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Cancer Survivorship and Fear

I had breakfast this morning in Las Vegas with my friend, Dave Garcia. Dave is a pit boss on the graveyard shift at the Belagio Hotel where they made the modern day Ocean’s buddy movies. Dave is also a 52-year-old chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivor. He reached out to me online and we have been friends [...]

When Online Connections Become Face-to-Face

No, I am not talking about meeting on Match.com and then getting together at a coffee shop for a date. I am talking about being diagnosed with a serious illness, putting yourself out there online, and corresponding with someone else, across town, across the state or around the world who has the same diagnosis. That [...]

Patient Power Celebrates 6th Anniversary with New Book

I am not the best with remembering birthdays and anniversaries. But I think this is Patient Power’s 6th anniversary. It has been an interesting ride.

Six years ago I was a vice president at the company I founded, HealthTalk.com. There were about 50 people there and I had sought venture capital five years earlier when [...]