Sometimes a passing comment to a family physician can change a patient’s life. For Tara (name changed to protect her identity), this chance remark lead her down a path that she had been afraid to take for 15 years. She was visiting her family physician, Dr. Sheela Duia, at the Meadowbrook Medical Clinic for high…
Bev Kluczny is trapped at home because of an extreme panic disorder. She is too afraid to leave her house in case she experiences a panic attack. Bev, 69, suffers from agoraphobia, which makes seeking medical treatment for her diabetes and emphysema challenging. Without the help from two Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network nurses and…
Through Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network, Carla Shaner is receiving tools for achieving a healthier life. In September 2010, Carla says she was feeling helpless about her weight and overall physical and mental health. She approached Dr. Shelley Smith, her family physician at the Justik Medical Clinic in Old Strathcona, for a solution. Dr. Smith…
Joyce Hastings turned to Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network for solutions and support while caring for her ailing husband, Irving. He was diagnosed with a mild cognitive impairment in 2004 and thought he could handle it, says Joyce. “Irving didn’t want anyone else interfering. He had a plan to cure himself. He was exercising his…
Lee Johnson believes she would have died if her diabetes hadn’t been diagnosed six years ago. “I was not eating properly. Finding out I had diabetes was the best thing that happened to me,” says Lee. Her health deteriorated about 10 years ago when she hurt her back and became housebound, not able to exercise…