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Our guest this week is Arushi Lohiya, from Jaipur, Rajasthan -India.  She is a marketing & branding strategist, an amateur poet, animal lover, and a Fibromyalgia warrior.  She graduated top of her class from Iowa State University, USA in marketing. At one time she was also a national level sports player and managed to combine both of her passions with a dream job in sports marketing. She was accel...

Savanna is a health policy and patient advocate from Houston, Texas. She meets with senators and representative at the federal level to advocate for patients to have better access to treatments and for the protection of the ACA, as well as creating awareness & education through social media and consulting with companies about the patient experience. Savanna has several chronic illnesses including...

Matt is a preschool teacher turned computer programmer and disability advocate.  He developed Epilepsy while in college and is here today to discuss this often misunderstood disease.   ​ Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness. ​ Anyone can dev...

Ambre is a gastroparesis patient. She was diagnosed in 2016, after suffering with GI symptoms for nearly 2 years. Her disease has progressed to where she is now completely dependent on enteral nutrition. In the last two years she has become a vocal advocate for the gastroparesis community. She has also, in the last year become a vocal advocate for feeding tubes and body positivity. By participatin...

Britt Clark is a patient advocate and the founder of Lupus Lyfe, a blog about living with lupus. She is also a lupus patient leader for WEGO Health and actively participates in discussions and panels advocating for chronic illness warriors.  She has battled lupus, fibromyalgia, trigeminal neuralgia and recently stage 1 kidney cancer. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her husband and...

Myisha is the ceo of @gameofcrohnsandchronicillness Facebook group and Instagram.  Myisha is a 2019 WEGO Health Awards finalist and WEGO Health top 10 rookie of the year 2020 this year. ​ Myisha have been nominated for 10 WEGO Health awards. Myisha started her Facebook group gameofcrohnsandchronicillness to help others feel less alone. ​ When Myisha was first diagnosed 11 years ago she knew absolu...

In this episode we will discuss Halloween Safety during COVID   ​ Fall celebrations like Halloween and Harvest Day are fun times for children, who at one time could dress up in costumes, enjoy parties, and eat yummy treats. These celebrations also provide a chance to give out healthy snacks, get physical activity, and focus on safety. ​ Check out these tips to help make the festivities fun and saf...

Our guest today is once again Lita Tomas, one of our co-hosts.  Lita has suffered with GERD for most of her adult life (as you learned in S6E19 )  This year's upper endoscopy showed damage to the esophagus from the chronic acid backflow.  She now has a new diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus. Barrett's esophagus  is a potentially serious complication of  GERD , which stands for gastroesophageal reflu...

Our guest today is Lita again, she has recently had her torn rotator cuff repaired.  I would like to refer to the Mayo Clinic to explain this complex group of muscles and ligaments:  The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint, keeping the head of your upper arm bone firmly within the shallow socket of the shoulder. A rotator cuff injury can cause a dull ach...

Two Co-Hosts discuss injectable neurotoxins as a medical treatment, especially for migraines.    Neurotoxins are injected around pain fibers that are involved in headaches. It enters the nerve endings around where it is injected and blocks the release of chemicals involved in pain transmission. This prevents activation of pain networks in the brain. It prevents migraine headaches before they start

Volunteering can help you make friends, learn new skills, advance your career, and even feel happier and healthier. With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering can be enormous. Volunteering offers vital help to people in need, worthwhile causes, and the community, but the benefits can be even greater for you, the volunteer. The right match can h...

Hyperacusis is defined as a collapsed tolerance to normal environmental sounds. Ears also lose most of their dynamic range.  Dynamic range is the ability of the ear to deal with quick shifts in sound loudness. Suddenly everyday noises sound unbearably or painfully loud. The disorder is often chronic and usually accompanied by tinnitus (ringing in the ears), but can occur in patients who have littl...

Even though we often feel Physicians are 'super-heroes" during times of extreme stress even these heroes need support!  Dr. Jackson is here today to talk with us about the care and support that physicians can give one another.  The current pandemic is such a stressful time for all of us, have you considered how hard it is on the front line workers? ​ Dr. Kimberly Funches Jackson is a board-certifi...

Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease. It can spread to people and pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal. In the United States, rabies is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes. However, in many other countries dogs still carry rabies, and most rabies deaths in people around the world are caused by dog bites. Animals most likely to transmit r...

Moira Cleary (more-a), a mom of two beautiful, smart, funny teenagers who both live with often debilitating chronic conditions, is a Certified and Accredited Professional Coach as well as a Mindfulness Practitioner, she is sharing her knowledge and experience with Moms struggling, as they parent children with challenging, complex or even extra-ordinary needs. She is on a mission to help mothers fi...

Moira Cleary (more-a), a mom of two beautiful, smart, funny teenagers who both live with often debilitating chronic conditions, is a Certified and Accredited Professional Coach as well as a Mindfulness Practitioner, she is sharing her knowledge and experience with Moms struggling, as they parent children with challenging, complex or even extra-ordinary needs. She is on a mission to help mothers fi...

This week we are discussing endometriosis.  Endometriosis is an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining your pelvis. Rarely, endometrial tissue may spread beyond pelvic organs. Returning to our sho...

Our guest this week is Asiya Rafiq.  She has an educational background in Psychology, and is a Certified Applied Behavioral Analyst from Dubai.  She is also a Certified Volunteer in Special Olympics with the United Arab Emirates.  From a business standpoint she is an advertising professional, a Modest Fashion Designer (Specialist Adaptive Wear), and a Fashion Virtual Reality Filmmaker.  She just c...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed at trying to balance family and life?  Dr. Tameka Blake is here with us to discuss the importance of achieving a balance and gives us an idea of how a physician might attain balance between running a business and being a doctor.  Dr. Blake is originally from Brooklyn, NY. In 2001, she attended Cornell University graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

Chronicling, or journaling is an important part of the health care field!  For patients or the professional medical team looking after patients, a great deal can be gained by simply writing down your experiences, symptoms, thoughts or ideas!  We don't often get a viewpoint form the medical team members and were very happy to include "The Women in White Coats"  

This week we are talking with Doctor Kat Ogle on discrimination in healthcare.  From medical students to doctors and naturally the patients in between, how common is racism in the medical community and what can be done to end it?  Dr. Ogle doesn't hold back on this important topic!   Dr. Kat Ogle| Washington DC Emergency Medicine Physician Author ​ Dr. Ogle is a board-certified Emergency Medicine...

An upper endoscopy is a procedure used to visually examine your upper digestive system with a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube. A specialist in diseases of the digestive system (gastroenterologist) uses an endoscopy to diagnose and, sometimes, treat conditions that affect the esophagus, stomach and beginning of the small intestine (duodenum).  Finding esophageal ulcers wasn't what o...

FINDING THE RIGHT Mental Health Professional isn't difficult—and it shouldn't be. There still exists a stigma of sorts, that taking care of your mental health is taboo and people may be reluctant to even ask about care.  When you put your life in someone else's hands, you need to feel confident that this is an individual with enough smarts, qualifications, and skills to give you the care you deser...

I am  Lwimba Kasongo and I have been living with sickle cell for over 30 years! I call myself a warrior because i have come this far despite the challenges that come with living with Sickle cell . The pain, the stigma, the in an out of hospital , the medicines all make it a hard journey. Living with Sickle cell is a daily battle field but to come this far is victory for me, because no matter how m...

Oluyemi 'Yemi' Moses was born in Durham, NC, USA to parents who immigrated from Nigeria. She was the middle child in a family with seven children; four of those children were born with sickle cell disease, and Yemi was one of them. Throughout her life she has stood firm on the belief that sickle cell would not diminish her life, and her life experiences attest to that. She graduated from North Car...