A cancer diagnosis can turn your world upside down.
The treatments, while effective, can carry complications. The cost can be enormous. The treatment and recovery processes may require major changes in your lifestyle. With so much information to absorb and so many decisions to make, a patient’s first reaction to a cancer diagnosis is often bewilderment.
Enter Rita Bouley, a registered nurse who serves as University of Minnesota Health Cancer Care’s full-time oncology resource coordinator. It’s her job to provide reassurance for newly diagnosed cancer patients and to help them navigate the many decisions they face. Bouley also answers calls to Masonic Cancer Center's toll-free cancer nurse phone line, which is staffed from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday