Today is Day 20 of #HAWMC (WEGO’s Health Activist Writers Monthly Challenge).  The prompt today is

What has been the highlight of your health activist journey?
We want to hear all about it, perhaps a conference, a podcast or meeting a fellow HA.
What made this experience so special?

There are three things I can think of that I’ve been particularly proud of during my health activist journey.

I was nominated for a WEGO Health Activist Award in 2011. Please check out this post where I wrote all about it.  “I’m so very honored!  I’m a Finalist for the TMI – Wego Health Blog Award!”

And I was featured in an article by Sanjay Gupta.  You can check out that article here: How Vertigo Changed My Life.

These two events are very special to me because I felt that I was making a difference.  I knew I had been contributing something worthwhile and people noticed.  I don’t have to be noticed to continue to do the things I do, but it is nice.  Sometimes I’m not able to do much, it’s things like this that push me to do a bit more than I think I can.

The third thing is by far the most important to me, it is the people that I meet and the friends I’ve made on this journey.  The people I meet in the doctor’s offices, the people I meet on line….all the people I meet who care about health advocacy touch me.  I’m so lucky to have met such wonderful people and to have made some amazing friends.

 

 

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