Harlon Davey

Harlon Davey

Harlon Davey

Exploring the gap between the patient experience and public policy, unconflicted and patiently live and in by blog http://apatientvoice.com/

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The Wreck Room

Things haven’t always been this way. I wonder when and why it all started.

May 6 · 2 min read

The Patient Experience #3: A Difficult Diagnosis

When I was 23, I had my bloodwork done because people around me, gay men, young, handsome, bright men, were dying and the only indicator of…

Nov 29, 2016 · 5 min read

Around Again

I was stargazing tonight

Sep 12, 2016 · 1 min read

From May 20, 2011

Remember the things in life that are important to you and ignore the distractions that separate me from them. There are things, places…

Sep 12, 2016 · 2 min read

pRESS sTAR (Life before the # key)

You used to call me on the telephone

May 29, 2016 · 1 min read

Hindsight

There is a part of me

Oct 30, 2015 · 1 min read

Ode To A Hermit Thrush

Some say it’s just luck, I think it’s awareness that holds the key.

Oct 18, 2015 · 1 min read

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

Here I am on my 51st, birthday and at times it has felt like a long hard journey and at other times it’s been one hell of a pit stop.

Oct 14, 2015 · 3 min read

The Day Of The Living Goldfinch

Yesterday started off innocently enough with me sitting in the backyard with my coffee and journal when a male goldfinch suddenly landed on…

Oct 12, 2015 · 5 min read

Two Hands, Limitless Minds — a collaboration with Lorrie Bowden

If I asked you to believe

Oct 11, 2015 · 1 min read

I Feel For You

I had a dream last night. I was at a conference in Toronto and I remember it being in a building that had 101 floors and the meeting was on…

Jul 31, 2015 · 1 min read

Contagion

Happiness is contagious.

Jul 30, 2015 · 1 min read

Operating System

I am feeling so lethargic right now and I don’t know why but it’s limiting me from enjoying a perfect summer day.

Jul 29, 2015 · 1 min read

Sabotage The Camouflage

In an awkward

Jul 28, 2015 · 1 min read

Tea and Empathy

After taking inventory of my life over the past 24 hours, this is what I have in stock:

Jul 27, 2015 · 1 min read

Neurotica

I pulled out from you

Jul 25, 2015 · 1 min read

What To Expect When You’re Self-Expecting

Self Confident: self-confidence is the reputation I have with myself. According to myself, I do well in new activities and I overcome…

May 25, 2015 · 2 min read

Superstitious Thinking

A sign is only as telling as the experience I have if I follow the sign. The sign says STOP which suggests to me that I should then GO.

Mar 13, 2015 · 2 min read

The Time-Space Continuum

As I spend more and more time alone I am concerned that I am losing touch with what is a healthy amount of sadness, yearning, fear…

Mar 8, 2015 · 2 min read

Etude #1: Resiliency

My life just is. The factory setting is to self-correct.

Mar 5, 2015 · 1 min read