Posts Tagged ‘Unity Health Toronto’

• My Hospital Go Bag 2.0

  Date: 2025.01.01 | Category: Articles, Health | Response: 0

  

  Since I posted my first blog post on my hospital go bag, I have  made a few edits. Having used the other bag once in 2024, I wanted a few changes. Please note this post contains affiliate links.
  

  (Blog post 1 – My Hospital Go Bag)

  Change 1 – A new bag. The OKYUK 70L Hiking Backpack that beyond fits everything.

  Change 2 – A regular Kleenex box. I found the square box hard to pack.

  Change 3 – Due to Boxing Week here in Canada, I picked up a pair of Wyze earbuds to replace a pair of wired headphones I purchased at Dollarama that partially don’t work.

  So what’s in it otherwise?

  1. A change of underwear for a week.
  2. Toiletries including tooth brush/tooth paste. (I use the one my dentist gives me but you can buy small ones at Dollar Tree.) The bag itself is a pencil case I bought at Dollar Tree that fits everything.
  3. Nail clipper.
  4. A hallowe’en sized bag of Skittles with smaller bags in it. Please note I am not diabetic.
  5. A list of my medications.
  6. A “No Needles/No BP” bracelet. As a dialysis patient, this is important.
  7. A bottle of lotion.
  8. Wyze earbuds.
     
  9. Back up charging cable & USB/USB C plug.
  10. Adult colouring book from Dollarama
  11. Coloured pencil’s from Walmart
  12. A box of store-brand 3-ply Kleenex from Metro.
      
  13. A blanket from home.
  14. A light bath robe. Not all units have those hospital robes.
  15. A notebook & pen to write down questions and answers when talking to doctors.
  16. A good pair of slippers.
  17. A lux bar of soap from The Rocky Mountain Soap Company. The holder I got from Dollar Tree.
  18. Lip balm.
  19. Organizer for my charging cables.
  20. A small LED lantern so I have some control over the light around my bed .
      

  Where did I get everything?

  • My own house – I already had it
  • Temu
  • Dollar Tree
  • Amazon
  • Walmart
  • Rocky Mountain Soap Company
  • Dollarama
  • Wyze

• My Hospital Go Bag

  Date: 2024.10.09 | Category: Articles, Health | Response: 0

  

  I’ve been unfortunate to be an in-patient twice in 2024 at RVH – my local hospital. And I’m at the top of the kidney transplant list. So I created a hospital go-bag that I can just grab when the call comes or in the unfortunate circumstance that I have to call 9-1-1. Please note this post does contain affiliate links.

  So what’s in it?

  The bag itself is a black bag with silver handles not dissimilar to this one.

  1. A change of underwear for a week.
  2. Toiletries including tooth brush/tooth paste. (I use the one my dentist gives me but you can buy small ones at Dollar Tree.) The bag itself is a pencil case I bought at Dollar Tree that fits everything.
  3. Nail clipper.
  4. A hallowe’en sized bag of Skittles with smaller bags in it. Please note I am not diabetic.
  5. A list of my medications.
  6. A “No Needles/No BP” bracelet. As a dialysis patient, this is important.
  7. A bottle of lotion.
  8. Headphones from the dollar store. Just like at dialysis, it never hurts to be polite to your roomate(s).
  9. Back up charging cable & USB/USB C plug.
  10. Adult colouring book from Dollarama
  11. Coloured pencil’s from Walmart
  12. A box of scotties facial tissues. (The hospital ones are the pits IMHO.)
  13. A blanket from home.
  14. A light bath robe. Not all units have those hospital robes.
  15. A notebook & pen to write down questions and answers when talking to doctors.
  16. A good pair of slippers.
  17. A lux bar of soap from The Rocky Mountain Soap Company. The holder I got from Dollar Tree.
  18. Lip balm.
  19. Organizer for my charging cables.
  20. A book light. Not because I want to read but because it’s a light I guarantee I can control from bed.

  Where did I get everything?

  • My own house – I already had it
  • Temu
  • Dollar Tree
  • Amazon
  • Walmart
  • Rocky Mountain Soap Company
  • Dollarama

• Review of My Health Care

  Date: 2022.06.20 | Category: Articles | Response: 0

  0.5 of 5 stars.

  So to say I was under-impressed with the “My Health Care” portal offered by the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is like saying I’m under-impressed with a pumpkin. When I compare it to “My Chart” offered by Unity Health Toronto/St. Michael’s Hospital, it’s like night and day.

  With “My Chart” I can see every single test I’ve ever done and the reports. I had a CT scan at St. Mike’s this past Friday and by the time I got home, I could already download the radiologist’s report. With “My Health Care” I have to potentially wait up to 14 days for pathology reports, meaning blood work and it only seems to have results for 2022. Oh, and I can’t find my last CT scan at RVH on their portal.

  Heck, “My Health Care” can’t even tell me when my next dialysis appointment is.

  I am very disappointed with “My Health Care” and hope that RVH will work to fix this immediately.