28 Aug, Thursday - Nurse Sellan (probably not spelt correctly) from the Hospice Care called on me today. She had come in place of my regular nurse, Nurse Trudi who was on holiday.
Ever since I was discharged from SGH in February, the staff from the Hospice Care had called on me close to 20 times.
The care and attention that I received from them were very different from the services that I received from those at NCC. Here, the doctors and nurses adopted a more holistic approach in taking care of us. They ensured that we were comfortable not only physically, but mentally as well.
Like when the nurse was here, I related to her about the exchange I had with my onco a few days ago. As with Nurse Trudi, she talked to me and that helped me sort out my thoughts.
It would not be easy for me to discuss my concerns freely with my onco, probably also because my onco has a very tight schedule.
Like on 25 Aug, she suddenly asked if I wanted to continue with herceptin - I had thought that we had agreed to continue until the Cancer Society's subsidy expired in September, so I asked,
"Is it helpful to me?"
Onco said, "if it is not, I won't ask you. But you always like to make your own decisions."
My onco also didn't like me to interrupt when she was talking, that by the time she finished, I would have forgotten or changed my mind about what I wanted to say.
In advance or terminal cases, it makes a world of difference to have received the services of the staff from Hospice Care.
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