Flipping the Script: When a Health Care Advocate Becomes the Patient

“As an independent board-certified patient advocate and solo ager, I have spent years helping others navigate health care’s maze of appointments, referrals, insurance denials and hard decisions. I have supported clients as they faced difficult diagnoses, complex care needs and the emotional weight of advocating for themselves. I thought I knew what it meant to be ‘in it.’

But in early 2025, the script flipped.

Suddenly, I was not the advocate in the room in a supporting role. I was the patient. And while my years of professional experience have been invaluable, they could not fully prepare me for . . .”

https://www.nextavenue.org/when-health-care-advocate-becomes-patient