Emotional Intelligence Report |Von Willebrand Disease
Surface Behaviors
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- Ability to treat bleeding episodes easily
- Active lifestyle despite the condition
- Applying to graduate school for marine science
- Beginning stages of starting a non-profit in the vWD community
- Being involved in community outreach with church
- Being married for 15 years
- Checking lab values in the patient portal
- Childhood spent in the hospital
- Constant bleeds
- Delayed diagnosis of con willebrands
- Diagnosed with VWD at 1 month old
- Discussing iron supplement usage
- Doctor listens and allows input on medication choice
- Dream of becoming a nurse in a hospital
- Easy bruising
- Engaging in high-risk activities
- Enjoying coffee, painting, and karate (pre-COVID)
- Experience with blood transfusion after pregnancy
- Frequent nosebleeds
- Having 3 boys, 2 with a diagnosis
- History of heavy bleeding
- Living with a diagnosed condition
- Long periods
- Managing the condition with Stimate and Amicar
- Needing medical records transferred
- Nosebleeds requiring transfusions, surgical cautery, and packing
- On new medication and following prophy schedule
- Previous misdiagnosis of heavy bleeding as normal
- Rationing medication due to lack of insurance
- Receiving a call from the doctor's MA
Vulnerable Moments
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- Adjusting to a new role as a stay-at-home mom and advocate
- Balancing passion for activities with the risk of injury
- Balancing the demands of marriage and parenting
- Being diagnosed with vWD at 12 years old
- Being diagnosed with VWD at 16 years old
- Being open to influence in making decisions related to vWD
- Being pregnant and concerned about managing VWD
- Concern for grandchildren being tested for vWd
- Considering seeking medication at urgent care
- Coping with a family member's diagnosis
- Coping with the limitations imposed by COVID on activities like karate
- Diagnosis of vWd in daughter at age 12
- Emotional impact of living with a bleeding disorder
- Emotional vulnerability during nosebleeds and medical procedures
- Experiencing frustration and confusion about the doctor's decisions
- Facing the possibility of hospitalization due to a bleed
- Facing the possibility of waiting six weeks for a referral
- Family testing revealing own vWd diagnosis
- Feeling dismissed by the first hematologist
- Feeling excited and hopeful about the new medication
- Feeling exposed and in need of support during the appointment
- Feeling exposed and in need of support during the diagnostic process
- Feeling exposed and in need of support during the journey
- Feeling exposed and unsure about bleeding disorders
- Feeling exposed due to family history of VWD
- Assessing the risks and benefits of certain activities
- Choice to have grandchildren tested for vWd
- Choice to undergo testing for vWd
- Choosing between financial stability and proper healthcare coverage
- Choosing to follow prophy schedule
- Choosing to marry and commit to a long-term relationship
- Choosing to pursue hobbies like painting and karate
- Choosing to ration medication to avoid hospitalization
- Choosing to seek medical help for nosebleeds and bruising
- Choosing to start a new medication and prophy
- Considering starting a non-profit in the vWD community
- Considering the impact of VWD on pursuing graduate school
- Deciding how to manage the condition without insurance coverage
- Deciding to advocate for treatment of unchecked hemophilia
- Deciding to continue participating in high-risk activities despite the condition