Yale Pathology Legacy Tissue Donation Program: The Patient and Caregiver Perspective

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• 00:03Go on, Chamberlain, and I am a
• 00:06two time lung cancer survivor.
• 00:08I have gotten very involved with advocacy
• 00:11work at the Smilow Cancer Center and
• 00:14specifically their patient and Family
• 00:16Advisory Council, and
• 00:18it's a very important tool
• 00:20at the Cancer Center.
• 00:22When I learned of the opportunity to donate,
• 00:25I asked to be first in line if
• 00:28there is something that I can
• 00:31do to improve someone else's.
• 00:33Chances of survival or help
• 00:37them to get through this. I
• 00:41would be happy to do
• 00:42that. My name is Jody Saginaw.
• 00:44I became a member of the patient
• 00:47and Family Advisory Council.
• 00:49After helping my late husband
• 00:51Paul through his nine year
• 00:53battle with multiple myeloma.
• 00:56I like the idea of tissue donation because.
• 00:59I think it's very important.
• 01:01I believe Paul would have signed up
• 01:04for this program because he always
• 01:06wanted to make sense of how what he was
• 01:09experiencing fit into the bigger picture.
• 01:11Paul benefited through new treatments.
• 01:14And I know he would have been
• 01:16honored to be able to contribute.