This year at Medx ePatient Carly (@CarlyRM) presented a panel on the pain scale and how it doesn’t necessarily transfer over to chronically ill patients. I was one of her test subjects and for 3 months submitted pictures of myself. These pictures were matched up to the pain scale number I was feeling that day (1-10 …
Today I’m starting a weekly post series called #Medx Mondays! Since I experienced so much during my trip to Palo Alto, I decided to chop up my take aways in, as @AuntieStress said, ‘bite size chunks’. So, drummmmmmm rollllllll please . . . My family is completely amazing. They’re so supportive and honestly would do …
As I’m settling back into the routine of my daily life, I feel overwhelmed with emotions when I reflect on the past 2 weeks. My Grandpa was diagnosed with lung cancer in March (we believe it started last summer) and decided he didn’t want any treatment. How can you argue with a 93-year-old man who …
Well, it’s finally here! The California sun. Stanford University’s campus. MedicineX. Last September I was following @hurtblogger’s tweets about Medx. I told myself I was going to go next year because it just seemed so informative, collaborative, amazing and definitely something I wanted to be apart of. This year, I’m here with her as my …
Medicine X is in 3 weeks! eek!! (have you signed up to watch the free online stream yet??) I can’t even believe it. I know I said that in my last post, but seriously. I feel like I just found out I was selected to go . . . which was almost 7 months ago …
4 weeks until I’m sitting in the Medx conference. 27 days until I’m headed out to the Stanford Campus 648 hours until I’m meeting face to face with friends I’ve been talking to for almost a year. 38,880 minutes until I’m getting on a plane and traveling for my new job . . . my ePatient/advocacy …
What are you doing tonight?? You should tune in to watch me in my first Stanford Medicine X Live! It’s a weekly broadcast that focuses on different health and technology related topics. I feel so honored that they’ve asked me to be on a panel tonight which will discuss taking on a leadership role as …
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I currently have several things up in the air and I can’t wait until they’re finalized to share with all of you! One AWESOME thing that I found out this weekend was that I’ve been selected as a Stanford Medicine X ePatient Scholar. I’ve received a full scholarship to attend the medical conference this year …