Rosa, 54
For eleven years she managed a condition by feel. A continuous monitor and a fortnightly p
I don't want to make it sound solved,
Patient stories
Each story follows one person through the part of treatment they found hardest to prepare for — the plateau, the invoice, the week they nearly stopped.
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For eleven years she managed a condition by feel. A continuous monitor and a fortnightly p
I don't want to make it sound solved,
He farms two hours from the nearest cardiac centre. A shared-care arrangement put the spec
He farms two hours from the nearest cardiac centre. A shared-care arrangement put the specialist in the room without moving him.
Fourteen months on a surgical list. What she did during the wait changed what happened aft
I stopped treating the wait as dead time,
A specialist clinic spent six months finding out that his inhaler technique, not his medic
A specialist clinic spent six months finding out that his inhaler technique, not his medication, was the problem.
She came in for insomnia. The eight-week course she was offered never once told her to try
I stopped treating a bad night as a catastrophe. That's the whole trick, and it took eight weeks to learn.
Her programme produced no dramatic moment. Her clinicians think that is the point.
Her programme produced no dramatic moment. Her clinicians think that is the point.