"Running for My Life" won Best Literary Medical Weblog in the competition, sponsored by Medgadget, "an internet journal of emerging technologies." According to the final tally, released yesterday, I received 43 percent, or 456 votes, followed by Notes of an Anesthesioboist with 29 percent, or 306 votes. The other votes in that category were divided among the remaining three finalists.
I came in third out of 13 in Best Patient Blog, the other category in which I was nominated. The winner was Six Until Me, a blog about a woman's life with diabetes.
I even won a prize: a Palm Z22 handheld and a year-long subscription to Placebo Journal, a collection of medical humor. (We'll have to see about those.) The real prize of course has been connecting with so many people through shared experiences, finding so much support and hopefully being able to provide support too.
Also a big thank-you to my good friend Margaret, who nominated me for the award and generally helps keep me going.
