DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦 @hemeoncABnorth Twitter profile

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

5 months

Parents of introverted children: how do you react when teachers state your child needs to participate in class discussions more? Me: They will never participate in class discussion just as I never did. He’s introverted. He’d rather listen. Introversion is an asset not a defect.

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@hemeoncABnorth

10 months

So many new patient consults: Me: Have you noticed any new symptoms? Man: No, not really. I'm ok. Wife: Oh no. He doesn't eat nearly as much as usual, he's gone down 4 pant sizes in 3 months, he has terrible night sweats, soaks the sheets, and his energy is far lower than usual.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

I am waiting anxiously for my new 30-something patient with cancer that is highly curable with chemotherapy to tell me her decision. Will she take chemo or will she be bamboozled by the grifter naturopath she chose to consult who will assuredly make false promises and drain her $

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

Kids and I have COVID again (despite best efforts). My admin and I spent the entire day trying to figure out where and when to rebook the 28 patients booked to see me tomorrow to avoid exposing vulnerable patients. "Calling in sick" is not a thing us outpatient docs can do.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

Another of my patients died of COVID in AB this week. She had a curable cancer and had started chemo. She had been vaccinated. Sorry JK, it's not over. #COVID19AB

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

Hey guys. Could ya mask and booster up? Many of my patients on chemo are getting sick with COVID. They don’t have any protection despite following all the advice. Government mum on any measures to protect us. Every little bit counts. Thanks. #communityimmunity #VaccinesWork

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

Well! @ABDanielleSmith wants your family doctor to deliver your baby, remove your appendix, and manage your sepsis in addition to their clinic. I’ve never heard of anything so out of touch. Trust me only surgeons are allowed to do surgery. For very good reasons. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

O.M.G. I think I just convinced my most staunch anti-vaxxer patient to get the covid vaccine. It only took 2 very nasty covid infections while he was on chemo and a terrible case of long covid to convince him. But he’s alive and he’s calling his pharmacy as I write.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

I’m distressed that my once reasonable logical parents have been convinced that mRNA vaccines can cause changes to DNA despite my reassurances. 😞

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

After which she will return to me in much worse shape wanting me to rescue her. Oncologist see this scenario play out over and over. Sometimes results are dire, sometimes now. But why no one shuts down the grifter naturopaths is beyond comprehension.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

This is the result of disinformation . Antivaxxers, you are to blame. A young child in Ontario has died of measles - Toronto Star

A young child in Ontario has died of measles

It’s the first measles death in the province in over a decade, Public Health Ontario reports. The unvaccinated child was under age 5 and was among five children hospitalized with the infection.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

I have a healthy immune system BUT I’m still going to get the updated COVID booster as soon as available and advise anyone who asks to do the same. Because a healthy immune system has no relevance in the decision. #immunitycommunity

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

Sorry to be a buzzkill but COVID is still making people very ill. In my practice this week, one patient died, one is in ICU, one is desperately trying to recover at home to go on with chemo, one is in hospital for the 3rd month, one is in rehab after being hospitalized for 3 mo.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

UCP officially declared war on public health care in AB yesterday with the firing of @dryiu_verna . We should all be very concerned.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 years

☑️ 17 years post-secondary training ☑️ medical degree ☑️ 4 years hands on lab experience ☑️ over 25 published scientific articles ☑️ 9 years clinical experience as a staff physician Match or exceed that before attempting to argue with me about COVID19…

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

It’s happening. Conservative husband is not voting conservative for the first time in his life. #abpoli

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

Canadians that vote conservative to axe the tax and then clutch their pearls when the public health care fails them don’t get it. You can’t have both. And privatization is the lazy and wrong answer. I’m just saying I support taxes to rebuild a solid public health care system.

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

I am paid well as a physician. I am also happy to pay additional taxes as long as it benefits society.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

Guess I need to say this again: if you have COVID infection, don’t come to the cancer clinic.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

4 yo soccer practice went as expected for 4 yos (they saw a lady bug)

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

Nurse practitioners 👏 cannot 👏 solve 👏 the primary 👏 care 👏 crisis 👏 alone!

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@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

I am paid well as a physician. I am also happy to pay additional taxes as long as it benefits society.

Dr. Doug Eyolfson

@DougEyolfson

3 months

I am a physician and I am married to a physician. We will never have to worry about paying off our mortgage, making car payments or affording food. If the changes in capital gains means we pay more tax so that social programs are more economically viable, we’re OK with that

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@hemeoncABnorth

11 months

A colleague saw me wearing a mask in a patient care area at the cancer center and asked if I was sick. So that is where we are at.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

Walking into the Cross Cancer Institute today and seeing all the people in our halls and waiting rooms, I can’t help but feel sad for the patients. Not only are they dealing with cancer but their new premier blames them for their cancer, rejects their evidenced based treatment,

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 month

Buckle up folks. Covid is rising in the community (Edmonton). I’m seeing patients admitted from home and screening test + for COVID, several patients this week delaying chemo due to COVID, and 1 patient of mine assessed in ER and testing + for COVID. Then of course our outbreak.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

10 months

@BillfehrB Ahem. Right.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

Of all the hurtful misinformed things @ABDanielleSmith said in just one press conference, one that I would like to counter is the following statement: “Vaccination is for self-protection in this case”. No. It never was. It’s for your community. For the immune suppressed,

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

“Debate me bro” in our own backyard. These sad morons really think they can egg an expert into their dumpster fire clown show? Nope @CaulfieldTim has too much integrity 👍. An actual expert knows that science cannot be debated. Truly more disgusted than usual by this gov’t.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

2 weeks after mask mandates were lifted 2/3 of our cancer hospital is under parainfluenza outbreak. Hmm surprising? Nope not at all. #abhealth

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

I remember being in absolute awe of Dr. Yiu recounting the massive effort of AHS during the pandemic response for Grand Rounds in November 2022. People try to rewrite history but I absolutely commend her and AHS for their heroic efforts. She is gone and AHS gutted for what??

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

@doc_bipolar I am guilty of judging too. I delayed having kids until age 35 to finish my training. Every female colleague who took mat leave or left on time was judged and treated differently. But as it turns out juggling career and family is hella tough and deserves nothing but respect.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Patient who just had a severe Covid infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia describing his struggle as an immune compromised worker: “There’s no Covid testing kits at the camp so I had to tell my boss I can’t work, call for a ride from the camp to another site where I

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

. @ABDanielleSmith my 18 year old stage 4 lymphoma patient also wants an answer from you as to what you think she did wrong?

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

A colleague's police husband asked (and I agree): why do hospitals not have trauma counsellors for HCW as the police force does? Asking as an oncologist who is watching on the sidelines with each COVID wave as my frontline colleagues are left bruised and beaten and unrewarded.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 month

Terrible news I would argue. Natural health products are largely a money making scheme with minimal to no proven benefit for patients and great potential for harm. Expensive placebo but can have toxic effects or make medicines less effective. They need to be regulated. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Jamil Jivani

@jamiljivani

1 month

It passed! A good day for Canadian health care. Today, Conservatives voted for MP Blaine Calkins' private member’s bill to protect the Canadian natural health product sector from unnecessary Liberal regulations. Thanks to all Canadians who advocated for natural health.

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@hemeoncABnorth

1 month

Everyone in Alberta will be affected by cancer, either personally or a friend or loved one. Waiting for diagnosis and treatment is beyond difficult. And bad things happen when cancer is left untreated. We need more oncologists and we need them NOW. 1/7

Cancer treatment wait times leading to hard choices for Alberta doctors

edmontonjournal.com

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

@jvipondmd We never stopped masking on the stem cell transplant unit at the CCI. Anyone on the unit including visitors. But it was the nurses and doctors who made the call and enforce it. I think we are categorically on our own with this gov’t whose leader barely acknowledges COVID.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

I. Am. Livid. No way should a public official promote pseudoscience to the public but to tout this BS as a solution for the health care crisis is BEYOND irresponsible.

disordered

@disorderedyyc

1 year

@TheBreakdownAB Here's Danielle Smith promoting the naturopathic clinic @neurvanahealth These are the kind of clinics she thinks will fix our health care. She's fallen for the pseudoscience and wants others to pay to see these quacks as well. cc: @CaulfieldTim

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

Remember in the debate when @ABDanielleSmith said “we listened to doctors and nurses and EMS and we (Essentially fixed everything)… (I forget the details bc I was busy rage crying at that point)…. Find me one HCW who feels heard by this gov’t. Just ONE. I’ll bet you can’t.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

11 months

A friend left her long career in inpatient nursing. She was a charge nurse on the COVID ward for 2 yrs, 2 yrs where she was yelled at daily by patients and families. I guess I’m just wondering if the COVID deniers know that they collapsed the health care system even now? #Covid

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

It is offensive to opt out of a program that would potentially help up to 1 million people. Supportive care for cancer treatment is not covered publicly and nausea meds and others are very costly. I have many patients who cannot afford these meds. It is not rare.

Friends of Medicare

@FriendsMedicare

4 months

“To claim that all Albertans have access to drug coverage because they can buy a benefit plan if they can afford one is intentionally misleading & beyond offensive,” said FOM ED Chris Gallaway. 17% of Albertans have NO drug coverage. We need Pharmacare!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

5 months

I have no choice but to give chemo to another already severely immunocompromised patient. They have refused vaccines for COVID, influenza, etc. citing they had heard “too many” bad things about vaccines. So many without the education needed to sift through the evidence get caught

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Thank you @PfParks for telling it like it is.

The Breakdown

@TheBreakdownAB

7 months

This afternoon's presser saw a lot of dodging and spin... Except from @PfParks . Everyone should listen to what he had to say on vaccines. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

I am beginning to see the break down of primary care in AB already. Yesterday 2 pts came to oncology clinic in acute congestive heart failure. One had no GP (had just retired last week). Gave both lasix. Another needed follow up for complex issues. GP had just retired.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

First time I’ve had a patient request a new provider. They said I seem overwhelmed. I do not disagree. I am absolutely overwhelmed. But I don’t like that it shows.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

. @RajSherman as a potential future constituent but also a colleague in medicine, can you honestly tell me you are buying the bullshit @ABDanielleSmith is spewing? She just gaslit all of AB by saying the UCP has hired hundreds of new doctors and 1000s of nurses. She has no HC plan

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Our AB health care system is literally in record-breaking meltdown state made worse by a raging respiratory virus season, but meanwhile our health minister is having fireside chats with peddlers of pseudoscience. Tone deaf, insulting, dangerous @AdrianaLaGrange .

Parksy

@PfParks

7 months

ED overcrowding is CRITICAL across the province. Had many colleagues reach out to me in last 24hrs. Edmonton Zone had over 200 EIPs (=sick + admitted but no bed on hospital wards = stay in ED)… this is a record. This is a large hospital full of sick pts stuck in busy EDs

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

Conversing with a COVID-denier after their second hospital admission for COVID pneumonia is an exercise in frustration.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

A specialist pathologist said his goodbyes today because he is moving to BC. The exodus is happening. Not just family physicians. #abhealth

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

"When did it become normal to hate on people working in the health-care system? Why is government so intent on creating an environment of fear and intimidation?" Opinion: LaGrange should check her facts before blaming AHS managers via @edmontonjournal

Opinion: LaGrange should check her facts before blaming AHS managers

edmontonjournal.com

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

There is a covid outbreak on the heme unit at Uah. This could be/will be disastrous. #COVID19

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

@doctor4humans Yes re the shift Remorse is intense This particular patient has 2 kids under 5. Naturopaths are criminals when they make unsubstantiated promises IMO.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

…and now a covid outbreak. I wish I were joking.

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

…and now 2/3 of these precious beds are under outbreak status. Edmonton and northern Alberta needs expansion of cancer care capacity, both inpatient and outpatient, desperately!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

The reason I’m stewing on this is the most devastating COVID outcome in my practice of immune compromised cancer patients was a middle aged man on a clinical trial treatment who had to work in a northern camp to support his family. Caught covid at camp, fought for weeks, died.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

11 days

Hematologic cancers requiring intense chemo (stem cell transplant, acute leukemia) warrants dental assessment. A shocking number need extractions. Albertans are not getting proper dental care. What’s wrong with getting people help from the feds? Hint: Dani doesn’t care about us.

CTV News Calgary

@CTVCalgary

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Smith tells Trudeau Alberta will opt out of federal dental plan

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

5 months

Important message! I cannot do my job as an oncologist without family doctors and I too am very very concerned about the dwindling number of family doctors in AB and the lack of support for current and future family doctors!!

Alberta Medical Association (AMA)

@Albertadoctors

5 months

🆘🚨HOUR 2 Save Family and Rural Medicine with Budget 2024 1 doctor. 1 practice. 1 message. Dr. Sarah Bates

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@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

Patient stayed in an Edmonton hospital for pneumococcal sepsis. 5 day stay. ER wait was 7 hours. He was moved to different rooms 5 times. He shared a room with minimum 3 patients. He had never stayed in hospital before and was shocked and disgusted. I told him to write his MLA.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Caught a ride to Fort Mac ER where I waited about 6 hours to be seen and tested. I was positive so I got treatment and was discharged to recover at camp. Tons of people at the camp are sick, no one is masking, no one is testing.” 😳🤦🏻‍♀️

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@hemeoncABnorth

3 years

Update on Physician supply in Alberta: Approximate numbers Oct 2020 vs Oct 2021: Total family docs accepting new patients: 800 vs 580 = 28% drop Calgary 300 vs 245 = 18% drop Edmonton 150 vs 85 = 43% drop Regional (MH, Leth, RD, Airdrie, GP, FM)= 6x15 = 90 vs 30 = 67% drop

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

As AHS cancels the masking in non-clinical areas, I’m still having to cancel a patient’s chemo next week due to COVID19 infection, as I did last week for another patient, and at least a few are positive one the ward on which I’m about to round.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

People in comments stating chemo is too toxic. Yes there are toxicities and even a very low risk of death from toxicity of this chemo. Having lost my own aunt to a chemo complication(PML), I know too well. But facing 100% mortality w/o chemo and 90% cure with, I still rec chemo.

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

I am waiting anxiously for my new 30-something patient with cancer that is highly curable with chemotherapy to tell me her decision. Will she take chemo or will she be bamboozled by the grifter naturopath she chose to consult who will assuredly make false promises and drain her $

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

@knock_knock_pen Nice in theory but as one example many of their treatments are antioxidants and likely counteract the effect of chemo and radiation. So you are in essence paying extra to make the conventional treatment not work.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

Sorry not sorry for the massive blocks from my account today. My tolerance for people who believe conspiracy theory and misinformation is at an all time low.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

. @ABDanielleSmith my 40 year old stage 4 cancer patient who passed away earlier this year heard you telling him and others his cancer was his fault and he would have wanted to know exactly what you think he could have done differently?

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

. @ABDanielleSmith my 37 year old stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma patient would like an answer as well: what did he do to deserve having stage 4 cancer? His doctor (me) has no answer except bad luck. You claim to have the answer. Please tell us. I’ll wait.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

So very tired of recommending that a lymphoma patient update their vaccines before starting on rituximab plus chemo due to immune suppression from chemo and getting angry responses and being told to stop cowering to corporate propaganda. So. Very. Tired. But I keep trying.

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@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

@ABDanielleSmith I have no confidence in this plan. You did not adequately consult people who work in the system. You are not investing in new hospitals or new hires of doctors. Patients are suffering from lack of hospital capacity in Edmonton today. What are you doing about that? We need MDs.

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@hemeoncABnorth

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One of our own has just passed from the big C. Tomorrow will be a rough day at work as we collectively mourn. It’s a different sting when it’s a colleague not a patient. 😔 RIP J

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@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

The new reality of hospitals in AB (likely many other places too)

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

A patient of mine had a symptom, went to a local rural ER, got a CT scan, was referred to a specialist, had a biopsy of a mass which showed lymphoma, was referred to oncology and was seen in consultation all within 2 weeks. This is not rare. Our system isn't perfect but it works.

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@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

Oh oops, I was wrong. There's not ONE but TWO specialist pathologist leaving Edmonton to work in BC. Ugh.

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

A specialist pathologist said his goodbyes today because he is moving to BC. The exodus is happening. Not just family physicians. #abhealth

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

I have to eat my words They just emailed an enhanced mask mandate effective today!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

To all the boomer women who make excuses for their husbands expecting to be fed, clothed and cared for while you are going through chemotherapy and other cancer treatments: They are capable adults. They can figure it out. Go rest if you need it. @ThanksCancer

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

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. @ABDanielleSmith my 37 year old stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma patient would like an answer as well: what did he do to deserve having stage 4 cancer? His doctor (me) has no answer except bad luck. You claim to have the answer. Please tell us. I’ll wait.

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

. @ABDanielleSmith my 18 year old stage 4 lymphoma patient also wants an answer from you as to what you think she did wrong?

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@hemeoncABnorth

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Canadians have been experiencing a decline in health care access like slow blood loss. People adjust physiologically to a slow drop in hemoglobin and feel “normal”, then “a bit tired”. Then at severely low hemoglobin, headaches, weakness, SOB occur. Hemorrhage is obvious. 1/2

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 month

My medically frail and immune suppressed patient contracted Covid from their partner who had just been in hospital at the Alex and now they are admitted. Edmonton cases must be climbing.

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@hemeoncABnorth

3 years

Dear Dr Hinshaw #COVID19AB Please do not go forward with your plans to eliminate all precautions against covid19 in AB. There are hundreds of Albertans living with leukemia or lymphoma. Some have been advised to wait to get vaccine due to their treatment making it ineffective.

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@hemeoncABnorth

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Latest cancer patient to have COVID infection was today. Chemo has to be deferred. Not over @ABDanielleSmith just because you say it is.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

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I have no idea how many people work in this and other camps but really worrisome that they aren’t taking any precautions at all. In respiratory virus season. In a year with low vaccine uptake. Any Christmas coming.

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@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

Today our heme-onc team at the Cross Cancer Institute celebrates 1 year from the first infusion of carT cells outside a clinical trial (ie. Standard of care)! 🩸🧬💉 This treatment utilizes the patient’s own T cells to kill their cancer cells. Congrats team Heme! @AHS_media

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

It is extremely frustrating for my current admitted pt who requires urgent chemotherapy cannot get a bed at the only cancer hospital north of Calgary. They are getting sicker and need chemo. This situation is going from bad to worse very quickly and people are suffering #abhealth

DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

Next week the CCI closes more beds due to ongoing construction. We will be down to 29 inpatient beds until September. That’s 29 inpatient hospital beds with chemotherapy capability to serve the entirety of northern AB (north of Calgary) and the NWT.* This is vastly inadequate!!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

4 months

Patient had a scan in the US but wanted to pay for our radiologists to review it. He wouldn't take no for an answer, offering cheque, VISA, whatever I need. I told him, frankly, I have absolutely no idea how to accept payment. We have no method. And I prefer to keep it that way.

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@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

I guess I should be glad he’s wearing shoes 🤦🏻‍♀️

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@hemeoncABnorth

1 month

The UCP have mastered the art of pissing off the entirety of medical professionals in Alberta repeatedly. New BS alert: Tyler Shandro, Board Member | Covenant Health

Tyler Shandro

Tyler Shandro is a board member of Covenant Health.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

So @ABDanielleSmith , if your solution to the health care crisis is to “keep making amazing strides as we have been doing since (you) became premier”, are Albertans to expect hallway medicine to continue? Pts with ACUTE LEUKEMIA getting immune suppressive chemo are currently being

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@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

Ahem. Yes that’s I unit out of 2 units total on COVID outbreak at the CCI folks. The same CCI with only 29 chemo/radiation/stem cell transplant for the whole of northern AB. Tough to discharge out and admit new ones when existing patients have covid. This worries me. #abhealth

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@YYCCowboy

2 months

*NEW* AHS Covid Outbreaks Update: Alberta Hospital - 1 Unit - 2 (+1) Patients & 1 HCW. *NEW* Cross Cancer Institute - 1 Unit - 3 Patients & 1 HCW. *NEW* Misericorida Hospital - 1 Unit - 3 Patients. *NEW* Royal Alex Hospital - 1 Unit - 2 Patients. (Cont.) /18

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 years

It’s becoming common in oncology clinic to hear: “My GP moved/retired, can you refill my pills?”, or “How can I be discharged to the GP for follow up when I don’t have one?” GPs fill a vital role that an oncologist has neither time nor training to fill.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

1 year

Strange that I’m not following @PierrePoilievre and yet he’s always at the top of my feed. Makes me grumpy.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

I am continuing to give potentially curative chemotherapy but my patients can’t get emergency care for febrile neutropenia, suddenly the risk of death goes up. Esp. during respiratory virus season. We can’t give antibiotics or other meds at the cancer centre. This is disastrous.

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@PfParks

7 months

Shared with me from an emerg in AB this week State of morale = "everything is fine" Double bunked = room for 1 pt has 2 pts EIP = admitted but stuck in ED, 76 EIPS in an ED with 60 funded/staffed spaces! Cohorting sick kids - severe RSV and Meningitis Ran out of stretchers!

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@hemeoncABnorth

5 months

In support of @Albertadoctors plea for gov't support of family doctors I want to express my support. GPs are generally reluctant business owners. They didn't dream of running a business. They are not trained to run a business. Many are scared away from family practice for this

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

More moves to override experts. Very dangerous.

Courtney Theriault

@cspotweet

8 months

NEW: UCP talking legislation that would give politicians final say on decisions during declared state of public emergencies #yeg #yyc #ableg

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

9 months

Contrasting this sincere message from MB premier to @ABDanielleSmith ’s “I’ll fix all the problems in HC in 90 days” and then completely abandons any and all effort to do so. Sigh. Manitoba is on the right track. I can feel it.

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@WabKinew

9 months

To all frontline health care workers: we have your back. We are ready to work with you to make your life better, and work together to provide quality health care to all Manitobans. Watch our full message here:

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

8 months

@AdrianaLaGrange What you need to do is work to repair the damage Shandro and company have done and focus on recruiting more doctors!! Family doctors and specialists! Don’t waste time and money on restructuring. It makes no sense and does not improve anything. Consult HCWs too, I mean actually.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

Eek! This is even bigger than that time Ron Sexsmith followed me (sorry @RonSexsmith )!!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

I was once again proven right. The patient with unexplained iron deficiency I referred to GI has colon cancer. I don’t want to be right. I’m just a heme onc who never forgets the rule: an adult doesn’t develop iron deficiency without cause. Treat it, but find the cause also.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 years

It would be great for the public to hear about how the government’s mismanagement of the pandemic is seriously impacting cancer care in AB. (Not me cuz I suck at live interviews). But just an idea. @GermHunterMD @jvipondmd @PopAlberta

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

2 months

Seeking the collective strength and wisdom of my oncology and palliative care colleagues as I collect my strength tonight. Sometimes we want a patient to respond to treatment so much that we become blinded to reality and delay a dreaded conversation and decision. 😔💔

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Being flooded with calls about patients showing up for cancer treatment with fevers, coughs, etc or calling in with + covid tests. PSA: we would greatly appreciate it if you would stay home and call us if you have symptoms so you don’t bring it to other vulnerable patients!!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

7 months

Alberta directed removal of COVID, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents show - The Globe and Mail

Alberta directed removal of COVID, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents show

Documents show the provincial government also instructed the health authority to limit information on the benefits and efficacy of vaccination

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 years

@jkenney @fordnation @celliottability You speak as if it’s no big deal to transport critically ill patients. It’s incredibly complex, risky and expensive. And it wouldn’t have been necessary had you taken action when the doctors on the frontlines warned you of the impending system collapse!

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

3 months

I was happy to have yet another opportunity with a patient and family to dispel the myth that sugar in the diet feeds cancer. It does not make one bit of difference what you eat. Cancer does not care.

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DrHeme👩🏻‍⚕️ 🦀 💊🇨🇦

@hemeoncABnorth

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We lost a kind, generous person today. No matter what I did, even if ineffective, he was full of gratitude. Last week I was desperately trying to get a compassionate medication to control his cancer, today he’s gone. Thankfully peaceful, comfortable. You will be missed.

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