From Physical Therapist to Caregiver Master Trainer…

Hi friend!

I'm Cheryl Foster

I’m Cheryl Foster, the Caregiver Master Trainer from Fort Mill, South Carolina. I’m so glad you’re here!

A seasoned physical therapist with nearly 3 decades of experience in about every healthcare setting offered in the U.S., I have a single focus: empowering patients and their families to safely navigate the sea of healthcare jargon and red tape to a place where they're able to survive and excel. All through simple solutions to complex situations to achieve wins for everyone. 

The Tables Turned

I was not prepared for the feelings I had the moment I heard my 63 year-old mom was confused, unable to speak, and couldn't move half of her body. It was as though fear rendered my brain void of understanding of the very things I'd spent 15 years learning. I was numb, terrified, and my own brain was no longer serving as a resource for me. 

As I sat next to my Mom’s hospital bed night after night as she thrashed around in post-operative delirium and agitation, I had no way of knowing that a mere 12 months from then, I would be facing a whole different crisis: the birth of twins, 7 weeks earlier than planned, with one of the babies having a severe abdominal birth defect. 

Within days of their births, I was trying to keep up with the care for Elizabeth in the NICU while caring for her 3-pound preemie sister, Alexis, at home, while breastfeeding/ pumping for the first time, and recovering from a c-section. 

It was a lot. 

Why I Do It

I've learned a lot about healthcare over the years. So much of it has been from my time on the job but what has made me a great therapist and teacher has been my experience as a caregiver.

As a caregiver, I learned how to prioritize and organize information so I could reference it and share it with others. I used this info to advocate for my girls, my mom, and ultimately my two fathers who have been in medical fights of their own over the past decade. There has been a LOT to manage. A lot to organize. And a lot that I needed to be able to retrieve. 

During this time I've seen tremendous medical advances and miracles. But I've also experienced colossal failures caused by healthcare professionals making errors, communicating misinformation, and not following through policies and procedures. I genuinely believed that above all else, the healthcare system would protect patients, after all, this is the profession I chose. Surely, my own profession is honorable and protects its patients.

Yet, I've seen how medical errors and clinician oversight affect families and can personally attest to the devastation they cause as a series of documented medical errors resulted in the death of our daughter after more than 2 years of fighting to overcome her abdominal defect.

Because of this, I have vowed to do all that I can to teach people to NOT ASSUME that medicine will "get it right" but to take an active role in their own healthcare experience.

Doing the most good

I truly love being a physical therapist. I love my patients. I love their families.

And because of this love, rather than allowing the devastating loss of our daughter to leave me angry and bitter, I have chosen to move forward and take all that I've learned to do the most good by helping my patients and their families to recognize failures in healthcare and to use specific strategies to avoid becoming a statistic. 

Specifically, I have guided thousands of my patients' daughters to protect their their parents by using a simple, reproducible system. And with each person helped, I become more and more certain that Elizabeth lives on through the lives of my patients and their families. 

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