Experience, expression, and meaning making
I’m finding myself in a bit of a challenging position right now. I don’t know if it is a funk – or just kind of […]
A surgeon who understands
Based upon a couple stories from my dissertation, I wrote this piece for In-House magazine – an e-magazine for medical residents and fellows. All articles are open peer reviewed. If you like the article, please leave a comment on the In-House page. A surgeon who understands – a-surgeon-who-understands-960
Critical health literacy, statistics, and treatment decisions
I was asked to choose between ACT chemotherapy and TC chemotherapy. Both were shown to be as effective, so the decision was mine. In making […]
Are you your disease?
My research looks at the first 35 weeks of my personal experience with breast cancer as I’ve documented it on this blog. A couple of the themes associated with my dissertation data analysis relate to learning about the disease and negotiating identity. I think that this graph is particularly interesting: When I look at this, I… Read More »
Health literacy as a patients job
An article on Simplifying patient communication can lead to better health outcomes by Eve Becker, crossed my stream today. I was struck by this statement: […]
Blogs, Bikes, and Breast Cancer
Many of my readers know that in a previous life – 9 years ago now – my husband and I took 16-months off and road […]
Empathy and suffering #digped
Before vacation I attended digital pedagogy lab institute (DPLI) in Fredericksburg Virginia. I haven’t been able to write a summary blog post for the experience. […]
The complexities / interplays of trust
One of the “themes” that has emerged in my dissertation study is that of “learning about the disease”. When I look at the types of information I shared on my blog between diagnosis (June 12) and active recovery (Feb 3) is that of learning about the disease. I’m looking at the different ways in which… Read More »
Infusion-fatigue
As I work through my research data coding, I’m having to read and re-read and re-read… the BCBecky blog posts from the beginning through February 3, 2015. Some of the posts are particularly emotional, as the memories come flooding back. In others, my memory of the time is totally different. When reading about my chemotherapy experience,… Read More »
Looking for theme validation help
One of the challenges I’m having with my research is with the identification of themes within the blog posts. I’ve identified 10 key themes that I’d like use, but I’m afraid that because I’m coding my experience, I’m reading more into the blog posts than what others see. In this way, I’m too close to… Read More »