The Liz Army – a brain cancer blog

Hi. My name is Liz, and I am living with brain cancer. This is my blog.

December 23, 2017

Precision medicine and brain cancer

Liz at age three

November 10, 2017

Is there such thing as too much information when it comes to our medical history?

Me with my dad

July 29, 2017

Sorry, I forgot to tell you my dad died 14 months ago

July 10, 2017

How I chose my new neuro-oncologist

April 29, 2017

Why your health insurance requires prior authorization for some medications

Blog post for The BMJ

April 7, 2017

My first blog post for a medical journal

March 25, 2017

Guerrilla healthcare redesign: Support group materials edition

March 20, 2017

Empowering patients with a common language for palliative care

Medicine X vignette

March 7, 2017

Liz Salmi Oral Ignite! Talk at Stanford Medicine X

My inspiration: Emily Morrison, David Salmi and Monika Carlson Alle

February 24, 2017

Would you take a short-term opportunity in an attempt to change the world?

Me with the Mayo Clinic Neuro-Oncologist Joon Uhm, MD

January 16, 2017

Rock star patient seeks primary care physician to form all-star super group

December 2016: Last MRI at Kaiser

January 15, 2017

Pushed out of the nest: Leaving Kaiser for a PPO

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