On May 27th, the day of my diagnosis, I had the first of a series of 6 day-surgery procedures; all within 10 business days – or 2 weeks. These medical procedures were all performed by a specialist physician, a neuro-anesthesiologist. I found out later, from Read More …
This is one of those friend-of-a-friend stories. One of my friends is an almost-retired nurse, working part-time in administration at a small healthcare company. The firm specializes in full-time home-care for older folks, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to keep living in their own homes. It’s a fee-based service, which isn’t funded within Read More …
This is a b-a-d play on words, even for me! I just ordered a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) therapeutic device, and realized that it’s June 10th –> So that makes it a TENS on the 10th! The unit I ordered is a portable electrotherapy device, used (hopefully!) Read More …
I’d just met the neuro-anesthesiologist, the new treating physician to whom I’d been assigned by my local community hospital. On May 25th he confirmed the diagnosis; I had a rare neuro-inflammatory disease. He explained that this rare condition could spread; it could jump from one Read More …
How was adopting a patient-centric approach helpful for my neuro-anesthesiologist? As part of this approach, during our initial consultation yesterday, he asked about my background and experience. Because of this, he found out that my field is bioethics – also called medical ethics. He now Read More …
I first met the neuro-anesthesiologist at 1115 on a Friday morning, for what was supposed to be a consultation to confirm a suspected diagnosis. He was squeezing in my consultation between his surgeries, so his secretary sent me to meet with him in the hospital’s pre-operative Read More …
