Maddie shares how learning to accept care changed her relationship with support, self-advocacy, and what it means to move through chronic illness with clarity and confidence.

Dee Marie’s journey highlights how patient advocacy, identity, and lived experience can shape more inclusive healthcare systems—and what healthcare leaders can learn from it.

Read Lindsay’s story of living with a feeding tube, including her daily GJ tube care routine, venting and draining, and the lessons she’s learned managing gastroparesis.