Bringing you up to speed

The MedFriendly blog continues to grow in popularity and I figured that now would be a good time to bring people up to speed about what this blog is all about and where it is going. Basically, I started this blog as a way to share my thoughts on various medical and psychological topics, whether they are funny, sad, bizarre, etc. I often like to discuss some of the strange stories I hear from patients during the week. My posts tend to be very patient-centered. I like to see myself as someone who sticks up for the average Joe and exposes the problems in healthcare when appropriate. However, the positive aspects of healthcare are also discussed here. In an effort to bring diverse opinions to the blog, I arrange for a guest blogger each week. Sometimes, this is someone who runs another blog and sometimes not. For example, this week I expect it to be someone who posted to the blog recently but does not run his own blog.

This raises an important point. Your participation is CRUCIAL to the success of the MedFriendly blog. This means, I want to hear from you and read your comments. If I find them particularly interesting, you may get your very own guest blog entry one day. Also, there have been several times when one of the posts of a reader formed the basis of another blog posting.

If you are new to the blog, please see the index of blog postings to see what has been written so far. As you can see, there are many diverse topics. If you want to get started and have a few laughs, I suggest beginning with the You Can't Make This Stuff Up posts. If you want to subscribe to the posts, just click on the orange button on the main page.

In the future, I may begin a medical news story section each week, but would like to get some feedback from the readers on what they want to see and how they use the blog. Looking forward to hearing from you.