that he wanted to quit, she encouraged him to decide on a date and playfully mentioned that her birthday was coming up. He decided that her birthday would be a great day to quit and hasn’t smoked since. We’re proud to be Mr. Moaning’s primary care clinic and even prouder to call him a partner and friend.