So it's very important to make sure that you understand how to take your medications and
that you're following those instructions to the best of your ability.
Or if you do have a question about how you're taking your medications, that you reach out,
and we can answer that question for you, and we can work together as a team.
We definitely wanna make sure we're getting enough protein and also just enough calories
in general. If you absolutely hate broccoli, broccoli's
the thing you hate the most in this world, but you don't mind a Brussels sprout or, or, you
know, kale's all right, then that's okay too.
You know, it's I, I want you to focus on diversity over specific vegetables, and that's
where we see the most benefit in terms of how our nutrition can help support patients as we
go through treatment. Sometimes patients don't know that they might
be facing some financial challenges based on their current treatment.
So I help to educate them on what their current benefits are and offer assistance
where available and then continue to offer assistance if things change
because things do change.
Patients stop working.
Their spouse can't work maybe anymore.
So we offer continued assistance throughout their care with various situations as they
arise, and part of that is insurance education because a lot of patients just don't know what
they don't know. So I offer that as well to patients.
So I've been doing this for 20-plus years, and I think the resiliency that people have, so
what I would want someone to know and to try to remember is that everybody has that thing,
whatever it might be, that can carry them through some really, really difficult
situations and that you're the expert as far as your body or your mind is concerned.
And, and I'm just there to kinda, to help support that along the way or to help you
connect to that piece.
And I think that's why we're all here is, you know, I don't pretend to
know, what's best for you.
I'm not gonna pretend. I mean, that's, you know, a big assumption.
but I do trust, that you have that in you and that you know that about yourself and that
people can get through so many difficult things.
I always tell patients that you're the boss.
You're the boss. I'm here to support you.
I'm here to guide you. I'm here to talk through risk, benefits, talk
through options, but ultimately, it is absolutely your decision on
how you wanna move forward. so I'm supporting you.
I'm, you know, help We try one thing.
Hey, that wasn't a good fit.
Let's try something else.
but absolutely, my job is to educate you and empower you to make your best choice for your
cancer treatment.
