About Me
Hi. I’m Reenie, The Expert Patient.
This is a new site and I’m excited to get this up and running so please bear with me and check back from time to time as I add lots of rich informative content. Some of the pages are blank, but please check back. As issues pop up, I’ll be blogging and adding information.
What is this all about?
The term I use here, “The Expert Patient,” has been similarly used in the UK, under a slight variation of the name, “The Expert Patients Programme.” Their definition is very similar to what my website is here to accomplish; giving the patient, like myself, more control over their chronic condition or illness and ways to manage and cope, or even heal, if at all possible.
I believe “The Expert Patients Programme” is a very unique and resourceful way to help aid patients in a peer to peer structure which, in my opinion is an enhanced and recognized (in the UK) way of providing resources for those that are chronically ill wishing to be proactive in their healthcare. It adds much to the community of support groups for chronic illness.
I only happened to stumble across it as I began to build this site and I mention it here to avoid any confusion or conflict. The Expert Patient has no affiliation with the UK program.