Back in 1993, I was 45 years old when I was diagnosed the first time with Stage IV Breast Cancer. I traveled to Toronto to receive treatment at The Princess Margaret Hospital, as they helped me in my journey through Radiation treatment. At that time, although I had lived in Canada for 10 years, I still felt like I was an immigrant woman from South America. I was full of fears because at that time I had two young children and my husband, with no local family support, which is so natural in my culture, but the Princess Margaret Hospital always made me feel like I was in the right place at the right time. The doctors and nurses understood my anguish, and they always went the extra mile for me to understand my treatment processes. Four years later, I faced a second diagnosis, metastasis in my neck, and again I got all the support I needed for my radiation and now chemotherapy. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and although my treatment was local here at Mississauga’s Trillium Center, it was because of all the training that doctors and nurses receive from the Princess Margaret University that they once again provided me with excellent patient care.
