Cancer Support
Service with compassion:
My private practice is one of coaching and guiding female and male individuals with stage one and serious cancer diagnoses. I focus on creating questions for your cancer team physicians to support your understanding of your illness, explaining various testing, scans and blood work that may be ordered and treatments options so you can make an informed decision about your care.
Helping individuals learn about their diagnosis, researching their treatment options and providing valuable resources, has been very important and valuable to my clients in my work as a patient advocate.
It provides a great deal of meaning to me to provide a calm, compassionate and supportive environment to those who are under enormous stress and facing critical decision making.
Linda Winkler Garvin, MSN
Patient Advocate
Linda advocated for her parents for 25 years long distance.
List of Services
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I help individuals diagnosed with cancer and chronic illnesses in the following ways:List Item 1
- Understand your disease and what it means.
- Describe the different types of physicians you may come across as part of your health care team.
- Help you prepare for your medical appointments by working with you to develop questions for your Oncologist, and other medical professionals that will be part of your health care team.
- Make sure your medical diagnosis is accurate with second or third opinions.
- Guide you in weighing the pros and cons of your treatment options.
- Provide safety tips for any planned surgical procedures or hospitalizations.
- Discuss the definition and benefits of Palliative Care.
- Provide assistance in how to take charge and make the time you spend with your physicians more productive
- Help you with Advance Care Planning.
- Explain the importance of a POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment): an approach to improving end-of-life care) and how it is used for your health care needs.
- Support and Guidance if your loved one is facing End of Life Care
- Provide the individuals surrounding you (family, friends, relatives, neighbors), various helpful tips on being supportive to you, during this difficult time.
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Helpful Tips on Being Supportive to a Friend or Loved One with Cancer
Article by Linda Garvin published on BeatCancer.org on 6/28/19.
Testimonials
What my clients are saying:
