Ted Meyer is a nationally recognized artist, curator and patient advocate who helps patients, students and medical professions see the positive in the worst life can offer. Ted joins host, Lorraine Giordano, to talk about his 18-year project “Scarred for Life: Mono-prints of Human Scars that chronicles the trauma and courage of people who have lived through accidents and health crises. Ted’s rare niche mixes art, medicine, and stories of healing and survival, drawing from his experience as a lifelong patient of Gaucher Disease (an enzyme deficiency that affects bones and joints). Ted spent much of his childhood in severe pain. His work is influenced by his many hospital stays where he began mixing art and medical supplies. Ted seeks to improve patient/physician communications and speaks about living as an artist with illness. Telling stories about his own art and the stories behind his scar art collection, he offers insight into living with pain, illness, and disfigurement.