Share Your Story: Robin McGee

<p>RobinMcGee’s award-winning book <i>The Cancer Olympic</i>s describes her fight for medical justice and fair chemotherapy policy after serious medical negligence. For her patient advocacy work, she has been decorated by the Governor-General of Canada.</p> <ul><li>01:27: When I was 46 in 2008, I noticed rectal bleeding.  </li><li>03:28: Her referral was essentially one sentence which was rectal bleeding please assess.  </li><li>05:15: In retrospect, we know now that it was stage four. </li><li>07:18: There was no kind of restorative justice approach where we could all talk and learn.  </li><li>09:16: The next step for my kind of cancer was radiation and chemotherapy.   </li><li>11:38: The oncologist said you need this chemotherapy right away.  </li><li>13:37: There's a national group that evaluates the evidence and makes a recommendation and expert recommendation.  </li><li>15:08: Did you go into remission? </li><li>17:02: I lived that way, and I would remain in remission for about 56 years.  </li><li>19:24: I ultimately got five requisitions for a colonoscopy from her office.  </li><li>22:20: It's amazing how interesting this becomes when it's threatening your life.  </li><li>26:08: In Canada, there isn't private malpractice insurance. </li><li>28:06: The survival outcomes of stage two are massively better than stage four. </li><li>30:37: It was soul-crushing to live that way. </li><li>32:23: March 2020 the world shuts down as we all know and unfortunately for me, so too was cancer care.  </li><li>34:02: They all lost their marriages.  </li><li>37:04: In Canada, it is extremely uncommon for patients to prevail in a malpractice action.  </li><li>38:52: What is one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey? </li><li>41:57: I’d like to believe in 50 years, patient safety rights are a civil right. </li><li>42:55: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.  </li><li>44:25: Aside from Cancer U, what is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?  </li></ul> <p>R