tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326725956609171637.post2172097817972655627..comments2024-03-01T00:43:24.860-08:00Comments on sick girl speaks!: Patient PortraitsTiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295361245286822597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326725956609171637.post-33947038090483148312009-02-20T19:28:00.000-08:002009-02-20T19:28:00.000-08:00These portraits were very accurate, and I could se...These portraits were very accurate, and I could see each one come to life. I could also see how several of them combine to create my own personality as a patient, and it allowed me to consider the potential drawbacks to my interaction style and how others may perceive it. It was also interesting because I have experienced every patient style at one point or another, and in some ways I think they can reflect different ways and "stages" of coping with an illness. For example, as a young adult on my own in the medical world for the first time I was fairly compliant and passive due to how overwhelming it all seemed at that points in my life. Once it was no longer so overwhelming, how I interacted in that environment changed. It can also change based upon how I am feeling, with greater passive tendencies when I feel completely awful and greater self-advocacy and need to be included in decisions and provided information when not quite so dreadful. Thank you for opening my mind to this in an entirely new way!<BR/>BethanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326725956609171637.post-14207260422996484702009-02-20T10:05:00.000-08:002009-02-20T10:05:00.000-08:00This was the basis of my thesis work when it comes...This was the basis of my thesis work when it comes to lupus and support groups. One size does not, nor can it, fit all.<BR/><BR/>I am so glad to see someone else recognize that we all need to focus not only on what our illnesses bring into who we are, but to also recognize just how multi-faceted we are in addition to our symptoms first and foremost.<BR/><BR/>What complicates these 'types' even further are the combinations of people (those in our 'support' networks like doctors, family and employers). The combinations of the medications we take to treat one symptom/condition that may lead to the result of another.<BR/><BR/>Or, plain and simple when it comes to something like lupus, how we can potentially visit each and every one of these types - within a 24-hour period!<BR/><BR/>We need to treat the individuals who live with illness - not just the illness itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326725956609171637.post-58749115562980418102009-02-15T17:17:00.000-08:002009-02-15T17:17:00.000-08:00Everything nowadays seems to be moving at the spee...Everything nowadays seems to be moving at the speed of light and trust me, this almost 63 year old young man could write a hundred books with the help of sinner vic, tim and his many other spiritual friends but I won't allow them to do so. <BR/><BR/>Victor's flesh keeps telling them that it will all slow down when we get to spiritual grade one with God’s Angels. Each of our cells will learn how we can all become in The Image of God but on so many occasions they just won’t listen. Go Figure! Will we humans ever learn? :)<BR/><BR/>P.S. I've got to get after my wife to give me your book so that I can finish reading it. Right now she's gone to the bingo so I guess I'll just have to wait.<BR/><BR/>God Bless,<BR/><BR/>Peacevictorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443898648764230515noreply@blogger.com