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One day soon . . .

. . . you or a loved one may receive a frightening diagnosis.   When this happens it becomes difficult to listen and understand what is being presented, so we put all our faith into our doctor and hope for a miracle.  

In real-life medicine, the first priority for health providers is to save our lives. But, without the opportunity of knowing who we are and what's important in our lives, it is almost impossible to determine how a prescribed treatment plan will affect our quality of life.  
 
​We need to support our physicians to personalize medical care and provide the best treatment plan that fits us and we can do that by helping them know who we are.
The healthcare system wants our life process to be about quality, and when the time comes, to die with dignity.
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Taking Care of Ourselves . . .

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​As a precursor to a Medical Directive . . . 
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"Everybody Needs A Hippo" 
​is about a world traveling Walrus named Patch, who suddenly becomes ill and stressed to the max. His friend and advocate, Dag the Hippo, helps him become grounded and able to think about everything that is important in his life, so he is able to make important and critical decisions about his future.

"Everybody Needs A Hippo” 
​uses comic relief and anthropomorphic characters with a great deal of theatrical distance to re-introduce self respect and dignity in medicine; making it safer and easier for communication and helping to balance the relationship between patients and their medical providers.

“Everybody Needs A Hippo” encourages people to identify the personality traits that make them who they are, and to then measure how the proposed treatment options will affect their chosen quality of life.  The decision on how to move forward is a very personal one and there is no right or wrong decisions; only your decision!

Once a decision is made defining what is important to you and how you want to live, you can add these definitive values to your medical directive. Incorporating "Your Dag Chart" into the directive is an easy and effective way to communicate to others. 
As patients, we need to appreciate the difference  between
 quantity 
​and
quality 
of life.

Does anyone really know us?
We think our friends/children/loved ones know who we are, but when those people are as scared as we are, they may not be able to think clearly, either.

​The truth is, we also have to think hard to identify the simple things that allow us to enjoy life; the little joys that we would miss greatly, if they were taken away from us.

We have created "Your Dag Chart"TM to help your care provider  quickly "see and hear" you; enabling a prescription that best complements your lifestyle traits.

        Lifestyle Traits?

For example, I start every morning with my mocha ritual.  I listen to jazz, respond to emails and sip my mocha.  It is a ritual I have been doing for years.  If I had to stop that involuntarily, there would be an adverse reaction somewhere else; perhaps in the form of depression or irritability.  For every behavioral change, there is a behavioral reaction; it is human nature. 

Engaging both the provider and the patient into the prognosis can create a better opportunity for greater quality of life and improved post- procedural results.
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It is time to put your self- respect and self- dignity into your medical world.​

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Living with dignity
​in the medical world.
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All Copyrights, Servicemarks and Trademarks are licensed by Nicolai Nastase  to Supporting Champions,