Are You a Fighter or An E-patient?

First, I take umbrage with the term
fighter. Until a few years ago, I would probably have agreed with
you or used the word manager. I now prefer the term e-patient. This
means empowered patient. It takes the aggressive nature that fighter
implies out of the equation. In its place we use empowered. This
equates to being a patient with knowledge of the chronic disease or
illness, knowledge