Latest posts tagged with #SmartPatients on Bluesky
Later this week, we mark the first day of spring.
For anyone going through a hard season right now, here is a reminder: Winter doesn't last forever.
The change is already happening, even if you can't see it yet.
#Resilience #SmartPatients
27,400 blue flags were planted on the National Mall — one for every young adult projected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer by 2030. Let’s grow awareness through shared stories & questions answered in community. https://ow.ly/6gfB50YsC4c
#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth #SmartPatients
More than 50 million Americans live with an autoimmune disease — and for many, one diagnosis can unexpectedly lead to another. This week's story in support of Autoimmune Awareness Month is focused on diabetes. https://ow.ly/jpyS50Ypl3I
#AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth #Type1Diabetes #SmartPatients
Yesterday was World Obesity Day. We asked some Smart Patients what they wished their doctors understood about living with obesity. Our latest blog surfaces five things patients want healthcare providers to know.
Read more: https://ow.ly/eq0W50Yp6H6
#WorldObesityDay #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
Don't forget!
Join us March 4-6 for a 3-day conversation with experts from the Family Caregiver Alliance about anticipatory grief, gradual loss, relationship shifts, caregiver guilt & self-compassion. Asynchronous format: https://ow.ly/mvt250YioSc
#FamilyCaregiverAlliance #SmartPatients
154 years ago today, Yellowstone became the first national park in the world.
What a gift that decision turned out to be. Not just for the landscapes, wildlife, and wonder it preserved, but for what time in nature does for all of us.
#NatureAndHealth #SmartPatients
Black patients face persistent healthcare disparities. Peer communities can't fix systemic medical racism. But they can offer a place where kindness is more reliable, experience is validated, & where people help each other.
#BlackHistoryMonth #HealthEquity #SmartPatients
You don't have to be fearless. Whether you're the one diagnosed or the one caring for someone you love—fear is part of the journey.
But so is courage. You just have to decide to keep going anyway.
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #Courage
"At KidneyCouch, we are dedicated to providing a supportive and informative space for kidney cancer patients and those who are also dealing with chronic kidney disease." That mission aligns perfectly with ours.
Join our community:https://ow.ly/IycK50YeB0S
#KidneyCouch #SmartPatients
"What's my breast density?" This question can change your screening plan & help you understand your cancer risk.
My Density Matters has created a one-stop resource center to get answers: https://ow.ly/bqAt50Y91Fg
#FOMBDD #FindOutMyBreastDensityDay #MyDensityMatters #SmartPatients
If you missed our Valentine's Day story, it's worth going back to read.
Here is the link to I Am...Getting Beyond the Diagnosis: research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amgetting-be...
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #CancerSupport
Thank you, Ulman Foundation, for an unforgettable visit! What you offer young adults facing & treating cancer is beyond laudable! Seeing the names on the wall of all of those who you reach is a testament to the warm community you provide.
#UlmanFoundation #CancerSupport #Baltimore #SmartPatients
Together for Sharon published a blog introducing Smart Patients to his Parkinson's community. Thank you!
Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/tWKF50YeCEW
Join Smart Patients: https://ow.ly/h5PL50YeCEV
#TogetherForSharon #SmartPatients #ParkinsonsDisease
Love is showing up. Read I Am…Getting Beyond the Diagnosis to see love in action: https://ow.ly/Vk3650YfmqX
Our Smart Patients Team wishes a happy Valentine's Day to all the people with love in their hearts, and love to all who feel it's missing.
#ValentinesDay #SmartPatients #CancerCommunity
We're proud to partner with KidneyCouch—a comprehensive resource for people navigating kidney cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Knowledge + connection = better care.
https://www.smartpatients.com/partners/kidneycouch
#KidneyCancer #KidneyCouch #SmartPatients #ChronicKidneyDisease #CKD
Some friendships start over coffee.
Others start with: "Has anyone else been through this?"
The friends you find in patient communities understand in ways others simply can't.
Find your people at Smart Patients. https://www.smartpatients.com/
#MakeAFriend #SmartPatients #FindYourPeople
February is Rare Disease Month. 400 million people globally live with rare diseases. Most face diagnostic delays, limited treatments, and isolation. We partner with the SRNA to change that.
Check out SRNA's podcast: https://ow.ly/ARYY50YbYm4
#RareDiseaseMonth #SRNA #SmartPatients
Happy Monday Smart Patients Community!
Big news: We have fresh new cards ready to share—and we need your help spreading the word.
Order yours today and help connect people to peer support when they need it most.
Get cards: https://www.smartpatients.com/orders
#SmartPatients #PatientSupport
Illness carves into you and changes the landscape of who you are. It can make you deeper and more expansive.
So why not think of yourself as a human Grand Canyon?
You are irreplaceable, awe-inspiring and canyon-level magnificent.
#SmartPatients #PatientVoices #Resilience
Cholangiocarcinoma patients face one of the rarest, most challenging cancers to treat. Read how bile duct cancer patients navigate impossible choices: https://ow.ly/pnS250Yajks
Connect with others who understand: https://ow.ly/8MKY50Yajkt
#BileDuctCancer #Cholangiocarcinoma #SmartPatients
Today is a day to think about women and cardiovascular health. Even though heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined, it's largely preventable.
Share what you know on https://www.smartpatients.com/
#WearRedDay #GoRedForWomen #SmartPatients #WomensHeartHealth
Cervical cancer survivors will often remind you that most cervical cancers are preventable & that the HPV vaccination works.
Learn more by visiting our friends at Cervivor, Inc. & read: https://ow.ly/ScoL50Y7x7E
#CervicalCancer #HPVAwareness #CervicalHealth #Cervivor #SmartPatients
In patient communities, we act together every day. But community alone can't close the care gap.
Peer support + systemic change = real progress.
What does "acting together" mean to you?
#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #SmartPatients #ActTogether
Repetition can mean another day and another chance.
To everyone walking circles today, literally or figuratively: your routine matters.
Happy Groundhog Day. May you get as many loops as you need!
What are your figure-8s?
#GroundhogDay #SmartPatients #PatientWisdom
Illness has a way of burning through what we thought mattered and it may bring an unexpected clarity.
What did illness take from you? What did it unexpectedly give?
Share your story: https://www.smartpatients.com
#PatientCommunity #SmartPatients
1,000 posts. Three years. One question: "What music rescues you?" The answers created a 4 part series about how shared music is part of survival and community. Movement IV is the chorus (& includes the Smart Patients' playlist): https://ow.ly/SGfc50Y4mtX
#MusicToTheRescue #SmartPatients
Children see what adults sometimes forget: that imagination can be armor.
That love can be medicine. Out of the mouths of children come the metaphors we need most.
How have children in your life helped you see cancer differently?
#CancerCommunity #SmartPatients #HealingImagery #LoveAndCancer
If cancer were a poem, what would its metaphors be? This is the type of question that invites others to express what clinical language can't capture.
Art gives us permission to say the unsayable .
How would you describe cancer through art?
#CancerAndArt #ArtHeals #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
Smart Patients is more than a support group. It's a chorus. We say this because for over 3 years, 1,000 posts from just one conversation demonstrate the power of music and how it creates community. Read the finale of "I Am...Rescued by Music": https://ow.ly/ryqJ50Y0iyi
#SmartPatients #MusicHeals
Not all rescues look like relief.
In Movement III of "I Am...Rescued by Music," patients share songs that tell the truth: research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amrescued-by...
#MusicHeals #PatientStories #SmartPatients #MusicTherapy #AuthenticGrief
