FIRST PERSON is on Laptop exploring the London Health Sciences Centre website when JUDY (Virtual Guide) enters the room
JUDY: Hi and welcome to the London Regional Cancer Program virtual experience. I’m Judy. If you are visiting this website for the first time, chances are that you or someone that you love has just been diagnosed with cancer.
When I found out that I had cancer a couple of years ago, I was terrified. I couldn’t believe that it was happening to me, and like you, I had many questions about how my life would change, what I had to do, where I had to go, and how long everything would take.
I’m here to help you and your family find the answers to some of these questions, and to share with you some of the things I've learned along the way.
So, let's get started. You can use the navigation bar to move around to the questions that you want answered first. One of the first questions I had was pretty general, what happens now? If that's where you are, start with the "Before Your Visit" section. If you are planning for your first visit but need to know how to get there, then go to "Getting Here" section, and if you have all that figured out and want to know more about what will happen once you get there, explore the "During Your Visit" section. It will help make everything seem more familiar to you from once you arrive to navigating the reception area to getting a glimpse of what's involved in your first visit. There are also maps and floorplans to help you find your way around, checklists and files that you can print to help you organize your visit, and lots of additional information about support services, and cancer treatment in general.
You can stop this tour at any time or return to repeat any of the information that you see or hear during the tour. So go ahead, start exploring and wherever you end up, someone will be there with you as well.
A diagnosis of cancer may be one of the biggest challenges you will ever face, but this is the first step in making sure that you don't have to do it alone.
I've invited over a friend that really helped me. Her name is Margaret and not only is she my friend, but she is also a volunteer at the clinic. She'll be able to fill you in on some of the details that might be of importance to you. Let me introduce you.
JUDY leaves the room to retrieve her friend MARGARET