Ovarian Cancer

e-patient stories, patient networks, pts as teachers, social media

Helen Palmquist: Supporting my cyber-sisters with words of hope

Kathleen O'Malley | February 8, 2012

Guest blogger Helen Palmquist is a member of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance support community, hosted by Inspire. She lives in suburban Chicago. I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 41, in the pre-Web days of 1987. From my hospital bed after my first surgery, I phoned two people whom I had heard were [...]

“You’re 100% alive or 100% dead at any given moment”

e-Patient Dave | June 27, 2010

A recurring training topic on this blog, originally for e-patients but also for clinicians and policy people, is understanding statistics. (See posts in that category.) Not only are statistics often misinterpreted; even when they’re correctly understood, patients too often interpret a slim chance as no chance. During my illness I heard from a long-ago co-worker. [...]