I have just returned from my urologist’s office after learning that I may have a bladder tumour. I am familiar with the way cancer spreads, as I am sure you are, and how time is of the essence in effectively controlling it.
Vernon Jubilee Hospital has provided so little time for the cystoscopy that is needed that it will likely be another month before this procedure can be done, and if there is a tumour there will likely be another wait for the surgery. This is barring unforeseen cancellations that might get me in sooner.
My request is to provide adequate funding, not just so that my cystoscopy can be done more expeditiously but that others not have the same long waits. I am aware others have similar or longer wait times. The waiting is harmful both from a psychological viewpoint but also from the viewpoint of stopping the disease before it spreads.
Ted Melanson, Vernon
