September is ITP awareness month, so it is only fitting to start off with a list of the things that I have come to discover about life with low platelets. It has been a challenging, difficult and frustrating journey. However, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a better person because of it. Continue reading
I’m starting law school tomorrow. A major step considering everything that has happened to me since 5/1/14.
In three years I’m coming out ready to take over the drug development field. We need to revolutionize the way we bring new drugs/devices to the market. Things have to change, too many of us are dying while red tape destroys the process.
Let’s do this.
Becoming a patient is automatic, the minute you are born you become one. As you go through life you become a patient to more healthcare providers. The title is what you make it, decades ago patients just listened to their doctors. Now, we have to listen and discuss any issues related to our health. It many ways it is easier said than done. So what do we do to become an empowered patient (or encourage someone to be)?
I can’t believe the amount of pain I have been in recently. It travels around my body from my knees to my shoulders and back to my ankles. I knew something was wrong so I went to see my doctors and explained my symptoms. The pain on a scale from 1-10 is about 6.5 to 7 so I needed to be proactive.