Cross Cancer Institute

I did call the manager the next day and kind of said, "What's up with that?" And he said, "Oh, that was a mistake." And then he quoted me 180.

Um, he told me that the weekend of my surgery was a bunch of festivals in Edmonton, and that's why the rate was up, and I told him, "That's not right," because people going to the Cross Cancer for treatment and surgeries are not gonna be joining the festivities, so.

Right.

I hope they took their name off the list.

This is a list from the Cross Cancer, actually.

They were on it, so.

Oh, wow.

So I even stayed there in July, um, when I went up to Edmonton for my scans this year and stayed the night, and it's just like coming home.

But let's get into Karen's interview.

I have been a nurse at the Cross Cancer for 28 years now.

which sounds really strange coming out of my mouth because I feel so young.

But then my teenagers make me feel so old.

So it can be quite involved in the region.

So what causes these visible or palpable cords? So interestingly, back in the early 1990s, when I was first working as a physical therapist at our cancer hospital here, the Cross Cancer Institute, we would see many women post-surgery who developed axillary web syndrome.

So at that time, they often removed 10 or more lymph nodes from the armpit region as part of the routine surgery.

And our team of physios were interested in understanding the condition better since we were seeing so many cases, but there was really very little information in the literature.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

And we went back in and he said, yes, I need you on the plane tomorrow to the Cross Cancer in Edmonton, Alberta.

They're going to discuss that drug with you there.

So next morning, flew to Edmonton, met the amazing Dr. Smiley out of the Cross Cancer.

He said, here's the deal.

It's $40,000.