Patient Letters
Virtual Appreciation Wall
Welcome to our virtual appreciation wall! If you would like to share a letter with other members of the BostonSight™ PROSE community, please visit www.bostonsight.org/contact. Select category "other", submit your message, and someone will contact you shortly.
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Joy AgainThe introduction of PROSE into my life was not as dramatic as some of the stories I’ve read, but no less profound for me. Friends ask ‘how do you like your new devices?’ or ‘are you glad you went to all that trouble?’... Full Article |
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A Life ChangedDear Dr. Hessen, When we first met, you mentioned to me that what fulfilled you the most in your job was knowing that you were truly impacting lives and helping patients with their vision... Full Article |
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A Word of ThanksPROSE patient Stella King shares her appreciation for Dr. Ryan Ridges and PROSE. Full Article |
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HeroesPROSE patient Kittie Jo Palmer was inspired to write this poem about the BFS staff and doctors. Thank you, Kittie Jo! Full Article |
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You Believed in MeI am writing to express my deepest thanks for the care and service you provided to me and my family. From the moment I first called with questions, I was met... Full Article |
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Nothing Short of MiraculousWhen I entered the door of the Boston Foundation for Sight two weeks ago, I was apprehensive. Apprehensive because up till that day all the conventional treatments for my severe dry eye had been unsuccessful... Full Article |
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Endless PossibilitiesIn March my mom received a call from Helen M. telling her BFS was arranging a week for kids that suffered from Stevens Johnson Syndrome. She urged my mother to bring me there and, with Helen’s help, my mom and little sister Kerry and I... Full Article |
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Share in the JoyI was first diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome in 1996, and those ten years prior to meeting Dr. Rosenthal were filled with such unbearable pain that I did not have any hope that there would be a light at the end of the tunnel... Full Article |
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Some Prose About PROSEPROSE patient Warren Witherell shared this poem that he wrote about his experience at BFS. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Full Article |
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Sometimes Patients Teach DoctorsI have had many issues with my eyes over the 7 years since I received a stem cell transplant in 2004. The difficulties I faced included contracting graft versus host disease (GVHD) which affected many systems in my body including my eyes. At first, my ophthalmologist... Full Article |