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HAWMC Day 17: A Slogan of Hope…

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists.  Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based on given prompts. Friday 17th April: Health Tagline  Give yourself, or your patient experience a tagline.  Grab attention with your slogan.  Make sure it's catchy! To come up with a tagline to encapsulate the patient experience or life with...

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Spreading my wings…

As most of my regular already know, I love to write and although this very blog gives me an excellent opportunity to do so, I often wish that I could have an opportunity to write for a wider audience. So, I am very pleased that this week, I have been published in two excellent publications. Firstly, several weeks ago, I received an email from a journalist from PharmaTimes magazine, which is a very well-respected healthcare and pharmaceutical publication.  The magazine offers independent, authoritative...

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#spooniebookclub Review: ‘Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties’ by Laurie Edwards

  I am very excited for the first #spooniebookclub which is to be held tomorrow night at 8 P.M. (GMT) over on Twitter.  The first book that was chosen was one which we will all would relate to - a book which examines what it is like to live with a chronic illness - and as we were all under the age of 30 - this book seemed to be the perfect fit for us all. Interestingly, after a discussion with a...

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NHBPM Day Six: Attention New Doctors!

Today I have decided to use one of the bonus prompts provided by WEGO Health.  The bonus prompt asks us to provide advice for newly qualified doctors and nurses. I am sure that many of you reading who are also battling chronic illness, have all had negative experiences concerning doctors - those who don't listen to the symptoms you are experiencing daily, perhaps brushing them off as psychosomatic.  Doctors who are constantly checking their watches for the time, due to the...

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