Power to the Patient!
This is my second speech to NNLM, the Network of the National Library of Medicine. As I said in announcing the first one,
[Read more…]Medical librarians (“medlibs”) have always been a magical resource, to me, because in addition to helping researchers and medicos, they can help ordinary people dig up information they need but don’t know where to find. It’s truly empowering.
Preface: if any of this is wrong, great – please tell me!
“Bewilder” is such a great word. It means to lead astray, to disorient … and, fittingly, the origin of the word is unknown!
And bewildered is how I feel after 17 months of using prescription eye drops (following cataract surgery and then glaucoma). My condition is stable – no increase in vision problems, everything’s under control – but it’s likely that I’ll be using eye drops forever, and there’s no good science about how to use them right. I’m settling in to this new reality, doing the best I can, but I think we can do better – so I have complaints. :-)
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