KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, ADDICTION AND RECOVERY
Description
IN THIS EPISODE: Is addiction an invisible disability? Ex-actress, sober wife, senior dog-mom and writer Henriette Ivanans answers that question while recounting her journey to sobriety following two kidney transplants. Ivanans, the author of “In Pillness and In Health,” was diagnosed with Glomerulonephritis (chronic inflammation of the kidneys) as a teenager while dealing with the death of her alcoholic father. Living in Winnipeg, MB, Ivanans goes into detail about what it’s really like to be in a rehab facility, how she came to terms with her dad’s addiction and whether film and television’s portrayal of people struggling with such issues is really all that accurate.
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RECORDED: December 12, 2020
FIRST AIRED: April 22, 2021
AUDIO PRODUCTION: George Quarcoo
United States
