Ever have this experience? You’re at your doctor’s appointment and the doctor begins sharing information. You have one of those “where am I moments and is my doctor speaking in tongues?” Your first thought is probably how many syllables can any one word have and the other…are these words for real. I bring this up [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Call Doctors Out of Hiding
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, doctor-caregiver relationship, doctor-patient relationship, illness coaching, medical terminology, patient empowerment on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As If We Didn’t Have Enough to Worry About!!
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged c-difficile, Clostridium Difficile, coaching illness, hospital infections, illness coaching, patient empowerment, surviving a hospital stay on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If it weren’t that the news alerts us to serious issues I’d take a TV holiday because it can be all consuming. It seems like every week there is a new medical study, pharmaceutical mishap and treatment in question. It shows us on the news, on websites and around the water cooler. So what’s the [...]
What We Can Learn From Our Veterans
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, health mission, Honoring Veterans, illness coaching, Lessons from Veterans, patient empowerment on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s important that we acknowledge the brave men and women who have served and are currently serving in our armed forces. They are protecting the United States, allowing each of us to live in a free society. They all have or are currently putting their lives on the line to protect and defend. I know [...]
Social Secretaries and Hostages
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, illness and surprise, illness coaching, patient empowerment on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a social secretary. The only people I know of who do are those who are so wealthy that this position is really an extension of their brain. I want to make note of this because unlike so many experiences in our lives, illness does not make [...]
The Frustrated Caregiver
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver stress, coaching illness, patient empowerment on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!!! I have a confession…I’m a control freak! It’s gotten better over the years but I do have streaks that still shine through and take over my body. During those times, I can tell you and after talking to thousands of caregivers that I”m not alone, I have a tendency to get [...]
Is Ignorance Really Bliss?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, patient empowerment, pharmacists, pharmacology, side effects on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s important to get lots of perspectives on a whole host of issues when facing a chronic or life-threatening illness. There are numerous decision trees planted and at each crossroads you’re asked to make a choice. It helps if you have information, but can you ever really know too much? Is ignorance really bliss? Last [...]
Have You Become a Crusader?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, health and politics, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, President Elect Obama on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the United States it’s the day after election day and the country has elected a new President. There is a new wave of excitement and the hope for change will hopefully be realized. President-Elect Obama couldn’t have done it without crusaders across the country willing to put their energy and belief in the ideals [...]
Mastery in 20 Minutes?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, doctor-patient relationship, medical education, patient empowerment, physician education on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about physician training and talking to doctors about their medical school experience. What has intrigued me most is their training on the soft skills of medicine, namely communication with the patient. Most of us with health issues are seeing specialists that were probably trained in the 80′s and [...]
