When a Cold Can Be More than a Cold
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. This year, we traveled to the Northeast to spend the holiday with our families. We had a great time and were fortunate to spend quality time with everyone. Unfortunately, I came back with a bad chest cold. After doing a home...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from MY Family to Yours Enjoy the Day!
9 Years of Being A Cancer Patient
On November 24, 2023, I will remember 9 years of being a cancer patient. I am grateful that I am here! But rest assured, there is not a day that goes by that I forget I am a cancer patient. I often wonder if people with other chronic medical conditions are so acutely...
Celebrating Caregivers
November is National Caregivers Month. So, in this post, I celebrate caregivers. If you are a caregiver, thank you for all you do. The call to be a caregiver can come at any age. Stats show us that most caregivers are adults, and most are women, but children and men...
The Case Managers Role in Working With Patients Who Suffer Limb Loss
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop by Hanger Clinic on Upper Extremity Limb Loss. The workshop discussed the advances in prosthetics that are helping people with upper-body limb loss get back to work and their lives. I was asked to...
Does Your Mother Know What You Do?
At a meeting I attended a few weeks ago, Nancy Skinner shared a new program she was delivering. The title, Does Your Mother Know What You Do? This is a common question in case management circles because we can't understand why no one recognizes our work. Not even our...
Keep Calm and Call the Case Manager! Celebrating Case Management Week!
This week is officially designated National Case Management Week by the Case Management Society of America, the American Case Management Association, and the Commission for Case Management Certification. So keep Calm and Call the Case Manager! Case Management Week is...
Losing a Patient is Hard
A patient I have been working with passed away recently. She was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and could not tolerate the treatment, so she was put on hospice and passed away four months after her diagnosis. She died on September 20th. Reflecting on how things...
