Looking For A New Eye Doc

I have been going to the same eye office for the past 11 years. I used to have a wonderful eye doctor but he moved on to better things but I stayed with the same office even tho I didn't really like the other doctors. But the last time I went, the doctor insulted me. I won't go into exact words but he said he would need a new chair after I sat down in his. There was more said then this but to let you know I am not overweight, I have put on a few pounds but not enough to be subjected to his rudeness. Then when his nurse had my glasses ready, she made a rude remark about not having a chair big enough for me to sit down in. That was it, my hubby made a rude remark back which made her turn red and shut up. We are never going back. Things like this is not new to me, here in Colorado Springs where the Tutts, my and my father's arch enemies, run things I have been subjected to this all of my life. Most of the time, I let it roll off my back knowing these people are in the Tutts pocket. In fact, I heard the Tutts pay these people to harass me. Gee, wonder what the Tutts are afraid of, maybe the TRUTH, lol. Anyway, I will find a new doc. I'm always on the road to better things :) Take care :)

Dr. Juan A. del Regato

I have been working on a book about my family, some of my posts are from the research I have done. My book is going slow, people are wondering why its taking so long. Well, two reasons (1) I want to get the facts right because so misinformation has been printed and the second one is I am finding really neat people doing this and I follow their path trying to find out more about them!

I also am finding a lot of people have passed away, one such person was my dad's and mine doctor, Dr. Juan A. del Regato. I remember him as if it was yesterday, he was a very tall man (that could be because I was a tiny child and everyone was tall to me) :)

I didn't care for him at first because he did a lot of tests on me and they were painful but when I went to his office with my father for my father's cancer treatments, I liked him.

Dr. del Regato was born in Cuba on March 1, 1909. He attended medical school at the University of Havana and recieved his medical degree from the University of Paris. He invented the device that gave effective radiation treatments in the early era of radiation oncology.

He came to the U.S. in 1939, he worked for the Chicago Tumor Institute then went to Washington and worked in the private practice of Dr. Edwin Merritt then went to the National Cancer Institute.

In Jan. 1943, he took a position as a radition oncologist at Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital in Columbia, MO. It was here in 1948 that my father met him and decided to build a cancer hospital in Colorado Springs. Dr. del Regato became director of that institution, the Penrose Cancer Hospital.

Dr. del Regato arrived in the Springs before the hospital was done, his offices were on Garden of the Gods Road. The building still stands there today but another company occupies it. One day my father and I were at his office, my dad was getting one of his treatments.
My father asked the good Dr., "Do you have any children?"
"Yes, I do" he replied. The conversation went on and we found out his children were in Cuba.
My father said, "It's not good for a man to be without his children. I'll see what I can do to get your children to you."

And my dad did, my father died before Dr. del Regato's children came to America but when they did, one of his daughter's was allowed to come see me. She wanted to thank the daughter of the man who made it possible for her to be here and she did. But, I didn't get a chance to thank her for her father, who made it possible for my daddy to live a little bit longer. Both men were great men.

If you'd like to read about Dr. del Regato you can through this link http://www.juanadelregatofoundation.org/Biography/NYTObituary.html