Year: 2022
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Reshare: Why You Should Be Open With Your Crohn’s Diagnosis
Elizabeth Alvarez was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2011. She was 21 years old and endured many years of suffering...Elizabeth wants nothing more than to share her story, knowledge and special tips she has learned over the 7 years of living with Crohn’s. Her blog thedancingcrohnie.com shares amazing information and encouraging words to those dealing…
Reshare: Exploring Blogging as a Newly Diagnosed Patient
April Stearns was diagnosed at 35 years old with stage 3 breast cancer that she found while breastfeeding her daughter. Four years later, while struggling to “go back to normal” and find other women in similar circumstances, April launched Wildfire Magazine. Now she enjoys not only publishing the stories of those “too young for breast…
Meet Some of Our 2022 Content Creators!
In 2022, the Social Health Network partnered with several incredible patient leaders to create impactful social media campaigns. As part of this partnership, we want to highlight these amazing individuals' advocacy work. Tanya Freirich, Lupus Patient Leader Tanya combines her passion as a registered dietician nutritionist with advocating for lupus. Navigating her own lupus diagnosis,…
Interview: Hope’s Idiopathic Condylar Resorption Journey
Recently we had the pleasure of interviewing Health Leader Hope Tocci, who wanted to share her experience living with Idiopathic Condylar Resorption. You can read her story below. How would you describe Idiopathic Condylar Resorption to others? I would describe ICR as a rare degenerative joint disease of the jaw/TMJ that is a progressive, debilitating…