Dear Editor,
I can help you to meet your deadline!
Need mainstream editorials, feature stories, interviews, and commentary? How about all or one of the above, or a Question-Answer column that deserves broad consideration by health care professionals and/or laypeople?
I have great news for you!
A freelance journalist and a medical miracle who writes compelling copy, I started my writing career as a Health Information Management professional parlaying her knowledge base into other venues.
Here's a brief background on me:
Suddenly blind, excessively weak and distraught in February 2005, I fainted in an emergency room after learning of the misdiagnosed (former) Petroclival Tentorial Meningioma that had been slowly killing me the previous 18 months. Alive long after statistics would have predicted otherwise, I conducted a worldwide search with loved ones, seeking the neurosurgeon skilled enough to remove the growth without killing or crippling me in the process. Some medical professionals dismissed me as a hopeless case.
August 2005 surgery saved my life after an appropriate surgeon was found. But...
The medical team informed me that not only would I remain quite weak and physically impaired following life-saving surgery but I would also be blind forever, doomed by the delayed rescue. I responded that "I see a better future," making their eyes wide with wonder over the next four years.
I speak clearly and manage my own ADLs (medicalese for "activities of daily living") so well I now help disabled people to manage theirs. My once nerve-damaged and therefore drooping face now has a normal appearance and healthy glow.
Orthopedic surgeons repairing a fracture sustained in a freak accident documented in my 2007-2008 medical records that my then-52-year old skin, bones, muscles and physical strength were comparable to those of a woman in her mid-20s. The lead doctor told me that my sturdy bones will never be at risk for osteoporosis.
I competed in a November 2009 5K race for charity, coming in ahead of younger people who'd never suffered my experiences.
My eyewear prescription has been lowered almost 20 times since the brain surgery. Neuroophthalmologists, neurosurgeons and private eye care specialists believe the day will come when I'll see without glasses, though I've worn them since childhood. Each aspect of my astigmatism, near-sightedness, double vision and strabismus are resolving over time. Why would that be?
My medical team is learning the ropes of how to restore overall health and vision in other people as they take notes about my organic diet and natural lifestyle, suddenly adopted after the brain surgery. They speak with me about the breakthroughs and read of them, too.
Medical and mental health professionals recommend my ground-breaking books (print edition 2007, updated E-book 2009) on how to cope with medical crises. It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge has no competitor. The first half of the book teaches coping and calming techniques. The second part of the manuscript alerts readers to Global Resources for standard plus Complementary and Alternative Medicine in addition to contact information for securing low-cost or free medical care, medical insurance, medication, medical appliances and medical transport, among other necessities for survival against great odds.
Here's another option for helping your readers:
Serializing a highly effective book!
Your publication can present excerpts from my newest book, a digital format publication, EMPOWERING patients to help themselves by shoring up their emotional strengths, insights, and knowledge base about necessities for medical recovery, human dignity and an array of coping mechanisms.
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