I know people are still wrapping their minds around what happened Boston yesterday. And others are remembering the Maroon and Orange today. I’m going to look beyond the tragedy of late and celebrate a small personal victory.

I was selected to return to this year’s Stanford Medicine X as one of their ePatient Scholars. I’ll continue to post thoughts on Medicine X as the conference approaches and there will be plenty of ways to keep up with my impressions as everything is going down. For now I’m going to smile and be content with the honor of being among some fantastic patient advocates.

Oh. Before I go. There are a few quality posts circulating about the whole “rename diabetes” thing. You should read Lee Ann’s post to get a qualty perspective on the matter. And you should read Bob’s two cents on all of this too. Both deserve your attention.