secure health data 2025-09-12T23:12:22Z

It started with a rogue street food vendor in Mexico City. One moment I was savoring the most incredible al pastor tacos, and the next, my stomach was staging a full-scale rebellion. By midnight, curled on the bathroom floor of my Airbnb, I realized this was beyond typical traveler's diarrhea. The cramps were vicious, my vision swam, and in my feverish state, I fumbled for my phone with trembling hands. This wasn't just discomfort—this felt dangerous.

Rain lashed against the hospital windows as I white-knuckled my phone, waiting for the biopsy results that would determine my next year. Before IMS entered my life, this moment would've meant endless phone tag with three different offices, hunting down faxed reports that always seemed to get "lost in transit." But now, my trembling thumb found the familiar blue icon - my lifeline in the tempest. The Before Times: Paper Trails & Panic Attacks