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To mark World Patient Safety Day, he shares his story ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2770 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2770"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/shutterstock_173862176.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th June 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" rel="bookmark">The complex life of a sickle cell warrior</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“One minute you wake up fine and you’re ready to start the day and then within the next hour you may have to cancel everything.” This is what every day is like when you live with Sickle Cell Disease, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2696 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-disabilities tag-international-day-of-disability" id="post-2696"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/act.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" rel="bookmark">Brittle bones, unbreakable spirit</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Sam Renke has been challenging misconceptions about disability since she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone condition, shortly after her birth. “I was born with multiple fractures and I actually fractured in ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2646 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-hepatitis" id="post-2646"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/karenhoyt721.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" rel="bookmark">Embracing life after Hepatitis C</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Karen Hoyt had no idea that there was anything wrong with her liver when her feet started swelling one day while she was riding her bike. A high school teacher, adjunct professor and community volunteer with many active hobbies, Karen ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2643 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes" id="post-2643"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Khadija-Stewart-Brown.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 7th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" rel="bookmark">Freedom with Type 1 Diabetes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Khadija Stewart-Brown accepted daily insulin injections and finger-prick tests as part of normal life, but then she reached her teens. “I saw the difference between me and my peers and it got annoying,” she says. 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