bobbi gillis

San Francisco Magazine interview!

how amazing is medical care in reno? thanks to my friend barbara nowak, who works at renown medical center, who told me about bobbi gillis, i now have a cancer care coordinator/nurse navigator.

bobbi has been my anchor in just a short amount of time. she told me she's here for me in any way - i can ask questions, vent, cry, share happiness, ask for help with scheduling or names of the best oncologists, ask important questions like will i be given the camisole for the drains after mastectomy or should i buy those. or when will i receive the prescriptions for pain meds. anything. just anything, and only a phone call away. she had a lumpectomy and radiation ten years ago and now is a resource for any patient with cancer.

bobbi said she will be with me pre-surgery when i get the dreaded isotope injection, will also be with me when i check out of the hospital. and she sometimes goes to chemo sessions with patients, sits with them and makes the time enjoyable rather than awful.

i feel surrounded by so many loving people - even people i haven't even met in person yet, like bobbi. i love living here.

i'm supposed to go in for pre-admission paperwork and bloodwork at least ten days before surgery. when i was told that, it seemed a long way away. now it's now.