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Smart Patients - a peer-to-peer support forum where patients learn from each other about treatments, challenges, and how it all fits into the context of their experience.
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"What's my breast density?" This question can change your screening plan & help you understand your cancer risk.
My Density Matters has created a one-stop resource center to get answers: https://ow.ly/bqAt50Y91Fg
#FOMBDD #FindOutMyBreastDensityDay #MyDensityMatters #SmartPatients
My Density Matters has created a one-stop resource center to get answers: https://ow.ly/bqAt50Y91Fg
#FOMBDD #FindOutMyBreastDensityDay #MyDensityMatters #SmartPatients
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"What's my breast density?" This question can change your screening plan & help you understand your cancer risk.
My Density Matters has created a one-stop resource center to get answers: https://ow.ly/bqAt50Y91Fg
#FOMBDD #FindOutMyBreastDensityDay #MyDensityMatters #SmartPatients
My Density Matters has created a one-stop resource center to get answers: https://ow.ly/bqAt50Y91Fg
#FOMBDD #FindOutMyBreastDensityDay #MyDensityMatters #SmartPatients
If you missed our Valentine's Day story, it's worth going back to read.
Here is the link to I Am...Getting Beyond the Diagnosis: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amgetting-beyond-the-diagnosis
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #CancerSupport
Here is the link to I Am...Getting Beyond the Diagnosis: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amgetting-beyond-the-diagnosis
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #CancerSupport
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If you missed our Valentine's Day story, it's worth going back to read.
Here is the link to I Am...Getting Beyond the Diagnosis: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amgetting-beyond-the-diagnosis
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #CancerSupport
Here is the link to I Am...Getting Beyond the Diagnosis: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-amgetting-beyond-the-diagnosis
#SmartPatients #PatientCommunity #CancerSupport
Thank you, Ulman Foundation, for an unforgettable visit! What you offer young adults facing & treating cancer is beyond laudable! Seeing the names on the wall of all of those who you reach is a testament to the warm community you provide.
#UlmanFoundation #CancerSupport #Baltimore #SmartPatients
#UlmanFoundation #CancerSupport #Baltimore #SmartPatients
February 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Thank you, Ulman Foundation, for an unforgettable visit! What you offer young adults facing & treating cancer is beyond laudable! Seeing the names on the wall of all of those who you reach is a testament to the warm community you provide.
#UlmanFoundation #CancerSupport #Baltimore #SmartPatients
#UlmanFoundation #CancerSupport #Baltimore #SmartPatients
Together for Sharon published a blog introducing Smart Patients to his Parkinson's community. Thank you!
Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/tWKF50YeCEW
Join Smart Patients: https://ow.ly/h5PL50YeCEV
#TogetherForSharon #SmartPatients #ParkinsonsDisease
Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/tWKF50YeCEW
Join Smart Patients: https://ow.ly/h5PL50YeCEV
#TogetherForSharon #SmartPatients #ParkinsonsDisease
February 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Together for Sharon published a blog introducing Smart Patients to his Parkinson's community. Thank you!
Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/tWKF50YeCEW
Join Smart Patients: https://ow.ly/h5PL50YeCEV
#TogetherForSharon #SmartPatients #ParkinsonsDisease
Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/tWKF50YeCEW
Join Smart Patients: https://ow.ly/h5PL50YeCEV
#TogetherForSharon #SmartPatients #ParkinsonsDisease
Love is showing up. Read I Am…Getting Beyond the Diagnosis to see love in action: https://ow.ly/Vk3650YfmqX
Our Smart Patients Team wishes a happy Valentine's Day to all the people with love in their hearts, and love to all who feel it's missing.
#ValentinesDay #SmartPatients #CancerCommunity
Our Smart Patients Team wishes a happy Valentine's Day to all the people with love in their hearts, and love to all who feel it's missing.
#ValentinesDay #SmartPatients #CancerCommunity
February 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Love is showing up. Read I Am…Getting Beyond the Diagnosis to see love in action: https://ow.ly/Vk3650YfmqX
Our Smart Patients Team wishes a happy Valentine's Day to all the people with love in their hearts, and love to all who feel it's missing.
#ValentinesDay #SmartPatients #CancerCommunity
Our Smart Patients Team wishes a happy Valentine's Day to all the people with love in their hearts, and love to all who feel it's missing.
#ValentinesDay #SmartPatients #CancerCommunity
We're proud to partner with KidneyCouch—a comprehensive resource for people navigating kidney cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Knowledge + connection = better care.
https://www.smartpatients.com/partners/kidneycouch
#KidneyCancer #KidneyCouch #SmartPatients #ChronicKidneyDisease #CKD
https://www.smartpatients.com/partners/kidneycouch
#KidneyCancer #KidneyCouch #SmartPatients #ChronicKidneyDisease #CKD
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
We're proud to partner with KidneyCouch—a comprehensive resource for people navigating kidney cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Knowledge + connection = better care.
https://www.smartpatients.com/partners/kidneycouch
#KidneyCancer #KidneyCouch #SmartPatients #ChronicKidneyDisease #CKD
https://www.smartpatients.com/partners/kidneycouch
#KidneyCancer #KidneyCouch #SmartPatients #ChronicKidneyDisease #CKD
For most cancers, "stable" means relief. For bile duct cancer, it often means the hardest decisions are just beginning.
Read I Am…Living Between Stable and Uncertain: https://ow.ly/cncf50YbLLg
#Cholangiocarcinoma #BileDuctCancer #SmartPatient
Read I Am…Living Between Stable and Uncertain: https://ow.ly/cncf50YbLLg
#Cholangiocarcinoma #BileDuctCancer #SmartPatient
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
For most cancers, "stable" means relief. For bile duct cancer, it often means the hardest decisions are just beginning.
Read I Am…Living Between Stable and Uncertain: https://ow.ly/cncf50YbLLg
#Cholangiocarcinoma #BileDuctCancer #SmartPatient
Read I Am…Living Between Stable and Uncertain: https://ow.ly/cncf50YbLLg
#Cholangiocarcinoma #BileDuctCancer #SmartPatient
Some friendships start over coffee.
Others start with: "Has anyone else been through this?"
The friends you find in patient communities understand in ways others simply can't.
Find your people at Smart Patients. https://www.smartpatients.com/
#MakeAFriend #SmartPatients #FindYourPeople
Others start with: "Has anyone else been through this?"
The friends you find in patient communities understand in ways others simply can't.
Find your people at Smart Patients. https://www.smartpatients.com/
#MakeAFriend #SmartPatients #FindYourPeople
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Some friendships start over coffee.
Others start with: "Has anyone else been through this?"
The friends you find in patient communities understand in ways others simply can't.
Find your people at Smart Patients. https://www.smartpatients.com/
#MakeAFriend #SmartPatients #FindYourPeople
Others start with: "Has anyone else been through this?"
The friends you find in patient communities understand in ways others simply can't.
Find your people at Smart Patients. https://www.smartpatients.com/
#MakeAFriend #SmartPatients #FindYourPeople
February is Rare Disease Month. 400 million people globally live with rare diseases. Most face diagnostic delays, limited treatments, and isolation. We partner with the SRNA to change that.
Check out SRNA's podcast: https://ow.ly/ARYY50YbYm4
#RareDiseaseMonth #SRNA #SmartPatients
Check out SRNA's podcast: https://ow.ly/ARYY50YbYm4
#RareDiseaseMonth #SRNA #SmartPatients
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
February is Rare Disease Month. 400 million people globally live with rare diseases. Most face diagnostic delays, limited treatments, and isolation. We partner with the SRNA to change that.
Check out SRNA's podcast: https://ow.ly/ARYY50YbYm4
#RareDiseaseMonth #SRNA #SmartPatients
Check out SRNA's podcast: https://ow.ly/ARYY50YbYm4
#RareDiseaseMonth #SRNA #SmartPatients
Happy Monday Smart Patients Community!
Big news: We have fresh new cards ready to share—and we need your help spreading the word.
Order yours today and help connect people to peer support when they need it most.
Get cards: https://www.smartpatients.com/orders
#SmartPatients #PatientSupport
Big news: We have fresh new cards ready to share—and we need your help spreading the word.
Order yours today and help connect people to peer support when they need it most.
Get cards: https://www.smartpatients.com/orders
#SmartPatients #PatientSupport
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Happy Monday Smart Patients Community!
Big news: We have fresh new cards ready to share—and we need your help spreading the word.
Order yours today and help connect people to peer support when they need it most.
Get cards: https://www.smartpatients.com/orders
#SmartPatients #PatientSupport
Big news: We have fresh new cards ready to share—and we need your help spreading the word.
Order yours today and help connect people to peer support when they need it most.
Get cards: https://www.smartpatients.com/orders
#SmartPatients #PatientSupport
Illness carves into you and changes the landscape of who you are. It can make you deeper and more expansive.
So why not think of yourself as a human Grand Canyon?
You are irreplaceable, awe-inspiring and canyon-level magnificent.
#SmartPatients #PatientVoices #Resilience
So why not think of yourself as a human Grand Canyon?
You are irreplaceable, awe-inspiring and canyon-level magnificent.
#SmartPatients #PatientVoices #Resilience
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Illness carves into you and changes the landscape of who you are. It can make you deeper and more expansive.
So why not think of yourself as a human Grand Canyon?
You are irreplaceable, awe-inspiring and canyon-level magnificent.
#SmartPatients #PatientVoices #Resilience
So why not think of yourself as a human Grand Canyon?
You are irreplaceable, awe-inspiring and canyon-level magnificent.
#SmartPatients #PatientVoices #Resilience
Cholangiocarcinoma patients face one of the rarest, most challenging cancers to treat. Read how bile duct cancer patients navigate impossible choices: https://ow.ly/pnS250Yajks
Connect with others who understand: https://ow.ly/8MKY50Yajkt
#BileDuctCancer #Cholangiocarcinoma #SmartPatients
Connect with others who understand: https://ow.ly/8MKY50Yajkt
#BileDuctCancer #Cholangiocarcinoma #SmartPatients
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Cholangiocarcinoma patients face one of the rarest, most challenging cancers to treat. Read how bile duct cancer patients navigate impossible choices: https://ow.ly/pnS250Yajks
Connect with others who understand: https://ow.ly/8MKY50Yajkt
#BileDuctCancer #Cholangiocarcinoma #SmartPatients
Connect with others who understand: https://ow.ly/8MKY50Yajkt
#BileDuctCancer #Cholangiocarcinoma #SmartPatients
Today is a day to think about women and cardiovascular health. Even though heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined, it's largely preventable.
Share what you know on https://www.smartpatients.com/.
#WearRedDay #GoRedForWomen #SmartPatients #WomensHeartHealth
Share what you know on https://www.smartpatients.com/.
#WearRedDay #GoRedForWomen #SmartPatients #WomensHeartHealth
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Today is a day to think about women and cardiovascular health. Even though heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined, it's largely preventable.
Share what you know on https://www.smartpatients.com/.
#WearRedDay #GoRedForWomen #SmartPatients #WomensHeartHealth
Share what you know on https://www.smartpatients.com/.
#WearRedDay #GoRedForWomen #SmartPatients #WomensHeartHealth
Cervical cancer survivors will often remind you that most cervical cancers are preventable & that the HPV vaccination works.
Learn more by visiting our friends at Cervivor, Inc. & read: https://ow.ly/ScoL50Y7x7E
#CervicalCancer #HPVAwareness #CervicalHealth #Cervivor #SmartPatients
Learn more by visiting our friends at Cervivor, Inc. & read: https://ow.ly/ScoL50Y7x7E
#CervicalCancer #HPVAwareness #CervicalHealth #Cervivor #SmartPatients
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Cervical cancer survivors will often remind you that most cervical cancers are preventable & that the HPV vaccination works.
Learn more by visiting our friends at Cervivor, Inc. & read: https://ow.ly/ScoL50Y7x7E
#CervicalCancer #HPVAwareness #CervicalHealth #Cervivor #SmartPatients
Learn more by visiting our friends at Cervivor, Inc. & read: https://ow.ly/ScoL50Y7x7E
#CervicalCancer #HPVAwareness #CervicalHealth #Cervivor #SmartPatients
In patient communities, we act together every day. But community alone can't close the care gap.
Peer support + systemic change = real progress.
What does "acting together" mean to you?
#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #SmartPatients #ActTogether
Peer support + systemic change = real progress.
What does "acting together" mean to you?
#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #SmartPatients #ActTogether
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
In patient communities, we act together every day. But community alone can't close the care gap.
Peer support + systemic change = real progress.
What does "acting together" mean to you?
#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #SmartPatients #ActTogether
Peer support + systemic change = real progress.
What does "acting together" mean to you?
#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #SmartPatients #ActTogether
NEW at Smart Patients: Introducing Living With It
Inaugural Topic: After Treatment Ends: Why Survivorship Can Feel Harder Than Expected
Expert: KrisAnn Talarico, Curveball Counseling LLC
When: Feb 2 - Feb 6
Format: Ask anything, anytime
https://www.smartpatients.com/topics/living-with-it
Inaugural Topic: After Treatment Ends: Why Survivorship Can Feel Harder Than Expected
Expert: KrisAnn Talarico, Curveball Counseling LLC
When: Feb 2 - Feb 6
Format: Ask anything, anytime
https://www.smartpatients.com/topics/living-with-it
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
NEW at Smart Patients: Introducing Living With It
Inaugural Topic: After Treatment Ends: Why Survivorship Can Feel Harder Than Expected
Expert: KrisAnn Talarico, Curveball Counseling LLC
When: Feb 2 - Feb 6
Format: Ask anything, anytime
https://www.smartpatients.com/topics/living-with-it
Inaugural Topic: After Treatment Ends: Why Survivorship Can Feel Harder Than Expected
Expert: KrisAnn Talarico, Curveball Counseling LLC
When: Feb 2 - Feb 6
Format: Ask anything, anytime
https://www.smartpatients.com/topics/living-with-it
Repetition can mean another day and another chance.
To everyone walking circles today, literally or figuratively: your routine matters.
Happy Groundhog Day. May you get as many loops as you need!
What are your figure-8s?
#GroundhogDay #SmartPatients #PatientWisdom
To everyone walking circles today, literally or figuratively: your routine matters.
Happy Groundhog Day. May you get as many loops as you need!
What are your figure-8s?
#GroundhogDay #SmartPatients #PatientWisdom
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Repetition can mean another day and another chance.
To everyone walking circles today, literally or figuratively: your routine matters.
Happy Groundhog Day. May you get as many loops as you need!
What are your figure-8s?
#GroundhogDay #SmartPatients #PatientWisdom
To everyone walking circles today, literally or figuratively: your routine matters.
Happy Groundhog Day. May you get as many loops as you need!
What are your figure-8s?
#GroundhogDay #SmartPatients #PatientWisdom
Illness has a way of burning through what we thought mattered and it may bring an unexpected clarity.
What did illness take from you? What did it unexpectedly give?
Share your story: https://www.smartpatients.com
#PatientCommunity #SmartPatients
What did illness take from you? What did it unexpectedly give?
Share your story: https://www.smartpatients.com
#PatientCommunity #SmartPatients
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Illness has a way of burning through what we thought mattered and it may bring an unexpected clarity.
What did illness take from you? What did it unexpectedly give?
Share your story: https://www.smartpatients.com
#PatientCommunity #SmartPatients
What did illness take from you? What did it unexpectedly give?
Share your story: https://www.smartpatients.com
#PatientCommunity #SmartPatients
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. This letter offers the kind of honest guidance you won't find in a pamphlet. Most cervical cancers are preventable. Read more: https://ow.ly/sQEJ50Y5AS4
Thank you Cervivor, Inc. for all the work you do!
#CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth #HPVPrevention
Thank you Cervivor, Inc. for all the work you do!
#CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth #HPVPrevention
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. This letter offers the kind of honest guidance you won't find in a pamphlet. Most cervical cancers are preventable. Read more: https://ow.ly/sQEJ50Y5AS4
Thank you Cervivor, Inc. for all the work you do!
#CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth #HPVPrevention
Thank you Cervivor, Inc. for all the work you do!
#CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth #HPVPrevention
You finished treatment. So why do you feel lost instead of relieved? Smart Patients is launching Living With It—a new series bringing experts into extended conversation with our community. Our inaugural topic is on "After Treatment Ends:" Join us this week: https://ow.ly/Shtr50Y635J
January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
You finished treatment. So why do you feel lost instead of relieved? Smart Patients is launching Living With It—a new series bringing experts into extended conversation with our community. Our inaugural topic is on "After Treatment Ends:" Join us this week: https://ow.ly/Shtr50Y635J
1,000 posts. Three years. One question: "What music rescues you?" The answers created a 4 part series about how shared music is part of survival and community. Movement IV is the chorus (& includes the Smart Patients' playlist): https://ow.ly/SGfc50Y4mtX
#MusicToTheRescue #SmartPatients
#MusicToTheRescue #SmartPatients
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
1,000 posts. Three years. One question: "What music rescues you?" The answers created a 4 part series about how shared music is part of survival and community. Movement IV is the chorus (& includes the Smart Patients' playlist): https://ow.ly/SGfc50Y4mtX
#MusicToTheRescue #SmartPatients
#MusicToTheRescue #SmartPatients
We feel terrible that we missed Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day so we're saying a late thank you!
Thank you to the Alliance for Continuing Health Care Professionals!
What's one thing you wish every healthcare provider learned in their continuing education?
#CEProfessionalsDay
Thank you to the Alliance for Continuing Health Care Professionals!
What's one thing you wish every healthcare provider learned in their continuing education?
#CEProfessionalsDay
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We feel terrible that we missed Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day so we're saying a late thank you!
Thank you to the Alliance for Continuing Health Care Professionals!
What's one thing you wish every healthcare provider learned in their continuing education?
#CEProfessionalsDay
Thank you to the Alliance for Continuing Health Care Professionals!
What's one thing you wish every healthcare provider learned in their continuing education?
#CEProfessionalsDay
Children see what adults sometimes forget: that imagination can be armor.
That love can be medicine. Out of the mouths of children come the metaphors we need most.
How have children in your life helped you see cancer differently?
#CancerCommunity #SmartPatients #HealingImagery #LoveAndCancer
That love can be medicine. Out of the mouths of children come the metaphors we need most.
How have children in your life helped you see cancer differently?
#CancerCommunity #SmartPatients #HealingImagery #LoveAndCancer
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Children see what adults sometimes forget: that imagination can be armor.
That love can be medicine. Out of the mouths of children come the metaphors we need most.
How have children in your life helped you see cancer differently?
#CancerCommunity #SmartPatients #HealingImagery #LoveAndCancer
That love can be medicine. Out of the mouths of children come the metaphors we need most.
How have children in your life helped you see cancer differently?
#CancerCommunity #SmartPatients #HealingImagery #LoveAndCancer
If cancer were a poem, what would its metaphors be? This is the type of question that invites others to express what clinical language can't capture.
Art gives us permission to say the unsayable .
How would you describe cancer through art?
#CancerAndArt #ArtHeals #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
Art gives us permission to say the unsayable .
How would you describe cancer through art?
#CancerAndArt #ArtHeals #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
If cancer were a poem, what would its metaphors be? This is the type of question that invites others to express what clinical language can't capture.
Art gives us permission to say the unsayable .
How would you describe cancer through art?
#CancerAndArt #ArtHeals #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
Art gives us permission to say the unsayable .
How would you describe cancer through art?
#CancerAndArt #ArtHeals #PatientVoices #SmartPatients
Smart Patients is more than a support group. It's a chorus. We say this because for over 3 years, 1,000 posts from just one conversation demonstrate the power of music and how it creates community. Read the finale of "I Am...Rescued by Music": https://ow.ly/ryqJ50Y0iyi
#SmartPatients #MusicHeals
#SmartPatients #MusicHeals
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Smart Patients is more than a support group. It's a chorus. We say this because for over 3 years, 1,000 posts from just one conversation demonstrate the power of music and how it creates community. Read the finale of "I Am...Rescued by Music": https://ow.ly/ryqJ50Y0iyi
#SmartPatients #MusicHeals
#SmartPatients #MusicHeals