I’ve been asked to put a request out here. MyHealthMyWorld.com, my sponsor, is thinking of getting others who feel it important to take charge of their health care and their medical records – to start blogging about their own experiences.

To put it in words better than I wrote above, let me quote Geoff Purdom, Ph.D, one of the board members of the MyHealthMyWorld co-operative. He likens this idea to creating a "community of health diaries – writers sharing their experience for the common good."

The different blogs – provided free by MyHealthMyWorld.com and set up for you in case you have no experience blogging – would talk about each person’s specific situation. For example, someone may write about dealing with the health care system while caring for a child with ADD. Another could blog about his diabetes treatment and how it affects his lifestyle. Another could write about her progress as she recovers from kidney surgery or chemotherapy. Another could post regularly about his challenge to stop smoking and lose 20 pounds at the same time.

Actually, just about anything could be written about because we all have health issues. Even if we don’t have HEALTH ISSUES, we still deal with our health each and every day on some level, even if it’s just a promise to ourselves that we’ll eat more fruits and vegetables, or exercise three times a week or take that tap dancing class we’ve been wanting to….. However the most likely value is to people who would like to either create a record for themselves to help their own convalescence or if you think you would like to share your experience of dealing with a chronic oor other health issue to help others.

If you’d like to be a part of this self-help community, if you have ideas about how you think this community should be run, please contact Geoff at myblog@myhealthmyworld.com. It is free and easy to setup.