SYNDROME | Cara O'Regan

 

Syndrome. Cara O'Regan. Oil on canvas. Fall 2015 Intima


Cara Gael O’Regan is an artist, health advocate, and freelance marketing professional with two decades of lived experience with complex chronic illness. She understands from first hand knowledge the importance of the patient experience, and wants to give them a voice in the conversations about healthcare that so rarely include actual sick people. She has been working on a podcast about chronic illness and disability called In Sickness + In Health, which will be launching in October. You can find more information about the podcast at insicknesspod.com and on social media @insicknesspod. O'Regan tweets about life and living with chronic illness @bimpse, and you can find her work on bimpse.com.