How to help when you want to take away a loved one’s physical pain but can’t My partner brings up the concern that this list is a lot about controlling your loved one’s perceptions and outlook, and that that can be dangerous territory rife with hovering and smothering. It’s a good point, but I think…
I’ve broken down and cried at least six times at CVS Pharmacy in the past year. I’m not proud of it, but it’s a fact. I’m not the only one, either. In one week alone, I saw two other people sobbing by the prescription counter, and one of these customers was even recruiting for financial…
This Kind of Technology Usage Gives Me Hope I get excited about technology that has been adapted to help coordinate care for patients with chronic disease, and to make sure that we’re not falling through the cracks.
Each day, I swallow almost as much medicine as I do food. Right now, I’m on ten different types of pills. Each pill has to be taken at certain times each day, with different numbers of pills each time, with food, without food… It’s maddeningly complicated, and time-consuming! At any given point in time, I…
The Professional Patient 