Did they have any resources available to help you understand
他们有没有提供什么资源帮助你理解
like, did you even know what Phase One trial was?
例如理解第一阶段临床试验是什么吗?
Had you heard about Phase One or Two?
你听过第一阶段或第二阶段吗?
Did you use the Internet?
你上网查过吗?
Did you talk to your doctors
你问过你的医生
what resources are most helpful to you?
哪些资源对你而言最有帮助吗?
Right, I should actually mention that
好的 我刚才应该提到这点
I didn't really know what stem cells were
我并不知道干细胞是什么
I think I heard it maybe like just the term itself once or twice
我听过一两次这个名词
just about the fact that it's controversial
知道这是个有争议的话题
and no, I didn't really know what they were
我并不知道是什么
especially embryonic stem cells
特别是什么是胚胎干细胞
so I did ask a lot of questions
所以我确实问了很多问题
I met with Dr. McKenna several several times
我和麦克凯纳医生见了很多次面
He had to really break it down for me
他把相关知识进行了分解
and explained it to me in very simple terms
然后用简单的语言讲解给我听
that I could understand
便于我的理解
because I mean this wasn't something
因为在日常生活中
that I dealt with in my normal life
我并没有接触过这些知识
and I had to learn all this new medical jargon
所以我必须学习这些
that I never heard of before
从未听过的专业术语
So asking questions
所以我提出问题之后
and having it explained in the most elementary way
他们在以最简单的方法讲解给我听
Possible, that was very very helpful
这是很有帮助的
It helped me understand
帮我理解
what was it really that was getting myself into
我即将参与的是什么项目
but also one of the things that really was reassuring to me
最后使我心安的是
sort of the seal the deal for me
也就是最后让我下定决心的是
was being able to speak to the neurosurgeon
我和我的神经外科医生谈了一次
who was going to perform the surgery
他是我的手术医生
Dr. Garisanberg
盖里桑伯格医生
just because going through the whole process
因为签署知情同意书的过程
of signing the consent form is stressful enough
足以让我感到忐忑不已
So knowing that you are in good hands
所以要确保给我手术的人值得信赖
and the person who's going to perform the surgery knew
他非常清楚
what they are doing
手术的来龙去脉非常重要
That's one thing not to stress over
不要对手术本身感到紧张
since everything else is incredibly stressful
因为其他方面的工作带来的压力大得难以承受
but I had a great team behind me
但我的背后有一个一流的医疗团队
I went into it fully informed
他们告知了我所有的信息
I did my own research
我自己也做了研究
I had access to the computer and the Internet
我可以使用电脑和网络
I definitely did as much research as I possibly could
我尽量的对这个问题做了很多的研究
even though a lot of what I've found
尽管很多我找到的内容
I didn't necessarily understand reading it myself
单凭我的能力是很难读懂的
But I tried to ask as many questions as I could
但我尽力多提出问题
so that I would be able to understand
这样我就能更好的理解
what was it that I was consenting to
我签署的知情同意对象是什么