What 'Thriving Beyond Diagnosis' platform do
Blogs will be posted about specific illnesses, diseases, or conditions, providing easy-to-understand knowledge about their medical condition, patients with the same condition they can look up to, strategies for coping and living their lives to the fullest, and more!! The caregivers of the patients are also a priority for this platform to support and share their stories and tips.
Community
Having a community to fall into is a vital space for patients to have. This is because having a group of people that are willing to help others get through a life changing condition can be overwhelming and sometimes detrimental doing it alone.
Resources
Resources are an essential factor in improving patient's live to receive the best help they can possibly have. This factor has helped many patients in living to their fullest potential.
Stories
Hearing stories from other patients can significantly help patients mentally recover from their condition's impact on their lives. With the stories, they can learn from the patients surmounting their medical condition.
Tips
Patients who recently got affected by their condition often do not know how to live with their medical condition. With this, it is often challenging to adjust to the lifestyle, which is why tips are essential for them to live their life to the fullest.
Origin of Thriving Beyond Diagnosis
This platform all started in the summer of 2023, when I, Macruselle Ballesteros, went to Peru for a medical internship. Small trivia: It took me two months to earn enough money to do this program, using my own money to achieve this dream of mine. During one of the rotations, shadowing a doctor, there was a patient who had recently got a permanent colostomy bag. I noticed that the patient had a hard time living with her colostomy bag, and it seemed like she surrendered, which I was curious to know what she surrendered to. I then realized that she had given up on her condition and had let her condition control her life. For the rest of the internship and the flight back home, I wondered how I could help patients like her from entering this dilemma that many face. Upon my research and countless thoughts of ways patients can reclaim their lives, I realized how deep this issue is, which motivated me to find practical tips. This contemplation took me almost a year, and I concluded that most of the patients who go through this difficulty are due to a lack of knowledge about the condition, causing anxiety and uncertainty on what ways they can live their lives to the fullest. Also, most need a mentor to look up to who has reclaimed their life from the conditions controlling them. With this genuine curiosity, I wanted to turn what I had discovered into a platform that could pave the way to a brighter future.
Founder
Macruselle Joeie Primero Ballesteros
Passion keeps me thriven in the things I pursue, not considering any limitations that go my way, as I do not continue something that is not close to my heart. Every experience, step, and maturity has stories behind it that have motivated me to put my efforts toward it. Becoming a neurosurgeon and a pillar of hope to many communities is my long-time purpose, and I will achieve this for the people around me and the community.
Meet the other Bloggers
Be the beacon of change
To be an illness slayer is to be a fighter who has conquered a medical condition and regained their quality of life. By sharing your experience through an interview, you can inspire and empower others to see the potential of life despite a medical condition. Join the community of illness slayers and motivate others to overcome their own obstacles. Your story has the power to make a difference in someone life.
