PCP6UntilMe.
The deal: Six Until Me. is hosting the Patient-Consumer Parade next Monday, August 21st. There's sure to be soft serve ice cream, bears on unicycles, and fancy socks for everyone.
The desire: The theme of PCP6UntilMe. is "The Fabric of our Lives." (My apologies to Cotton advertising campaign.) I'm looking for submissions that weave our daily doses of patient-consumerism into our everyday lives. The accounts of how we are constantly maintaining our chronic conditions or our individual healthcare needs, all while grocery shopping, driving our cars, paying our bills, jumping on trampolines, eating peanut butter straight from the jar ... you get the picture. How is patient-consumerism woven into the fabric of your life?
The deadline: I need all submissions by Sunday, August 20th at 6 pm. Email them to me directly with the subject line "PCP6UntilMe." Be sure to include the permalink to your post and your blog name, along with a brief description of the post.
The debut: This is the first PCP that has ventured off to hang out at a host blog, so help me make it a success! And if you are interested in hosting a future Patient-Consumer Parade, send an email to The Host.
Comments
mmm peanut butter straight from the jar. patient-consumerism .. i'll see what i can do.
Posted by: jill | August 15, 2006 01:47 PM
Hi Kerri,
I don't really understand what a patient consumer parade is. I looked at the link and I still don't understand what it is.
Can you explain more?
Maura
Posted by: Maura | August 16, 2006 03:33 PM
Maura,
The PCP is like a gathering of blog posts related to healthcare and consumerism. Namely, it's a compilation of posts that talk about living with a chronic condition, health insurance, frustrations about diseases ... basically, all the stuff we blog about anyway. The PCP recognizes people who take the time to write about what it's like to be a patient who is a consumer, i.e. everytime I go refill my insulin prescription and haggle with insurance over the cost.
Anyone who blogs and would like to submit their post is welcome to do so. On Monday, I'll be highlighting the posts I think best exemplify my theme: The Fabric of our Lives. I want to read about how people are doing the day-to-day stuff with their conditions. Sunday night, I'll read through all of the submissions, chose the winners, and post the results.
Oh, and I may try and hire a unicycling bear, but I can't figure out how to get him on the blog. :)
Does that help?
Posted by: Kerri. | August 16, 2006 03:55 PM
Kerri,
That totally hopes.
Looking forward to reading everything!
Maura
Posted by: Maura | August 16, 2006 04:45 PM
This is totally cool because up until now I never realized there was a "carnival" (for lack of a better word) for patients! And we are all consumers if we are patients whether it's an acute illness or a chronic illness!
Posted by: Kim | August 20, 2006 07:44 PM