Fortunate and Grateful to Have Her

Family Doctor: Dr. Margaret Polushin

I consider myself fortunate to have gotten into Dr. Polushin’s practice at the referral of someone who was like a sister to me; it’s hard to believe that it has been more than a decade, but that just goes to speak to how phenomenal she is as a family doctor.

Dr. Polushin is the kind of family doctor that most would aspire to be.
She is the family doctor who has been known to create appointments on her days off so that I could be seen when I was off work for months with a back injury.

She is the family doctor who strives to meet me where I am at. So if it is a day with limited eye contact, raging anxiety, and truly not knowing the next step forward to make things better, she gives me the time/space to answer, patiently repeats the plan of action numerous times while I wait for my brain to catch up with what she is saying, and radiates calm and confidence that this is just a blip in the road, not a bottomless pit.

She is the family doctor who will phone personally to relay insights from discussions she has had with other professionals, to check in and make sure I was on the road to recovery post hospitalization, and to update on the referral process and plan of care.

Here is to hoping I can convince her to be in practice another 10 years!
Angela Bokenfohr, Edmonton