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Archives for September 2024

Find a bit of beauty in the world today

September 22, 2024 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

A bee rests in the middle of a basil plant

Find a bit of beauty in the world today.Share it.  If you can’t find it, create it.Some days this may be hard to do.Persevere. – Lisa Bonchek Adams Today would have been the 92nd birthday of my “third grandfather,” Mitsuru Yasuhara. One of my goals for his final weeks was to spark joy at least […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, end of life Tagged With: caregivers, family, hospice, Lisa Bonchek Adams

Case study: Recurrent fever

September 6, 2024 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Two flowers appear outlined against an orange sky with the sun low in the background

Anyone who has endured a multiple-day fever — or cared for someone with one — knows how exhausting it can be. Imagine experiencing nine weeks of a mysterious elevated temperature. Then nine MONTHS of what feels like a personal broken thermostat. And clinicians have little to no explanation besides plans for future tests. That’s the […]

Filed Under: Seekers Tagged With: artificial intelligence, case study, ChatGPT, fever, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

Wow! How? In-your-face Expertise

September 5, 2024 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Wow! How? Health

This post is part of my LinkedIn series: Wow! How? Health. I welcome comments on either platform. Thirty-three years ago today, on September 5, 1991, activists unfurled a giant, inflatable condom over a U.S. Senator’s house. Don’t believe me? Watch a 30-second news clip or a 5-minute documentary about the action. It was a splashy way […]

Filed Under: Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: ACT-UP, chronic pain, cluster headache, HIV/AIDS, Joanna Kempner, Long Covid, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Peter Staley, psychedelics, Steven Epstein, TAG, Wow! How? Health

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  • Susannah Fox on Public Q&A: “I received scary test results. What questions should I ask my clinician?”: “Thanks, Samantha! I love your signature line/bona fides list — you tick the boxes for “learned and loved experience” described…” May 6, 15:33
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