patient experience – Matt Cavallo, MPH

Robot Catfish prey on vulnerable people in social media with spam posts to fake websites

Catching a Robot Catfish in Social Media Support Groups

Posted on October 28, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo8 Comments

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Remembering Olympian Jimmie Heuga and his Can Do Spirit

Posted on September 22, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo1 Comment

Some of us are born to do certain things in life. James Frederic “Jimmie” Heuga was born to ski. Jimmie began competitive skiing at age five and appeared in a Warren Miller film at age nine. In 1958, Jimmie became the youngest man ever to make the US Ski Team. In 1963, he won the […]

Matt Cavallo was featured 10 Lessons From Empowered Patients for US News and World Report

10 Lessons From Empowered Patients By Angela Haupt

Posted on August 16, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo1 Comment

Last year, Angela Haupt of US News and World Report, shared the story of ten people living their best despite having a chronic illness. I was humbled to be featured in this article. Here is what Angela wrote: Cavallo, 38, of Chandler, Arizona, was fully functioning and healthy when he went numb from the waist down […]

Journaling My Story (MS) – MSAA Reblog

Posted on August 14, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo2 Comments

**Originally posted by Matt Cavallo on MSAA Conversations on 7-24-2015 at http://blog.mymsaa.org/worth-fighting-for/** In July of 2005, I was in a deep depression. I had just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in June of 2005 and I was in the midst of an internal struggle trying to come to terms with being newly diagnosed. I have a […]

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Clinically Isolated Syndrome versus MS

Posted on August 9, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo2 Comments

June 10th, 2005, I remember it like it was yesterday. This was the day that I had my follow-up visit with my neurologist. During the previous month, I had lost my ability to walk, been hospitalized and had been seeing a physical therapist to learn how to walk again all due to an acute onset […]

Sometimes the only problem in your day is looking at you in the mirror

Are all Patients Treated Equal? A Sports Star turned Opioid Addict

Posted on July 13, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo12 Comments

Growing up in Hingham, Massachusetts we had it all. Hingham resembled a Norman Rockwell painting with its lush forests that lead to a historic downtown nestled up against the harbor. It was a safe place to grow up where the only trouble was when the boys would skip school and play on the rope swing at the duck pond. No […]

Dehydration and IV Tips

Posted on May 31, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt Cavallo2 Comments

Since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2005, the veins in my arms have been stuck well over a hundred times. My monthly Tysabri infusion alone has equaled 108 vein piercing injections once every 28 days dating back to February of 2007. Each time has been without incident. My nurses remark how I have big […]

The Secret to Better Doctor’s Appointments

Posted on March 4, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt CavalloLeave a comment

Photo Citation: Kamo, A. (2014, May 21). Taking Lead in Doctor-Patient Dance. Retrieved March 4, 2015, from https://flic.kr/p/eKWBX1 Typically I don’t share my health coaching stories, but I felt that this was one all of my readers could benefit from. One common problem that I read about in social media support forums or through interactions with […]

Living with multiple sclerosis can be like trying to stop a runaway train

Runaway MS Train – MSAA Reblog

Posted on March 2, 2015December 29, 2016 Matt CavalloLeave a comment

**Originally posted by Matt Cavallo on MSAA Conversations on 2-27-2015 at http://blog.mymsaa.org/runaway-ms-train/** Photo Caption: Deviant Art. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2015, from http://dakann.deviantart.com/art/Runaway-Train-53676298 I remember as if it were yesterday: January, 2007. I was sitting in my neurologist’s office after suffering my third relapse in eighteen months. At that moment, I felt that my MS was […]

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