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Patients have to speak up to be treated like human beings
I was diagnosed with clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary, aka ovarian...
Why I’m a patient safety advocate
My Father-in-law died due to the negligent use of an off-label medication...
Post-Polio Syndrome Apocalypse. Or maybe it isn’t as bad as it seems?
Polio is a scary word in Europe more so than around the United States...
Go around, go through, but don’t settle for NO
Imagine for a moment being a Registered Nurse one day, then the next you...
At my starting line
June 4, 2010 at 1:04 PM I got my #WhatTheHealthCare moment when the nurse...
My patient advocacy 101
My lesson of Patient Advocacy 101 was not taught in any school but rather...
My mother’s story: We’re people, not products
Mother’s Day is a time to show appreciation for the special women in our...
Humor is powerful in healthcare, but stories will change the industry.
A few weeks back, I put a few questions out to the Twittersphere to see...
Personalized care in a specialized world
"Or I guess it might be cutaneous T cell lymphoma " I'm seeing a...
Not taking “I don’t know” as an answer
We’ve all had our own “what the health care” moments I’m pretty...
If an appendix explodes in the woods and nobody hears it…
Deep in the Sierra Nevada’s while installing a metal roof onto a tiny...
Just when I thought….
I recently got my vasectomy done at Oregon Health and Science University...