Posts Categorized: Patient Stories

Joyce Hastings turned to Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network for solutions and support while caring for her ailing husband, Irving. He was diagnosed with a mild cognitive impairment in 2004 and thought he could handle it, says Joyce. “Irving didn’t want anyone else interfering. He had a plan to cure himself. He was exercising his…

Lee Johnson believes she would have died if her diabetes hadn’t been diagnosed six years ago. “I was not eating properly. Finding out I had diabetes was the best thing that happened to me,” says Lee. Her health deteriorated about 10 years ago when she hurt her back and became housebound, not able to exercise…