What this platform is, and isn’t
Speaking of Blood Clots is a patient advocacy and health education platform. Every piece of content here exists to help you show up to your limited time with your care team as a genuine partner in that care — not a passive patient, not an adversary. A partner. We believe in evidence-based conversations, grounded in current medical guidelines, that build your literacy rather than just your worry.
Who I am, and what I’m not
I’m not a doctor. Nothing here replaces the relationship with your own care team. Every piece of advocacy or education content on this site is meant to be brought into that relationship and discussed with your own provider before you change anything — medication, lifestyle, or otherwise.
Who I am
I’m a multiple blood clot survivor, patient advocate, and VTE lifestyle educator.
Read my full clot storySurvivorship is part of my story. Surviving isn’t where I stay.
Identifying as a survivor is genuinely healthy — research backs that up. What I’m not interested in is staying in survival mode: fear-dominant, symptom-focused, permanently on guard. The same habits that protect you can also help you build a life you actually want to keep living. That’s the whole premise of this platform.
Where we’re going, and what we value
Partnering with your providers. Making shared decisions instead of just receiving them. Building an action-oriented team around you — not just a stack of appointments — that helps you build the life and the health you actually want, not just the absence of another clot.
