Episode notes
Melissa Mullamphy does not want others to learn the hard way as she and her family did during her mom’s 8-month battle with ovarian cancer. Melissa is passionate about patient advocacy and helping others find their voice in a complex and increasingly dangerous healthcare system. Melissa has had many jobs in her life, from corporate America to psychiatric emergency rooms but nothing could prepare her for watching her mother suffer from medical mistakes, miscommunication, and errors.
- 01:45: Can you take us back to the beginning with your mother?
- 03:14: I noticed her stomach was distended like she was five months pregnant
- 05:40: You want to race and get in the front of the line.
- 07:21: She was a big stroke risk.
- 08:28: It came back with adenocarcinoma.
- 10:54: So we put more poison in an already si ...