A Post for Every Oncology Medical Practitioner

I have often spoke about how nurses, doctors and other medical practitioners just don ' t ' ' get it ' because they have never been through it themselves. They also don ' t understand what they do not understand, because they haven ' t been there.It has been my greatest desire to have medical practitioners who have had the ailment they are treating. Especially oncology medical practitioners.An oncology nurse recentlywrote an apology letter to all her patients. She had not ' gotten it ' in all her dealings with patients in her care. Now she knows what she did not get because she has now been diagnosed with a stage III colon cancer. This unfortunate diagnosis now helps her in her dealings with patients. Her letter begins with the paragraphs below. But please go read the entire letter yourself." Dear every cancer patient I ever took care of, I ’m sorry. I didn’t get it.This thought has been weighing heavy on my heart since my diagnosis. I ’ve worked in oncology nearly my entire adult life. I started rooming and scheduling patients, then worked as a nursing assistant through school, and finally as a nurse in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. I prided myself in connecting with my patients and helping them manage their cance r and everything that comes with it. I really thought I got it- I really thought I knew what it felt like to go through this journey. I didn’t.I didn ’t get what it felt like to actually hear the words. I’ve been in on countless diagnoses ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: education nurses oncologist sharing Source Type: blogs