Your Messages of Hope
For the last 40 years, our neuro-oncology and neuroscience health care professionals have been bringing hope to those affected by a brain tumour. This year, we wanted to bring YOU hope and inspiration with messages from our community. Come back often throughout the year as we add messages.
To the team at Ottawa General Hospital,
Nurse Ellen at Civic – thank you for helping us access information to help my husband before his brain surgery; for being patient with all the questions I had and for allowing my son to stay past visiting time when he was late arriving. Dr Mohammed, you are a very patient man who took a lot of time to explain the brain surgery, its possible outcomes and answering all our questions.
Drs Chang and Nicholas for walking us through the process of radiation and chemo and for consistently answering all our questions – especially the ones that you must get all the time and the ones that may seem silly to ask. Olivia Dore, social worker at the General Campus, for helping us access financial support from Trillium.
Dr. Nicholas for timely answering of our questions and concerns and for referring us Merck who kindly helped us with the medication deductible.
Dr. Alexandra Scott, our family doctor, who held our hands while we tried to maneuver through the confusion.
And to all the staff working in the radiation & MRI departments – your friendly, upbeat attitudes encouraged us when we were feeling overwhelmed, and you made the MRI process for my husband who is claustrophobic more comfortable.
Thank you,
Laurie
