About

I am an occupational therapist and a certified hand therapist. I have an insider perspective on healthcare from interning and working in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities.

But that is just a snapshot of my resume. My profession is a small component of who I am and not the real inspiration behind this blog.

The truth is there is a painful question that often rattles my brain. It can keep me up at night. It can turn a beautiful day into a sorrowful experience of grief and longing.

Would my parents still be alive if I had known more about how our healthcare system actually works?

I don’t have an answer and I never will have one. Most of the time, I don’t blame myself as I know that is both unhealthy and inaccurate. I strongly believe, however, that if I couldn’t have extended their lives that I could have at least helped with their end of life quality and given them better deaths. I could have also done things differently to better support myself through the death and grief processes.

But I will never really know.

I do know that through what I have learned as a caregiver, as a grieving daughter, and through years of working in the medical field – it’s a lot to figure out. It is complicated. It is convoluted. There are rarely simple solutions or quick answers. Money and greed make way more decisions than they should. AND there are many amazing medical professionals out there doing everything they can to help. There are professions you have never even heard of that can offer so much support.

The challenge is in finding the right care at the right time and making the best decisions possible. My goal is to help show it all. To help you be better informed than I was.

Thanks for reading and in case no one else says it… you always have a choice in your care.

~Diana