Category: Patients’ blog

Nov 27 2014

Doctors' health, Patients' blog, Reflections

How having a Subtalar Dislocation increased my empathy for my senior patients

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Amy Gajaria is a third year resident in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto   Last week was the first snowfall of the season in Toronto. Usually,...

Nov 24 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

The blur that was surgery, and a start on the road to recovery

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Nov 10 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

My next event is Lung Surgery and I’m in training

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Nov 03 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

“Quiet little deaths”: dealing with impending loss

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Oct 31 2014

Editors' Blog, Patients' blog

Run in the dark

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   “Unbreakable” is the life story of Mark Pollock, an athlete, adventurer and...

Oct 28 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

How to answer the casual question, ‘How are ya?’

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Oct 20 2014

Amelia Curran, Patients' blog

Suicide is not cowardice. Listen!

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Amelia Curran is a Juno Award winning singer-songwriter from St. John’s, Newfoundland. Amelia has toured extensively throughout North America, the UK, Europe and Australia. I used to think suicide was...

Oct 20 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

And now I’m PISSED OFF!

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Oct 15 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

I choose Hope

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Oct 07 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

ONLY lung cancer: from worst-case-scenario fears to gratitude

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Oct 01 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

Kindness and brutal honesty at the Cancer Assessment Centre

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Sep 24 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

The relief of sharing the news of my diagnosis

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Sep 17 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

I can find the courage to get through this

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Guest blogger, Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom –...

Sep 15 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

“Possibly scar tissue, possibly nothing, possibly Lung Cancer”

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Guest blogger, Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom –...