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I am pleased to announce that, once again this year, I have been nominated for two WEGO Health Awards.

The awards are given in 16 categories, and are meant to recognize "exceptional patient advocates, influencers and experts who make a difference in the lives of patients and caregivers." Last year, I was nominated for Best in Show: Blog and Best Kept Secret.

This year, I am nominated for Best in Show: Blog (again) and Patient Leader Hero. (You can read descriptions of all the awards here.)

The awards are now in the "Endorsement" phase, and this is when you can vote for me.

After the nominations are made, anyone can "endorse" (vote for) any of the nominees they would like. You can endorse more than one nominee in a category, and you can endorse any nominee in multiple categories, but you can only endorse once. Endorsements close on August 17.

In each category, the top 3 vote-getters (those with the most endorsements) become finalists for that category. A panel of judges will look at the rest of the nominees and choose two more to go into the finals. A separate panel of judges will then pick a winner for each category from those 5 finalists.

You can endorse me by clicking on one or both of the badges below. (They also appear to the right, where they will stay until August 17.) You will be asked to enter an email address and a name (to make sure you are only voting for each nominee one time).

Now, it's a big contest, so there are a couple of hundred people nominated in each category -- lots of competition. I wasn't a finalist last year, and that was just fine. It really was very cool just to be nominated. I've met a bunch of the other nominees, and they do some really amazing work for their communities. I'm pleased to be even nominated in the same awards contest with them.

That said, as cool as it was to be nominated, it would be even cooler to be a finalist -- I'm not going to lie.

So consider given me an endorsement or two.

And thank you for being such great readers.