This post was written for the Patients for a Moment blog carnival hosted by Diana Lee at Somebody Heal Me The topic was “Who are you without your disease? What makes you more than just your disease? How have you adapted these aspects of your life so they’re not completely overcome by your illnesses?” Dear Doctors, To you, I am a medical record number and an attached diagnosis. You see me in lab test results, medical file notes, and medication logs. You see my signs and sympto

This post is part of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health. I will be writing a post a day for all 30 days. You can learn more about it here:http://info.wegohealth.com/HAWMC2012. Today’s topic: Theme song. Imagine your health focus or blog is getting its own theme song. What would the lyrics be? What type of music would it be played to? No.. I’m not in London (I wish!), but this song gets stuck in my head every time I have an episode of “brain fog

This post is part of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health. I will be writing a post a day for all 30 days. You can learn more about it here:http://info.wegohealth.com/HAWMC2012. Today’s topic: Write a letter to yourself at age 16. What would you tell yourself? What would you make your younger self aware of? Dear 16-year-old me, I could tell you all the things that are going to happen in the next 10 years, but I think it would take some of the fun