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Comment About Journey of Hearts TM
Part 1
Among the most rewarding messages are those from
other professionals who also deal with various losses—healthcare professionals,
medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, ministers, highway patrol
and police officers, funeral directors, social workers, hospice volunteers
and caretakers. Many of those working in the field have discovered the
site when they themselves have experienced a difficult loss and grief response,
are looking for resources to cope, find Journey of HeartsTM,
and then refer others. The selected comments that follow are grouped by
professions.
I have read your article about "Caring for the
person, not just the patient in End of Life Care", and found it really
important. I am a doctor (endocrinologist) from Santa Cruz
(Bolivia), and always trying to teach with the example the importance of
seing the person and not only the patient or the disease. Your article
will give me material to talk about the subject with residents and interns
in the hospital where I work, and also your poem [Healers and Healing], that
I will translate to Spanish.
Just wanted to share with you that there are people
that think like you, that to touch and share with the ill person can give
more strenght than only giving the drugs, I am witness of that.
And as you, I feel that the new generations need
to talk about this and to practice every day. I had two profesors during
my internship and residence that taught me to be respecful and compasive
with the patients, and one of them told me "compasion is something you
bring with yourself, it can't be taught", but if we can share our feelings
and what we learned during these years caring for people with chronic diseases,
we can make a difference in this world.
I have had experiences with cancer with family
members and learned to understand the situation of the family, and how
important is help to die with dignity and just be there, near the love
one.
I wish you continue with your good work and being
an example for us.
Best regards,
Roxana Barbero, MD
Endocrinology, Bolivia
I just found this website today by accident.
I belong to the LUNG-ONC online support group and shared this site with
our members.; I have to say that I was so touched and impressed
by all the work done on this site for those of us who need the uplift and
support. It is really interesting since I am the Cancer program Coordinator
at Cottage Hospital and have been since 1990. I remember when you were
a resident here. I don't know how you find the time to devote yourself
to such a worthy cause but want you to know that it is greatly appreciated.
Working in the oncology field where you deal in statistics all the time
you tend to distance yourself from the patients. Boy does that change when
you become one of your own statistics. It gives you a better understanding
and compassion for others in the same situation. I really want to
congratulate you on your wonderful contribution to us all.
Kala Curran
Cancer Program Coordinator
Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara
Journey of Hearts has been
a wonderful help in my ministry. It is touching and meaningful. These words
of comfort will bring a peace to those who need it most. You can't possibly
know all the peace that your site had brought to those are so desperately
searching for an answer that eludes us all...temporarily ....
Thank you for your wonderful mission. In peace
and hope......
Part 2: Some time ago I sent you comments about
your wonderful web site. I still think it's quite wonderful and have linked
you to my own web site.
Thanks Again, for your wonderful mission; you
can't possibly know all the peace that your site had brought to those are
so desperately searching for an answer that eludes us all...temporarily
....
In peace and hope......
Deacon Bob McGovern
http://pirate.shu.edu/~mcgovero/
Seton Hall University, New Jersey
Thanks for your wonderful
service and material. I am using the messages. poems etc. in my counseling
and pastoral ministry. Keep up the good work!.
Rev. Dr. Robert Fung, S.D. Cal.
Thank you very much for your
efforts and hard work to develop and maintain a place of comfort in this
world of challenges. I was searching the Internet for positive stories,
words, or messages to support a dear friend who just had a radical mastectomy
as a result of breast cancer. In your pages I found an absolute treasure
chest.
Thank you very much for what you do on a daily
basis to help people both in your practice and in your Web Page.
You are obviously a very special person.
Warmly and appreciatively,
Captain Don Follett
California Highway Patrol
Monterey Area Commander
Thank you so much for your poem [Healers and
Healing]. I am taking my Preventive Medicine Boards (for the first time)
this Monday, and your poem eased my mind a little. I very much agree:
"Many good physicians and healers, who may not
be able to practice medicine because they cannot pass their boards, and
others who can pass their boards, but who should not be practicing medicine."
In fact, having changed career directions about
3 times now, I can truly say your poem gave words to what I have struggled
with for some time. Thank you again,
Robert C. Kiser, DO, MSPH
Needless to say, I have used
your information to help many others in their time of need. I am currently
helping a very dear friend and former co-worker who recently had to have
a radical masectomy. Your words are helping her face this life challenge.
I truly appreciate and applaud you for your efforts to continually and
make a positive difference in people's lives. Thank you, and please
be safe, my friend.
I found your web site today and I congratulate
you. I am a retired surgeon who lost his only child and son 5 weeks ago.
My wife and I are devastated but slowly putting our lives back in order.
Your words and advice are helpful and have given me some solace although
I realise that I have a long way to go before any harmony returns to my
life.
Dr. Alastair Jamieson
Surgery, California
This is a beautiful site.
I will share it with my friends and medical professionals to share with
patients.
Lisa Perry-Gilkes, M.D.
Otolaryngology, California
I loved your web sight. Keep
up the good work.
Good Luck & God Bless,
A. L. (Sonny) Shaw, MD
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology,
American Board Anesthesiology Subspecialty Certification
in Pain Management,
Diplomat American Board Pain Medicine,
Diplomat American Board Hospice & PalliativeMedicine
Medical Director of Advanced Pain Care Fort Worth,
TX
It totally blew me away!
It's incredible! It is an excellent, useful endeavor that anyone could
use, even by those not touched by grief. The colors draw you in, making
you want to explore more; the site is imaginative, beautiful, and helpful.
It is as though you have a friend sitting there with you who can help.
I am prescribing it to patients.
Dr. Ololade Reis
Internal Medicine, Texas
It is a wonderful resource
for those in the rural communities, who can't get to counseling. I have
recommended it to patients.
Dr. Mark Bracy
Emergency Medicine, California
The website is wonderful!!
I am sure it is already helping countless people. We just have to get the
word out that it exists!! I have told some people about Journey of Hearts
and gotten lots of positive feedback. VERY nice work!! It must feel very
good to know you are reaching so many people and doing such good for their
hearts with the site!!
I am very proud to know the Imagineer behind
it.
Dr. Shieva Khayam-Bashi
Family Practice, California
I found your page while searching
for a condolence card [E-cards for Sympathy, Condolence and Pick-me-ups]
to be sent to an email friend whose father passed away on the 15th of October
due to CA lung. Then I read many of your articles and pages. I am
very impressed and would like to congratulate you for your kind intention
and efforts. I guess you have spent so much time for the benefit of the
human being. I will recommend your page to my patients prn. I am a Myanmar
Medical Doctor doing family medicine at the Science University of Malaysia.
I attend the university staff and students and their dependents.
Take care, May God Bless you.
Akbar Ali
Myanmar Medical Doctor
Science University of Malaysia
Your webpage is absolutely
beautiful! Thank you so much for your lovely poems, stories and words of
inspiration. As a 3rd year internal medicine resident, many days I struggle
to find peace, comfort and understanding in a world that sometimes appears
to have little. Knowing Dr. Dyer has also gone through similar experiences
and come out with her compassion intact gives me hope that I may survive
the last days with some semblance of a heart.
Nicole Wentworth, MD
3rd year Internal Medicine Resident
Excellent Site. I am a 4th
year medical student from Puerto Rico. I was surfing the net looking for
end of life care info. Your poem is a beautiful song to the compassion
and empathy I hope I can achieve some day. My mother died of cancer few
years ago. Then I realized how complicated is the process of healing and
also how powerful our intervention can be. Death is a natural process that
we can help to dignify. I really will appreciate if you can tell me where
to find more about your work or the theme.
Thanks,
Rafael Santiago
4th year Medical student
My name is Eric Madrid and
I am a 3rd Year ( I am on the 5 yr program) medical student at Ohio
State University. I am on your mailing list and I am happy I joined. I
am very impressed with your site and think you have done a great job.
I SEE A LOT OF VALUABLE INFOMRATION THAT I will learn in order to
become a better physician.
Eric Madrid
3rd Year Medical Student
Ohio State University
I am a Physician Assistant
student at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida.; Our program
includes a Thanatology course in the final semester before graduation.
The course is organized as a discussion course, with student presentations
of the current literature. I will be participating in a group presentation
on Tuesday concerning palliative care and end-of-life assessment.
My assignment is to present an article discussing the attitudes of medical
students and physician assistant students in caring for terminally ill
patients.
I was searching Medscape for information to support
my presentation and found your presentation concerning educating medical
students about death and dying. I was completely taken in and absorbed
by your website. I plan to inform my classmates of your site.
The information and the way you have presented it is very professional
as well as compassionate. I was so moved by your website that I wanted
to express my gratitude to you for making the information available.
As health care professionals, family members, and friends we all stand
to benefit from educating ourselves about this topic.
Sincerely,
Piipar Allen
Physician Assistant Student
Barry University
Miami, Florida
I have similar experience
with medical personal and my own. I lost my year old daughter to SIDS 10
years ago. Three years ago I found out I had the HD gene and was
going to have onset soon. Well both of these experiences have motivated
in putting a face behind the patient and the family and the person you
are giving bad news to. I would love to help in anyway I can. I realized
with my experiences that they are some very positive things to say but
there are some things to learn. I would really like to help in any way.
Thank you for your time
Julie Holy
Student Nurse
Thank you for this beautiful
place of peace.
I am a hospice nurse, a daughter who has lost
her fathers, a human who experiences loss everyday.
Thank you for a place to grieve and experience
how those I serve might grieve. This is so wonderful. I had no idea
when my kid set me up on a computer that I would be so touched.
Christine L. Dudero-Merchant
Hospice Nurse
I came across your site today
while doing some research. I am a Registered Nurse and also a patient
with primary pulmonary hypertension. I am one of a group of cyberfriends
who share the unfortunate bond of PPH due to diet drug use. After
three years we will be meeting face to face for the first time in June
in San Diego. We call our group Friends For Life.
As a part of our reunion we will hold a memorial
service on the beach in memory of those we lost along the way and never
met in life. I went looking for poems to use at the service when
I came upon your site. I selected "Seashells" by Sandy Romer and
will print the words on cards for our guests, which includes parents and
children of those who died. I will also pass along the site address
so that we may all visit your site again.
Thank you for providing just what I needed. Thanks
again for your wonderful site. I included your site name and address
on the printout.
Mary Williams O’Brien
Registered Nurse
Thank you so much for your
wonderful website. I too am in the health field, I am a RN.
I lost my husband 2 years ago suddenly when he became septic and went into
cardio- pulmonary collapse of unknown origin at the age of 40. Your
words and poems have touched my soul----thanks for sharing them.
Part 2: I have been looking at your site
for the last hour at least. It has to be the most wonderful grief
support place I have visited. You had to be inspired to have created such
a wonderful place, and again I want to thank you.
Hoberta, R.N
Registered Nurse
I have spent the last hour
or so on your site, and I must tell you what a special site you have created!
I found myself engrossed in the stories and poems on your pages.
I wish there were more doctors like you, who are not afraid of dealing
with the dying. Thank you so much for letting me know about
your site. It's wonderful! I will be back many times!
Pam North, R.N.
Pam's Place on the Net
This web site is a good resource because it is
available anytime day or night, whenever the need for support arises especially
when your friends go on with their busy lives and you haven't fulfilled
your need to grieve.
Patricia J. Paternoster, R.N.
Registered Nurse
I am profoundly amazed, and
in awe to have just discovered this site. A place to come to when your
heart is heavy and rewards so few. I love nursing, it is a part of who
I am. A place to find understanding and insight into complex emotions and
thoughts that arise in health care. A truly
wonderful gift to give. Sincere gratitude,
Penelope Spaulding, LPN
Thanks for being here when
I needed you and your web sites the most. I will make sure others are aware
of your web site. God bless you and those who have helped you.
Carolyn RN,BSN
You have a lovely site....
very lovely. Tons of info.... very eclectic. I am glad to put a link
up.
Kathi Webster, R.N.
Webmaster,
Webster's Death, Dying and Grief Guide
I firmly believe that the
wisdom and inspiration of your website has lessened the pain associated
with losing my husband in January, 2001, after his two-year battle with
(ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease). I found your site on my own. I
accessed it frequently, oftentimes printing information or poems that I
wanted to keep or have at hand; shared your wisdom and experience with
my daughters, and still return to see your updates, or reread sections
that truly kept me going.
Thank you, Dr. Dyer. I don't think I would
have gotten this far, so quickly, without your guidance.
Pam Lautman
Appalachian Regional Commission
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efforts and hard work to develop and maintain a place of comfort in this
world of challenges. I was searching the Internet for positive stories,
words, or messages...
in your pages I found an absolute treasure
chest.
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