Author: Emily Levy

Levy is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur, disability advocate, and international public speaker. She co-founded Mighty Well, a medical technology startup based on her experience as a patient living with Lyme disease and vascular access devices. Levy has designed and launched six patient wearables. Her original product, PICCPerfect, was given FDA approval as a Class 1 device. In 2022, Emily co-authored the Ultimate Guide to PICCs with AVA to help improve patient outcomes. During the last ten years, she has had three PICCs, an implanted port, and numerous peripheral IVs for various infusion therapies. Under Mighty Well, she has co-created a digital eLearning platform for patients with vascular access. She has published innumerable articles on vascular access and patient advocacy topics. She frequently delivers keynote speeches at local, national, and international conferences on issues related to the patient perspective in health care, home infusion, and patient vascular access care.

Fighting for Inclusion Within the Adaptive Wear Industry

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is no longer a fringe term – it’s happening everywhere. Over the past few decades, industries have started to embrace our sizes, shapes, colors, and genders. We have seen people surpass stereotypes over and over again and start to pave the way for future successes, from highly successful female CEOs to […]

Long-term Vascular Access and My Journey to Healing

To Our Friends in the Fight, Like you, I have spent years battling my health, experiencing success and hardship along the way. My experience as a patient inspired me to co-found Mighty Well, and since then, I have spent my career passionately advocating for the rights, feelings, and voices of patients facing chronic and short-term […]

Mental Health Strategies from Emily Levy, our CEO

Hi, Friends in the Fight, My name is Emily Levy. I am the CEO and co-founder of Mighty Well and I have struggled with mental health for most of my life, even before I knew what those words meant. I started off as excessive nail biter in elementary school. By the time I was in […]

Finding Purpose Despite the Challenges of Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease during my sophomore year of college. I needed a long-term IV PICC line that a lot of people get either for antibiotic use, chemotherapy, or nutritional support. I was just told to wear a cut sock on my arm, and I was like, “This is crazy!” My […]

6 Things I’m Grateful as a CEO and Lyme Warrior

It’s that time of year when we look back on what we accomplished and think about the things we are most grateful for. While I try to be grateful in every day of my life, I think the start of the holiday season is a perfect time to share with you some of the amazing […]

Meet Friend in the Fight, Travis Flores: An Actor with Cystic Fibrosis™

Last night, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Travis Flores for a Facebook Live event to talk about his experience with transplant and living with Cystic Fibrosis. Travis is an actor, inspirational speaker, storyteller, and writer. We had the chance to discuss his journey, how he’s been able to turn sickness into strength, and […]

Pulse Therapy: A New Approach for Treating Lyme Disease

Think of a truck starting and stopping on a highway. Go-go-go and then it comes to a screeching halt. In essence, this is what Lyme Disease pulse therapy feels like. The clinical idea is to start and stop antibiotics to treat Lyme disease and co-infections. According to doctors, such as those in the Jemsek Clinic, this allows the body […]

The Guilt My Mom Faced When I Was Diagnosed with Chronic Lyme

When I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme, I remember leaving my appointment in tears. I wasn’t sure if I was crying because I finally had an answer after all of those years of uncertainty, or because I knew that I had a long road towards recovery.

6 Tips to Help You Speak Up to Healthcare Professionals About Your Health

Do you feel uncomfortable being completely honest with your doctor or any healthcare professional you encounter? I felt the same way when I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme. I felt like it was rude to call out a healthcare professional if I thought they did something wrong, or to disagree with my doctor if they […]

4 Ways to Enjoy Dating When You Have a Chronic Illness

It’s Valentine’s Day! A day you may or may not be dreading. While most of your friends are off to a romantic dinner date, you might stay home and think that this holiday is not for you. A lot of my friends have certainly told me this!

How to Ace College (and Have Fun) Despite Having Chronic Condition

Now that school has started, what’s your biggest fear? If you’ve been recently diagnosed with a chronic condition, your excitement might be replaced with fear. Fear that you might fail. Fear that you won’t have the strength to accomplish everything you’ve set out to do. Anxiety and fear are normal. But it doesn’t have to […]

My experience at medcomp

Recently, I was fortunate enough to be able to speak to the employees of MedComp and MarTech in Harleysville, PA, about understanding the patient perspective of long term vascular access and management (yes, this is a topic I geek out over!) I believe it is important for the manufacturers and distributors of medical device companies […]