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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Welcome to the fourteenth day of the National Health Blog Post 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 on given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: First Day on the Job: Working with a chronic illness can be a difficult balance. What should you divulge, what should you hold back, and how do you balance it all? Do...
Continue readingWelcome 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...
Continue readingWelcome to the penultimate post of this November's month-long challenge, thanks to WEGO Health's 'National Health Blog Post Month'. Today, I have used a prompt from a few days ago instead of one of the prompt's set out for today's date. The prompt asks us how have our goals as a patient/advocate evolved? In my opinion this is a great question, and I believe that often these goals change when a definitive diagnosis is finally given - especially when we are...
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