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The Evolution of a Patient

Welcome to the thirteenth day of the National Health Blog Post Month Challenge.  Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based on given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Evolution: Write about how being a patient or caregiver has changed you.  How have your goals changed?  Have your values changed? Patience; as a patient I have developed far more patience than I had before being a...

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Please, don’t judge me…

  Welcome to the sixth day of the National Health Blog Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health.   Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based upon given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Say WHAT?! What's the most ridiculous thing you've heard about your health condition?  Was there any context? What did you think at the time you heard it - and what do you think...

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HAWMC 2013 Day 8: When you hear hoofbeats; think Okapi and not horses!!

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 upon prompts given. Today's prompt reads as follows: If your health condition (or the health condition of a loved one) was an animal, what would it be?  Is it a real animal or make-believe?  If my health condition...

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HAWMC 2013 Day 7: Say What?

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 upon prompts given. Today's prompt reads as follows: Say WHAT?  What's the most ridiculous thing you've heard about health or your condition?  Where did you hear it and what did you think?  I once heard, a few years...

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