VENDOR WRITING
Thank You Tennessee Oncology B Y JOHN PA RK E R , C ON T RIB U T OR V E ND OR ; EDITED BY LINDA BAILEY
First and foremost I want to thank God for giving me the opportunity to say what I have to say in this article. This is a thank you letter to Tennessee Oncology. On Sept. 7, 2021 it will have been 14 years that I’ve been going to Tennessee Oncology. On average, I go about three times a month for a full day at a time to get treatment for a blood disorder. There’s no cure for it, so I’ll have to keep going for treatment until hopefully somebody comes up with a cure. If not, I’ll keep going with a smile because I at least know that at Tennessee Oncology I’m gonna be well taken care of. Everyone there is a professional, and they treat you like a professional patient. What they do is talk to you as though they been knowing you for ages — even if they just met you. Their attitudes are great. That’s why I want to thank everyone there from the receptionist who greets me at the door and tells me what to do and what not to do with a smile, down to the clean up people who if it wasn’t for people keeping everything clean there would be a lot of germs around. I also want to thank the nurses that take care of me while I’m there and are just nice to me. They are like a family to me. And of course I want to thank the doctors, especially my personal doctor, Dr. Doss. I really call him “Sir Doss” because I think all of the doctors up there are equal, but Dr. Doss to me has been a blessing. He has been a god-sent person. In September I’ll have been seeing him for 14 years and I want to thank him for helping God keep me alive,
for keeping my attitude and everything on the right road, and just for taking care of me. I love him for that. Really all the doctors there are like family. Not all the doctors treat me medically, but they treat me friendly. And I want to thank them for helping me keep my courage up. Everyone there just has the best attitudes. When you’re sick in this type of clinic, you want that because you’re having a bad day when you first walk in there. I know for a fact when I walk in there having a bad day, I come out having a good day. Most of the time I come out with a smile on my face only because of the attitude of the whole place. Everybody there works as a very tight team. I watch them help each other, and they are always there when you need them. They are just lovely people. The kind of people where when you get there and start getting your treatment you really don’t want to leave because you’re being treated so nice. You really don’t want to leave, but you know you’ve got to go. They really care about their patients there. There’s no doubt in my mind. They really care about their patients. And they try to help them in any way they can. Not only in the medical part, but you know, outside the box too if they can. Now I want to jump across the street to Saint Thomas Midtown, and thank the 6th floor nurses and doctors over there too. And also thank you to my church: Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church for their prayers. I love them all.
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