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in Health · April 23, 2019

HealtheVoices 2019

Janssen Pharmaceuticals paid for my travel and hotel. All opinions are my own. They did not ask me to write a blog post about my time at the conference.

For the second year in a row, I was able to attend the HealtheVoices conference a few weeks ago! This year, it was in Dallas. I had a wonderful time, and since this is my blog, I thought I would recap my time for those of you who are interested and/or who wanted to go but couldn’t make it. I’ve also included all of my livetweets of the conference, which are split into threads for each session.

Attending the HealtheVoices 2018 Conference

Boston lifestyle and health blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her experience at the HealtheVoices19 conference, a conference for online healthcare advocates.

Thursday (Day 0)

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On Thursday, I woke up bright and early for my 7:47 flight from BOS to DFW. It was really nice that it was a direct flight, but it was also a long flight for me. 2 hours is about the most I can comfortably do a flight, but this flight was 4.5 hours.

I arrived at my hotel by 12:30, and was surprised to see how many HealtheVoices people were already there! I checked in, but they didn’t have a room ready for several hours, so I hung out with new friends in the lobby (and finished a blog post). I finally got a room around 3:30, and after that, I rested for a few hours.

That night, the RA and ankylosing spondylitis advocates went out to dinner with some people from Janssen who work in the rheumatological space. We went to Ida Claire, which is all about Southern food! It was a fun time, but it was so busy that it was kind of difficult to hear each other. But goodness gracious do they have AMAZING sweet potato chips! I ate far too many of them.

Friday (Day 1)

Arthritis advocate and patient Kate the (Almost) Great shares her experience at the 2019 HealtheVoices conference, a conference for online health advocates.

The conference fully got underway on Friday morning! Up first was the opening session featuring the patient advisory board, real patients who helped Janssen put together the conference. One thing that was fun was we were at assigned tables, which was good because a) we got to meet new people, people we may not have met otherwise and b) it helped prevent cliques from forming. After the advisory board spoke, we did ice breakers/getting-to-know-each-other activities. Check out my live tweets of that morning’s session here:

#sponsored Gooood morning, #HealtheVoices19! We're about to kick off the opening sessions. As a reminder, Janssen paid for my travel and hotel, but all opinions are my own. I'm going to try to thread my tweets by sessions. If you're not here, follow along: https://t.co/luKgy4CtVv

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 12, 2019

There was also a session about resiliency on the first day. The thing about living with chronic illness(es) is we have to be resilient – we don’t have a choice. But we can use our resiliency to our advantage. There were 4 patient advocates who spoke in this session, and they share their tips for being resilient. Check out what they had to say here:

We'll shortly be getting underway with the session Rising through Esilience in Advocacy: The Power of Connection. I'll be live tweeting in this thread, so feel free to mute it/me if you're already annoyed by my tweeting lol #HealtheVoices19

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 12, 2019

I needed to go lie down in the afternoon, and thankfully HealtheVoices understands that that sometimes needs to happen! After resting, I was able to make the YouTube session, which I was glad about because I missed it last year. This was led by Leland Candler, head of strategy at YouTube. This is one of the reasons why I love HealtheVoices – they get people from these companies like YouTube to speak at the event. We looked at the brand side of things, which I found fascinating as someone who has worked with brands, albeit on this blog and not YouTube.

I learned a LOT about YouTube videos from that session. And, of course, I tweeted it all.

We'll be starting a session on YouTube here at #HealtheVoices19 soon! As a reminder, #sponsored, etc. [THREAD]

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 12, 2019

Saturday (Day 2)

Boston lifestyle and healthcare blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her experience at the 2019 HealtheVoices conference, held by Janssen.

On Saturday, we started off with a session on best video practices from a patient advocate who uses YouTube as his primary platform, Josh Robbins. It was pretty cool to hear from him about video because he spoke mostly about the creative side, while the session from YouTube featured the brand side.

Josh also spoke about live streaming, which was really great to hear because for the second year in a row, he was running the livestream for HealtheVoices. So he knows a thing or two about it! You can read more about what happened in the session here:

Okay, we're about to get going on #HealtheVoices19 Day 2! As a reminder, my trip is #sponsored by Janssen (they paid for my travel and hotel) but all opinions are my own. I'll try to thread my tweets by session!

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 13, 2019

After that session, we started break-out sessions for the day! This means that for each 1-hour session, we had a few different options to choose from. I attending a session about turning your story into a memoir. Marisa Zeppieri led this session and shared her creative process for writing a memoir, as well as the publishing process. Part 1 of the memoir session:

My first break-out session is about turning your health story into a memoir or memoir-hybrid. As a writer, I'm super interested in this topic! #HealtheVoices19

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 13, 2019

Part 2:

You need themes and hooks for your memoirs.
Themes: important for you/reader/publisher and are weaved throughout the book.
Hook: describe the book in a . sentence or two #HealtheVoices19

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 13, 2019

Next, I attended a session about an introduction to podcasting. I’ve been a guest on a few podcasts now, and I really like them, but I haven’t reached a point where I feel the desire to make myself. But this session was really fascinating, and what I especially liked was it featured making an example podcast during the session.

Starting the next session shortly: I'm in Intro to Podcasting! #HealtheVoices19

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 13, 2019

The final session I attended on Saturday was about research and getting involved as a patient! As I said in my livetweets (which are below because of course), I’ve been called “highly complex” and “interesting” by doctors, so I’m really drawn to research. It was a really great session, and we got to hear from a patient who participates in research and a doctor who has worked in research from the researcher side. That combination made for a fascinating session!

I lay down for a while and am now ready for the session on getting involved in research as a patient! Follow this thread (and, as always, the hashtag). #HealtheVoices19

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 13, 2019

That night was the annual HealtheVoices Open Mic Night! I didn’t attend due to not feeling great, but apparently it was awesome.

Sunday (Day 3)

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On Sunday, we started the day with a session about Twitter from Twitter! Twitter is my favorite social media network, so I was looking forward to this session. A lot of it I already knew – I’m a Twitter expert, after all – but it was still a good session.

Last day of #HealtheVoices19! We'll be getting underway shortly with a session about my favorite thing, Twitter. Janssen paid for my travel and hotel, so #sponsored, etc.

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 14, 2019

The last proper session we had was about self-preservation, and it all came full circle in that it was done by the HealtheVoices patient advisory panel. They spoke about their strategies for self-care as well as self-preservation (and yes, they’re different). It was a good session for thinking about what your strategies are.

We'll be starting a session on self-preservation shortly! As a reminder you can join #HealtheVoices19 remotely through #HealtheVoicesLIVE (or by following this thread)

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 14, 2019

We ended with a short closing session from Barby Ingle. She spoke about how, when she got sick, she felt that she wasn’t her any more, and how she got past that. It was a really moving session and a wonderful way to end the conference.

Closing session time! Follow this thread or the #HealtheVoices19 hashtag! Going to hear from the one and only @BarbyIngle

— Kate Mitchell (@kmitchellauthor) April 14, 2019

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Hi, friends! I haven't introduced myself in a while, so I thought I would share who I am, what my #chronicillness diagnoses are, and why I talk about my health online. ⁣
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I'm Kate, a millennial in New England, either Boston or Maine. I work for an education non-profit, I have a blog for chronic illness patients and their loved ones, I read a lot of books, and I love my pets. ⁣
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I have: ⁣
rheumatoid arthritis ⁣
fibromyalgia ⁣
endometriosis ⁣
POTS ⁣
chronic anemia ⁣
asthma ⁣
⁣
I talk about my health online to help other patients and their loved ones. Living with chronic illness is 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺. There's the physical isolation, which has especially shown up since the pandemic started, and there's the loneliness of feeling like no one gets what your reality is like. ⁣
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I felt so lonely when I was diagnosed with RA, which only increased when I couldn't go places or do things with my friends. The first couple of years after my diagnosis were so hard because most people I knew didn't get it. ⁣
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⁣
1️⃣ TENS unit clipped on my jeans to help my foot and ankle pain ⁣
2️⃣ Wearing sneakers because a) they're the only shoes I can really tolerate b) I have an indoors and an outdoors pair c) I have to wear sneakers/can't go barefoot for long because of my foot and ankle pain ⁣
3️⃣ Leaning on my closet door slightly because it's the only way I can really stay still for pictures ⁣
4️⃣ Wearing glasses because I can't wear contacts due to dry eyes, which is a side effect of many of my medications ⁣
5️⃣ Popsocket on my phone because I really can't keep a grasp on it due to my super arthritic hands ⁣
⁣
These are just some visible signs! Just because you don't see these things doesn't mean they aren't there if you look. Invisible disabilities aren't truly invisible. ⁣
⁣
➡ What are visible signs of your invisible disability? ⬅ ⁣
⁣
◾ ⁣
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I'm Kate, a chronic health blogger who blogs to help chronic illness patients and their loved ones. Check out my blog at the link in my bio or go to katethealmostgreat.com.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣
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[Image: Kate stands in front of a mirror on the inside of her closet door, taking a selfie in the mirror., She's a brunette white woman wearing jeans, a blue-and-white top, and round tortoiseshell glasses. She has a TENS unit clipped to her jeans.]
Harley and Piper's new album, coming this fall 😂 ⁣
⁣
Comment below with what you think their album would be named if this was the album cover ⬇ ⁣
⁣
📸 @happydogsboston ⁣
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◾ ⁣
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I'm Kate, a chronic health blogger who blogs to help chronic illness patients and their loved ones. Check out my blog at the link in my bio or go to katethealmostgreat.com.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Even once you're done with school, you should neve Even once you're done with school, you should never stop learning. That doesn't mean that you have to take classes! Learning can look however you want. ⁣
⁣
You can take up a new hobby. ⁣
⁣
You can learn a new skill. ⁣
⁣
You can learn about the world by getting your news from different sources. ⁣
⁣
There are so many ways to learn, and one of the great things about not being in school anymore is that you can learn about whatever you want and whatever interests you. ⁣
⁣
What is something you've learned or learned about? ⁣
⁣
◾ ⁣
⁣
I'm Kate, a chronic health blogger who blogs to help chronic illness patients and their loved ones. Follow me for more tips on living an awesome life with chronic illness! ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣
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[Image: Kate sits in a gray chair, facing the camera. She's a brunette white woman wearing black pants, a white sweater, and round tortoiseshell glasses. She's holding an open book. Behind her on the walls are a couple of round mirrors.]
I've been missing rural Maine these days. While I I've been missing rural Maine these days. While I like being able to see people out and about in Boston, spending most of 2020 in rural Maine really reinforced how much my soul prefers country to the city. ⁣
⁣
I don't know what to do about that short-term, but it is helpful to know that my long-term goal of moving back to Maine (or at least not living long-term in the city) is in fact something that I will love. ⁣
⁣
◾ ⁣
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I'm Kate, a chronic health blogger who blogs to help chronic illness patients and their loved ones. Check out my blog at the link in my bio or go to katethealmostgreat.com.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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◾ ⁣
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I'm Kate, a chronic health blogger who blogs to help chronic illness patients and their loved ones. Follow me for more tips on living an awesome life with chronic illness! ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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