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Dawn DeBois
Verified
Columnist, Lambert-Eaton News
Maine
Beats
Biography
Dawn is a rare disease (LEMS) and multiple autoimmune disease patient with experience in the pharmaceutical industry not only as a sales representative prior to her diagnosis; but also as a rare disease patient advocate and marketing research recruiter. Dawn’s childhood as an orphan raised in foster care filled with trauma was, she believes, the preceptor to her life battling multiple autoimmune diseases. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE Scores) have been proven to predict adult onset disease and Dawn scores very high on a test that no one wants to pass. Her most recent battle has arisen from a concussion suffered in March of 2020. It has slowed down her writing but she was determined to come back with her stories of overcoming numerous battles and motivating others to live their best lives no matter how dire the circumstances. After a 2 year pause in writing to concentrate on healing from her severe concussion, Dawn is launching a new column, IG & Me, in September's issue of IG Living magazine. Dawn will be sharing her experiences as an immune globulin patient for others to be able to benefit from the "liquid gold" that has given Dawn her life back as a rare autoimmune disease patient. Dawn has been published many times in The Bangor Daily News, The Lambert Eaton News, Yahoo News and The Mighty. Currently Dawn is working on her memoir as a rare disease patient and advocate. She is looking for an agent at this time.
IVIG , Mental Health , Chronic Illness , Rare Disease , Autoimmune Diseases , Childhood Trauma , ACE Scores
Content
By Dawn DeBois| The Mighty@ When newsfeeds everywhere started promoting Selena Gomez’s new documentary “My Mind and Me” as a look inside her diagnosis and struggle with bipolar disorder, I immediately planned to settle in for watching what I anticipated would be a view into a world not many see unless they too are diagnosed or love someone with bipolar. I was drawn in, however, on so many other levels, as every chronically ill patient would also be.
By Shayna Korol Verified, Steve Bryson Verified, Dawn DeBois| Lambert-Eaton News Verified by Shayna Korol | September 10, 2021 Share this article: Participation in clinical trials exposes rare disease patients to financial, physical, and emotional pressures, according to the results of a patient focus group series. “Rare disease trial participants are running an endurance race they are highly motivated to complete, but these incremental burdens negatively impact their ability or willingness to enroll or remain in clinical trials,” KimberLee Heidmann, vice president of patient...
By Dawn DeBois| The Mighty@ When newsfeeds everywhere started promoting Selena Gomez’s new documentary “My Mind and Me” as a look inside her diagnosis and struggle with bipolar disorder, I immediately planned to settle in for watching what I anticipated would be a view into a world not many see unless they too are diagnosed or love someone with bipolar. I was drawn in, however, on so many other levels, as every chronically ill patient would also be.
Company Info
Lambert-Eaton News
Pensacola, Florida, United States
'+1 800-936-1363