He Saved My Life

Family Doctor: Not provided

My family doctor rocks because he saved my life. Not in the conventional way medicine would, by performing a lifesaving operation or CPR, but rather by doing nothing. He sat with me, listened to me every week until I stopped wanting to kill myself. He provided me a space to go to when I felt like jumping off a bridge. He had given special instructions to his staff to allow me to talk, although I did not have an appointment, if I was overwhelmed or had a panic-attack. He could have filled me with drugs but instead he showed me doctors cared, that medicine was still about the human spirit and that a broken spirit, with the listening ear of a doctor who had empathy, led to health. This old-fashioned skill is lifesaving. I will be forever grateful to him.

Edmonton