PA WEEK This Week

This is PA WEEK! Oct 6-12. It was PA Day, now expanded into PA WEEK in recent years. Honoring all PA's and their contribution to American Healthcare, Medicine & Healing, this week celebrates the dedication of the PA to you- the patient. Most PA's are in Primary Care, ie: Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine. More PA's are now evolving into Specialties such as Surgery, Emergency Medicine, OBGYN, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, and others. PA's are your Patient Advocates, your PArtners in Health, and your Physician Associates/Assistants. Most large (and small) medical practices have PA's in addition to Physicians. PA's are serving in ALL branches of the US Military, most branches of the US government, & even at the White House~ yes even the President has a PA, as well as a physician. The British are now "trying out" US PA's, and developing their own PA programs. Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Scotland and South Africa are also starting PA programs after the US model. PA's serve in ALL medical missions to underdeveloped countries, giving FREE medical care all over the world. PA's are also on the frontlines of FREE medical clinics right here in the USA for the homeless, immigrant and indigent populations, and PA's VOLUNTEER for these very difficult and sometimes heartbreaking "jobs"! PA's do all of these because they love what they do and PA's are dedicated to caring for YOU!

More Networking & Live it up!

Yes, more networking! I attended the HNA lunch, then went over to Pikes Peak Workforce- a great place for anyone looking for a job, better career, or just to learn about resume writing, starting your own business, entrepreneuring, computers- practically anything! After that, The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours held at the Business of Art Center (one great venue!) Lots of Business to Business networking going on there!! To top off the evening, I attended the Colorado Springs PA Meeting, where I saw old friends of many years and I got to catch up on what is going on in their lives- we had not one, but two speakers- Dr Pagel on Sleep Medicine (Yes, there really is the specialty of sleep now, and mostly thanks to Dr Pagel- he is really the pioneer in this new frontier of medicine) and Dr Marciniak on Bipolar Disorder, otherwise known as Manic Depressive- he is a psychiatrist who has an interest in Bipolar. (Most Bipolar is misdiagnosed- this is not new, we have known this for some years, the drug companies sure make alot of money on misdiagnosis, however.) Moving on... I have a full schedule tomorrow too! What does this have to do with Living Younger Longer? Do what you love and you will grow younger everyday! My old friends say that I still look the same~ & I have known some of them for over 30 years! Now, I know they are being kind, but what if??? What if I still look the same after all that time because I love what I do? I also, by the way, love who I am! The secret is out! Live it up!