Staying in touch with medical staff ????

Socal63

Hello all!

Not sure where to post this but here goes so please guide me somewhere else if I got it wrong. 

I am sure many of you can relate to how frightening this journey is.  Unfortunately as hard as they try, family and friends are not able to alleviate the fear.  

I have been so fortunate to have two awesome, caring, radiation techs over the course of my treatments.  I will be finishing up in two weeks and I am feeling it will be little bitter/sweet. At my last RO visit I told my doc how great they were and I was so happy they were on her staff and I had really grown attached to them. I laughed and said that it would be hard not seeing until my 3 month follow up visits. At that point she told me they were attached to me as well and they were moving to another practice but wanted to finish out my treatment before leaving.  I was floored! 

I would love to stay connected with these gals.  Would it be proper to tell them it is okay to contact me personally since they will no longer be involved in my follow up care after my treatment ends?

ziggypop

I think it is perfectly 'proper' - even more it's a lovely thought that I am sure they would appreciate.

Socal63

Thanks so much for your advice Ziggypop!  I feel like they were a true gift to me and I know that's not always the case with the medical community.  I get a totally different vibe from my MO and her staff.  No connection at all but I guess that is the way some of them are.  Thank you again for taking time to respond to my post!

justadirl

I met so many wonderful people during my treatment. One of my radiation technicians and I became good friends and almost four years later are still friends. We both are runners and continue to spend time together enjoying our friendship and running. Wishing you the same!