MITCH STURGEON
Author and Blogger Living With MS
Menu
Meegan Kennedy Hansen is a friend and a professor at Florida State University. This semester, she’s teaching a course in Literature and Medicine. She read my book, ENJOYING THE RIDE: Two Generations of Tragedy and Triumph, and asked me if she could refer to it in her course. She had her students read Chapter 23– Coming Out, and she interviewed me. Below is a video of the interview, and some explanations of the content.
0:00 – 0:40 Introductions
0:40 – 3:10 “Can you talk about your relationship with your physicians?”
3:10 – 4:45 “What is your relationship with traditional medicine, given that it hasn’t offered you much?
4:45 – 7:25 “What makes a good doctor, a good nurse?”
7:25 – 11:10 “How has your condition shaped your role in society?”
11:10 – 12:40 “Tell me about your special wheelchair, the iBot.”
12:40 – 14:31 “Do you have any advice for my students about writing?”
12 Replies to “Florida State University Interview”
Great to see you hobnobbing with Meegan, Mitch. Two terrific people one on one, wonderful!
Roger, Meegan is awesome! Great interviewer.
Nice job, Mitch!
Thanks, Mark. I’m trying to become more polished in my interviews without losing my authenticity. I don’t think I’m in much danger of becoming too polished…
You did a great job Mitch, you’re a natural!!
Thanks, Kathy!
You gave a good interview, Mitch, and what a very kind and natural ‘interviewer’ Professor Hansen was.
Thank you for sharing this.
Barbara, thank you so much, and you are right about Prof. Hansen.
I really enjoyed that,, Mitch, and I hadn’t thought about my physician relationships in exactly that way. Excellent way to put it and makes it clear what I want to be seeking in my doctors.
Daphne, glad you enjoyed the interview, and gladder still that you might benefit from it.
While some of my many pills help with some particular symptoms, the treatment that has had the most long-lasting amelioration of several debilitating symptoms (fatigue, autonomic disfunction, balance, brain fog) was my CCSVI treatment in Poland. While many people saw only short-term or no benefits from CCSVI treatment, mine have lasted 9 years. Is it because, unlike most people who had the treatment done, I got them to put a stent in? Too bad the MS “experts” never wanted to truly study the theory or procedure to the detriment of real knowledge.
Ted, I’m so glad that you benefited from CCSVI treatment. As you may know, I poured my heart into that effort for several years.
Comments are closed.