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PODCAST: Voice of the Patient
I had a chance to speak with David Reed for his new podcast, The Voice of the Patient. Dave is a humble but knowledgeable, thoughtful man who practices physiotherapy in North Carolina, USA. It was wonderful to engage in a … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Education, clinician, David Reed, dialysis machine, Fitness, gym, health, Karen NIcole Smith, Kingston General Hospital, lived-experience expert, patient, patient advocate, patient experience advisor, physiotherapy, podcast, Queen's University, The Voice of the Patient
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When my ILLNESS is like a bad EX . . .
If you decide to change your orientation to life. If you decide to change your priorities. Prepare to be TESTED. *slightly pained giggle* It’s a good thing I have a lot of support and a good sense of humor!! And … Continue reading →
“Patient As Provider” – Barry Smith Symposium . . .
I was fortunate enough to be asked to be a speaker and panelist in the Barry Smith Symposium at Queen’s University a few weeks ago. It was an amazing experience. This is the second annual symposium, named about one of … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, Barry Smith, Barry Smith Symposium, Canada, Cardiology, CBC, CEO, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, defibrillator, dialysis, dialysis machine, doctor, doctors, Dr. Brian Goldman, Dr. Chris Simpson, Dr. Pike, health literacy, Karen NIcole Smith, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital, Leslee Thompson, medical school, patient as provider, patient perspective, provider, Queen's Univeristy, White Coat Black Arts
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Vlogging about my Heart Function DECLINE. . .
I’ve known this information for a while . . . my heart function is lowering. We’re doing tests – Cardiology in Kingston and Toronto. Quite a few stress tests and ECGs and checking my defibrillator – as it logs my … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, aggressive dialysis, balance, cardiac arrest, Cardiac Rehabilitation, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, defibrillator, dialysis, Diana Hopkins-Rosseel, exercise, Fitness, gym, Gym Schedule, health, healthy, heart disease, hemodialysis, home dialysis, Home Hemodialysis, journey, KGH, kidney, kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney transplant, Kingston General Hospital, love, new kidney, NxStage, patient, plan, quality of life, sick to fit journey, St. Michael's Hospital, strong, Toronto, transplant
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Open Letter to my Diseases . . .
Dear Kidney Disease, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Anemia and friends . . . We’re cool, ultimately. Not because I am happy to live with you all but because I had to make peace with you, since we met (in my teenage … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, aggressive dialysis, ambulance, anemia, anger, author, balance, better person, broken, cardiac arrest, Cardiac Rehabilitation, challenge, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, control, courage, Dave deBronkart, death, defibrillator, dialysis, dialysis machine, dialysis schedule, diseases, doctor, energy, ePatient Dave, exercise, experience, faith, family, fear, fearless, fight, financial, Fitness, frenemy, friends, goals, God, gym, gym rat, happy, health, healthy, heart disease, hemodialysis, home dialysis, Home Hemodialysis, hope, hospital, hypertension, inspired, journey, kidney, kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney transplant, Kingston General Hospital, laugh, Lesson, lessons, Life, limit, limittion, love, Lupus, meditation, message, Mom, new kidney, nothing for granted, nurse, NxStage, operation, orphan, patient, patient experience advising, patient experience advisor, peace, perspective, physical pain, plan, prayer, pregnancy, prioritize, procedures, professional-earning potential, progress, proud, public speaking, purpose, quality of life, real love, relationship, research, sad, sick to fit journey, spiritual, St. Michael's Hospital, strength, strengthened relationships, strong, success, support, surgeon, terror, thankful, time, Toronto, transplant, traumatic, travel, unease, universe, waiting room, well-ish, whole
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Kingston General Hospital CEO (Leslee Thompson) Graciously cites my MESSAGE in essay . . .
Wanted to thank Leslee Thompson, the CEO of Kingston General Hospital, for citing me in an essay she co-wrote about patient engagement in healthcare ,for the December issue of Longwoods.com. Leslee co-authored the essay with Hugh McLeod, (CEO, Canadian Patient … Continue reading →
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Tagged Canadian Patient Safety Institute, care, CEO, co-authored, experience, healthcare, home dialysis, Hugh McLeod, KGH, kidney disease, kidney transplant, Kingston General Hospital, Leslee Thompson, lived-experience expert, Longwoods.com, patient engagement, patient experience advisor, wellness
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