Does anyone else have permanent scars from all the blood draws?
I have two deep punctures in my left elbow-pit. The right elbow-pit built up scar tissue in the veins, and it hurts too much to draw blood there.
Badass.
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
