There’s a moment in healthcare that quietly shapes everything that comes after. I’ve lived it. It isn’t the test result, the gradient numbers, or even the final diagnosis. It’s the first contact. The first look. The first tone of voice. For me, that moment of safety didn't happen in a consultation room, it happened in a hallway during a 6-minute walk test. The Voice I Already Knew I remember my initial visit with the clinical trial doctors. It was during the height of COVID,
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"If no one else was telling their story, then maybe I needed to tell mine. And maybe, just maybe, that would give others permission to share theirs too."
