How Patient Care Has Changed Through My Lifetime: Bezzy PsA

 From research and tech advances to patient-doctor dynamics, care has come a long way since I was first diagnosed with juvenile arthritis almost twenty years ago.

Since I first started seeing a rheumatologist, I’ve gone from carrying around a plastic hospital card to checking in for appointments on my phone. When I think of my experiences from where I started this journey almost twenty years ago to where I am now, the care seems somewhat archaic. It’s incredible how much medical progress I’ve witnessed over almost two decades.

As the years went by, I started to have more options, more access, and overall better experiences as a patient. I was only twelve years old when I was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis, to be clarified as juvenile psoriatic arthritis (PsA) a year or so later. My 12-year-old mind would have been blown by everything we have today!

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