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This week we will discuss Dysautonomia once again.  Our guest this week is Ella Eastin, a first-year medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at Stanford and was a member and captain of the Varsity Swim team, where she earned 12 National Championship titles and set 4 American Records. Following her graduation in 2019 with a B.S. in Human...

This week we will discuss a debilitating neurological disorders of COVID-19 syndrome in survivors, the scope of SARS-CoV-2-induced dysautonomia (DNS) is yet to be understood, though the implications are enormous. Our guest today ended up with POTs (a form of dysautonomia) after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  Chelsea, a 21 yr old former nursing student was diagnosed after having s...

On today's show, we are speaking with Dr. Deepti Agarwal. Dr. Agarwal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, then earned her MD from Stony Brook School of Medicine at the State University of New York (SUNY). She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg School of Medicine. Her Fellowship in Pain Management is from Weill Cornell Medical College/New...

This week we are talking once again with Kristal Kent.  If you recall, Kristal has joined us on previous interviews discussing Fibromyalgia and again discussing prepping for surgery as a chronically ill person.  We never really gave Kristal the credit she deserves for being such a fantastic advocate for all Veterans and those with Fibro or other life-long medical conditions.  Allow me to properly...

This week we will discuss Witkop Syndrome with Cheryl Kingsford. Cheryl is 44.5 years old, from Boise, Idaho, advocate, survivor of trauma, living with ectodermal dysplasia. Single, no kids of her own, but has cute chihuahua.  She rescued Gina August 5, 2020 after fostering her since May 28, 2020. Gina and Cheryl go on a lot of hiking adventures. Cheryl has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Mag...

This week we will discuss Strep once again.    Bacteria called group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) commonly live in people's gastrointestinal and genital tracts. The gastrointestinal tract is the part of the body that digests food and includes the stomach and intestines. The genital tract is the part of the body involved in reproduction and includes the vagina in women. Most of the time the...

This week we will discuss Strep once again.    Bacteria called group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) commonly live in people's gastrointestinal and genital tracts. The gastrointestinal tract is the part of the body that digests food and includes the stomach and intestines. The genital tract is the part of the body involved in reproduction and includes the vagina in women. Most of the time the...

This week we will discuss the dangers of eating restaurant ice or any ice for that matter!  Ice handling is part of food safety training.  Without proper ice machine cleaning, your restaurant's ice maker is at risk from mold, slime, scale, and sediment. ​ Slime and mold form because ice machines provide a damp and dark environment where they can thrive. Yeast and dust in the air provide these grow...

This week we will discuss olfactory disorders, or problems with smelling either good or bad chemicals, foods, fragrances, and the like.  Did you know your sense of smell also affects your taste? A damaged sense of olfaction is severely disrupting: the joy of eating and drinking may be lost, and depression may result. There could also be dangers associated with the loss of smell, including the inab...

This week we will discuss both Meningioma & Hemiplegia.  ​ Our guest today is  Marjorie Turner Hollman, a freelance writer/ editor who loves the outdoors, uses hiking poles to help keep her balance on the trail, and has completed four books in the Easy Walks guide book series. Her latest book, My Liturgy of Easy Walks, is a memoir, meditations on learning to live with a changed life. A native Flor...

This week we will discuss another respiratory virus that has been really hitting hard here in the United States this season.    ​ Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a contagious virus that is usually mild, but can severely affect the lungs and respiratory airways in older adults While you may not have heard of it yet, RSV is not a new virus and may be more of a health concern than you think—even...

With the winter weather now fully upon us we thought it was a good time to remind everyone about winter safety.  Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia (hi-poe-THUR-me-uh) occurs as your body temperature falls below 95 F (35 C)....

This week we will discuss how you can stay healthy during the upcoming holiday season.  With COVID 19 ramping up once again along with the Flu and RSV you have enough to worry about when it comes to staying safe and healthy as you travel or gather with family or friends.  Food safety shouldn't take a back seat!  No one needs food poisoning to the list of risks this winter!  We all wish you a very...

On today's show we discuss The Chicago House, founded in 1985 during the height of the AIDS crisis, Chicago House initially served as a housing resource for those living with HIV/AIDS. Over the past three decades, they evolved, remaining steadfast in their roots to provide housing for anyone impacted or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS while expanding their services to empower individuals in the greater LGB...

Our guest today is Chelsea Weaver, a 31-year-old living in Tennessee. She has a beautiful little girl that is just over 2 years old, a wonderful husband, and they all live on a quiet farm property.  Before coming down with COVID, she was a surgical technologist.   She used to assist in open heart surgery as well as some other specialties but hasn't been able to function in her career for about two...

This week we will discuss how food and exercise affect Fibromyalgia with Dr. Michael Lenz.  Dr. Lenz is the host of the podcast, Conquering Your Fibromyalgia, where he blends the best of lifestyle medicine and medical management of fibromyalgia and related problems   In years past, depression was often ignored as a "real" problem until finally the medical community acknowledged that this mood diso...

This week we had the honor to speak with Christian John Lillis. Christian is executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation for C. diff Education & Advocacy (PLF), co-founded with his brother, Liam, following the death of their mother from a Clostridioides difficile ( C. diff ) infection in April 2010. PLF envisions a world where C. diff is rare, treatable, and survivable. In pursuit of its vis...

On today's show we are speaking with Kathleen J. O'Shea, Professor of English at Monroe Community College, (Rochester, N.Y.)  Kathy is a 43-year migraine sufferer, who has taken her passion for literature and her chronic illness to create "So Much More Than A Headache, Understanding Migraine Through Literature" As we know, migraine is so much more than 'just a headache' but possibly a refresher wo...

This week we are talking once again with Dan "Dry Dock" Shockley on "Staying Healthy as a Veteran"  For Veteran's Day this year we are featuring Dan because even though he has been dealt a hard blow with a hereditary colon cancer gene he is not letting that slow him down one bit!  As a matter of fact he is thriving and advocating for others around the globe as a hereditary colon cancer ambassador!...

This week we will discuss Lambert Eaton Syndrome with Latasha Densie DeRamus.  Tasha is 42yrs old, living in Tampa, Fl. with her a daughter Naomi, and a fur baby name Foxy who is 7.  Besides Lambert-Eaton, Tasha also deals with Gastroparesis, non-intractable vomiting with nausea, is underweight due to inadequate caloric intake and acute bronchitis. ​ Lambert-Eaton syndrome, also known as Lambert-E...

This week we will be discussing Autoimmune Hepatitis with our guest Michelle Irving.   A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power.  She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of exper...

This week we will discuss the annual medical checkup or annual physical exam.  We will not have a guest on this episode but hope you will learn just as much from the discussion based on the research we have done for this episode. ​ Annual Physical Exam: The Basics The physical exam is an essential part of any doctor's visit. Surprisingly, though, there are no absolutes in a routine physical. A goo...

This week we will discuss Functional Medicine as it relates to Cardiology.  Our guest today is Dr. Trent Orfanos. Dr. Trent Orfanos is the Director of Integrative and Functional Cardiology at Case Integrative Health.  Dr. Orfanos brings decades of experience in both Cardiology and Integrative Medicine.   In his own words: "I practiced adult invasive, nuclear, noninvasive, and interventional cardio...

This week we are discussing Atrial fibrillation or A-fib.  A-fib is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots in the heart. A-fib  increases the risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. During atrial fibrillation, the heart's upper chambers (the atria) beat chaotically and irregularly — out of sync with the lower chambers (...

This week we will discuss Long Covid or Post-Covid. Post-COVID conditions are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems that people experience after being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Most people with COVID-19 get better within a few days to a few weeks after infection, so at least four weeks after infection is the start of when post-COVID conditions could first b...