Aren't the MBCN's amazing?!
My first one was like an Angel...i would wake up from surgery to find her standing there! She explained EVERYTHING and was so attentive and reassuring...I had to change as I am having chemo closer to home now and although my new BCN answers all the same things and is reassuring too I am yet to meet her and she is very hard to get hold of (including when the hospital staff are trying to find her too!) I've since been told that they are down two nurses, and are looking to replace them....The McGrath Foundation is something I've always donated to as is the Cancer Council, but now more than ever I've seen first hand what those funds are used for...I've said many times that I feel "safe" and really cared for.....they really are special people..
Good luck with your decisions Donna! They are really tough ones to make but like you said if they save your life, you deal with it!
-Tracy
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