My journey with Princess Margaret Hospital.

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...

A Non-Smokers Battle with Lung Cancer

At the beginning of 2000, I developed a severe pneumonia. I was seen at TWH Family Practice many times with many chest X-rays and was referred to a respirologist at TGH. After 8 months, a CT scan was ordered, followed promptly by a lung biopsy. The reason given for my...
Why I’m Grateful to PMCF

Why I’m Grateful to PMCF

One Monday morning last year I called my family doctor. I was worried about how, over the preceding week, I’d become very short of breath and developed a lot of unexplained bruises. On Wednesday morning I was hearing that I had leukemia, and the next day I was...
The Walking Miracle

The Walking Miracle

At the age of 56, I became gravely ill. I’d assumed that my back pain was the result of potentially having tendinitis and had been ignoring a number of symptoms for at least 6 months. My back pain dragged on, became severe and made it hard to keep up with my...
Grateful

Grateful

In 2013 I was diagnosed with stage 3 ductal carcinoma breast cancer after finding a small lump. I had a mammogram in Oct of the previous year but it was clear. The following June I was diagnosed. I asked to be treated at PMH. My doctor was not affiliated with PMH but...
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