“Thank you for being one of the many Medicine X participants who said yes to a year’s membership in S4PM, the Society For Participatory Medicine.”

This was front and center in my inbox this morning.

As I continue to consider what it means to be a patient advocate, and how I can meaningfully contribute to this ongoing dialog, I can’t be afraid of things like this. Even if I don’t have anything to say right away, there’s something to be said for listening.

And to balance today’s post…