Episode 20 | Health Literacy - Sifting Through All the C.R.A.A.P.

Brian spent more than twenty years working in emergency management as a paramedic & law enforcement officer before getting a Master’s degree in Library & Information Science. While serving as the Acting Deputy Secretary of Education for Libraries with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, a cold triggered an autoimmune response leaving him blind & paralyzed from the chest down.

Following an NMO diagnosis, he needed to understand more about the disease. As an information professional, he was shocked that much of the information he got from his care team or found online was outdated, not supported by science, or just plain wrong.

After eighteen months of relapses & research, a consultation with an NMO specialist led to a diagnosis of MOGAD & the proper treatment that gave him his life back.

Brian & Chel ...