UCI Health — Yorba Linda Infusion Center

"When I first came here, a Korean nurse named Mina came and pretended to know me. So I said I wouldn't bother her because my English wasn't perfect, but for some reason I had been wearing a comfortable long dress since the first day. She asked me why I was dressed up like that and pointed out that no one here dressed like this and that everyone wore tracksuits. I just listened to it and passed it on with one ear, but it was the first day and I usually dress like that when I go to the market, so what does it matter what I wear? It would have been fine to just talk about it like that, but he started talking about clothes and pointed out why I was dressed like that... It wasn't a fancy outfit. I suddenly gained too much weight, so I didn't have any clothes that fit. I was just going to wear something that could be easily opened with a button because of the hemo port on the front. I also didn't want to wear shabby clothes when my body was like this. On the contrary, the doctors advised me to buy nice clothes because I was feeling depressed. But do I have to come here and listen to that? My husband came back and I pointed out to him for the third time, asking why I was dressed like this... Everyone wears training clothes, but the only person who comes dressed like that is a patient... From then on, I thought I should stay away from this nurse because she was just a talkative woman, but she asked me where I go to church, don't go to that church, it's a church with a lot of problems, etc... .The second time I received the treatment, it was about 5 minutes late, and they criticized me for being late. I watched it and they didn't say a word to other foreigners, even if they came later than me, but it seemed like they were criticizing the same Korean person more. And on the first day, the nurse It's good to do a blood test here. If you do it outside, it's not done by a nurse, but a nurse's assistant. And what's even better is that they use a hemoport to draw blood, so they recommended that you do it here, and I was scared of having my blood drawn, so I came all the way to Yobeinda and got the test done, even though it was far from my house. But then again, the Korean nurse says that we have to do it early in the morning to make our daily schedule easier and to feel at ease if we don't have to eat, but they say they're busy and tell us to come at 1pm. But honestly, they're so busy here that they don't even look at us, so they should do whatever they want as per their reservation, right? And should a cancer patient, who is not an ordinary patient, need to be treated by a nurse? So, I went to get my blood done at 1pm the day before, and they drew my blood from the hemoport and taped all the syringes and taped them up when I came tomorrow."

"The UCI infusion center is tremendous! As a four time cancer survivor my experience here has been one of the best in my healing process. The nurses are amazing and go above and beyond their duty. My own nurse Linda Armendariz has been beyond wonderful and helped me far more than what is expected of her. There aren’t enough descriptors to truly express how great this center has been for me during this unexpected time in my life. Doctor Coluzzi is simply the best oncologist I have ever worked with."