About Christy
I'm a nurse. I was still told it was “just aging.”
I'm Christy, a registered nurse and a mom of four. I started Prepared & Heard because I know how it feels to walk out of an appointment feeling smaller than when you walked in.
My story
In my early 40s, things started to change. I wasn't sleeping. My joints ached. I'd lose my train of thought in the middle of a sentence, something that had never happened to me before.
Later, I had a hysterectomy. And through all of it, the message I kept hearing was the same: this is just part of getting older.
I knew my body. I knew something had shifted. But in a fifteen-minute appointment, I couldn't find the words, and I wasn't heard. If that can happen to a nurse, it can happen to anyone.
Why Prepared & Heard exists
I can't make appointments longer. But I can help you make the most of the time you get.
Prepared & Heard gives you simple, printable tools to walk in with your symptoms written down, your questions ready, and the words to ask for what you need.
- Your symptoms are real. Feeling “off” is worth talking about.
- You know your body. Your experience matters in that room.
- Being prepared changes the conversation. It's much harder to brush off someone who comes ready.
Start with the free checklist
See which signs feel familiar, and get a printable checklist to take to your next appointment.
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