Content and Visual Design by Tiffany Simms Bringing the Lonely Voices of Autoimmune Disease back to Stanford Medicine X 2015, DrBonnie360 describes an autoimmune journey through Judy's Story. Judy finds hope in patient power, new data sharing and collaboration, and turning data into insights.

1. Bonnie Feldman, DDS, MBA - Business Development for Digital Health | www.drbonnie360.com | @DrBonnie360 | drbonnie360@gmail.com | edited by Tiffany Simms
Judy’s Story
Bridging the Autoimmune Abyss

2. diseases US populaDon Top leading
cause of death
in women
less than 64 yrs
7x less NIH funding than Cancer
Average 3.5 years and 5 doctors for diagnosis
“I was too young for “old people”
disease testing and care”
“It’s like the right hand doesn’t know what
the left hand is doing”
“Each doctor treated symptoms not the whole”

3. Name: Judy
Age: 22
Symptoms:
painful & variable
gastrointestinal issues,
hip/pelvic pain
About a week ago, I went
to my doctor and told him
about my symptoms. He
didn’t have exact
answers… but, he did
refer me to an ob/gyn.
Today, that proved
inconclusive, so Doc said
he’s going to refer me to
a orthopedist and then a
physical therapist..
I’m so tired.. Hopefully
these two specialists
will know what to do.
Possibly Autoimmune

4. It’s been MONTHS. Nothing is working! My
stomach still has issues, and I’ve got
something going on with my foot, on top
of my hip pain!
I finally persuaded my doc to do something
more. I got to see a gastroenterologist,
she ordered some blood tests. Now, the
waiting game..
GI doc said, I’ve got visible
intestinal inflammation and the
blood biomarkers for IBD..
Inflammatory bowel disease.
But, what about my hip? Foot?!

5. Status:
Lost
Alone
Frustrated
Rock Bottom
Diagnosis:
GI –
Inflammatory
Bowel Disease
Hip - ???
Which treatment should I
choose? They all don’t seem
really attractive.
I’ve got to choose from
1. oral corticosteroids
(potential ugly side-
effect)
2. anti-inflammatories
(scary...)
3. Injected monoclonal
antibodies (Needles??)
Update on my hip – so far,
I’ve seen a trigger-point PT,
soft-tissue PT, orthopedist,
podiatrist, yoga therapist,
and walking therapist.
Every single one is stumped… this quest is hopeless

6. GOOD NEWS!
Status: hopeful and curious
Treatment:
trying out diets & different foods
I found TONS of info and support on
patient communities the other day!
And guess what?
They’re all experimenting with diet to
help their GI problems! Or offering
different clinical trial options.
I think I’m going to try this out before
my next appointment. I hope I can opt
out of those scary treatments.

7. JIY
The internet is awesome. I
found these apps and digital
platforms to help me keep
track of my health.
For about 2 weeks, I’ve been
tracking what I eat and the
symptoms I’ve been getting. I
decided to cut out tomatoes,
peppers, & eggplant (Those
guys do not bode well for me).
So far, so good. I haven’t had
a hip/foot flare up! Nor
intense GI flares J
Fingers-crossed it stays this
way.
Status:
Feelin’ Good

8. I’m so glad I decided to look into
diets, there are a good amount of
functional medicine doctors that are
saying a diet change helped them
manage their autoimmune disease.
It’s been a couple months now and
things are looking up. In addition to
the Institute of Functional Medicine,
I found OpenMedicine.
They’re emphasizing patient power,
collaboration, and data sharing.
Definitely hope I can see this happen.
It would’ve helped me bypass the
merry-go-round of doctors and
treatments..

9. Status:
Empowered & Comforted
Diagnosis:
Autoimmune Disease
Treatment:
Work-in-Progress …

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What Will Judy’s Bridge Look Like?

11. The Autoimmunity Hype Cycle
What if we could take the best
of functional medicine, looking
at the root cause of disease,
and combine it with the open
data sharing and analytic
capabilities of the OMI?
How can we create new centers
where Judy feels supported,
encouraged, and empowered?
How can we give Judy and her
team an expanded toolkit which
uses the best of conventional and
complementary approaches so
that they don’t get stuck in the
trough of disillusionment?

12. Integrated Autoimmune Medicine
This approach would be
in an open system that
fosters the growth of a
global knowledge
sharing community for
autoimmune patients.
Complementary Medicine
Conventional Medicine

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Judy’s Research
Links on the Following Slides

14. Autoimmunity Incidence and Prevalence:
• Why is Autoimmune Disease
Underserved?
• The Serious Health Concern All 20-
somethings Should Know About
• Becoming Visible
• Statistics on AARDA
Multidisciplinary Collaboration
• The Lonely Voices
• Getting to Yes! – Stanford
MedX 2014
The Lonely Voices of
Autoimmune Disease
• Multiple Myeloma Research
Foundation – spurred collaboration
in new and different ways
• Open Medicine Institute –
Collaboration, Sharing, and Patient
Power
The Microbiome Lifeline
• Can Science Explain Gut
Feelings?
• Is Your Gut Destroying You?
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Starts in
the Mouth?
• Are We What We Eat?
• More on the Microbiome as a
Major Organ of Immunity

15. Finding Hope Outside the Doctor’s Office
• MyHealthTeams
• Crohnology – Crohns and Colitis
• AutoimmuneMom
• PaleoMom
• FurtherFood
Empowering the Patient through Digital Health
• Ubiome – Microbiome Testing
• Smart Patients – Drug and Clinical Trial Options
• The Importance of Data Tracking
• Quantified Self – Self Knowledge through Numbers
• MyNutritionHealth – Tracking Symptoms in relation to Food
• The Autoimmune Summit
• Susan Blum
• Mark Hyman
• Amy Myers
• Terry Wahls
• One Size Does NOT Fit All
Diet Experimentation and Patient Communities
• Bridging the Autoimmune Abyss, a View from the Bottom Up
– Larry Smarr
• JIYO – a Personal Well-Being Companion
• The Institute of Systems Biology and Arivale with Lee Hood –
Understanding your genome, microbiome, and lifestyle

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Abyss
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Bonnie Feldman, DDS, MBA
Business Development for Digital Health