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Welcome to Living Chronic, the empowering podcast that delves into the world of living with chronic illness and offers insights, advice, and stories to help you navigate the challenges while embracing life to the fullest. This podcast is a safe space for anyone seeking to understand, support, or improve their journey through chronic illness.
In season One I explore:
- My own personal journey and experiences living with multiple chronic illnesses
- Navigating the Diagnosis
- Advocating for Yourself: Learn effective ways to advocate for your medical needs, from communicating with healthcare providers to seeking second opinions and exploring treatment options.
- Emotional Well-being: Explore the impact of chronic illness on mental health and discover coping mechanisms, mindfulness techniques, and professional support resources.
- Building a Support System: Understand the importance of a strong support network and discover how to communicate your needs to friends, family, and partners.
- Thriving in Your Career: Navigate the challenges of maintaining a successful career while managing a chronic illness, including disclosing your condition to employers and finding work-life balance.
- Nutrition and Wellness
- Intimacy and Relationships
- Pain Management
- Travel and Adventure: Discover how to continue exploring the world and pursuing your passions through travel, while taking into account the needs of your chronic illness.
- Financial Planning and Resources
- Inspiring Guest Stories: Hear from guests who have successfully transformed their lives while living with chronic illnesses. Learn from their journeys and find inspiration in their accomplishments.
- Cultivating Positivity: Explore the power of a positive mindset, gratitude, and finding joy in small victories, even when facing health challenges.
- Empowerment through Creativity
- Planning for the Future: Explore the uncertainty of the future and share tips for setting goals, making long-term plans, and embracing change.
Tune in to Living Chronic and join a community that believes in living life to the fullest, no matter the circumstances. Together, we'll navigate the twists and turns of chronic illness, share our stories, and empower each other to thrive. Remember, you're not alone on this journey.
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If you're suffering from depression and anxiety while chronically ill, you're not alone.Support the show
Do you know the signs of drug induced lupus? If you are on a TNF inhibitor, you need to know the signs so you can alert your doctor.Support the show
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Welcome to Living Chronic. My name is Brandy Schantz and this is my story about living chronic.Support the show
TNF Inhibitors are a class of drugs that treat various diseases such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis. Learn more about these drugs and how to find the right medication for your condition.Support the show
The death of Stephen "tWitch" Boss has made us all think about mental health and what to do when you are suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts. What we can do today is demand legislation.Support the show
Today we discuss how exercise can better help those of us living with chronic illness. Dr. Debra Stroiney will help us better understand how exercise can help us live our best lives while living chronic.Support the show
Mary Esna-Ashari is a Senior Director at Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. She is not just a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation employee, she's also a caretaker for family members with Crohn's disease. She is speaking to me about what it means to be a caretaker and how to help your family member with Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis. Support the show
Heather Boughey was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July of 1998, just as many of our modern treatments were being approved for use by the FDA. Hear Heather's story and find out what she wishes she knew when she was first diagnosed with Crohn's disease.Support the show
Cynthia discusses what it's like living with multiple sclerosis, advocating for herself as a patient and a veteran, how she fought to get disability, and being a mom with MS.Support the show
Kelly Hof, RN, mother, chronic warrior discusses her battle with degenerative disc disease and how she has overcome her disease and learned to thrive.Support the show
Jill Buzby knows a few things about being a caretaker to the disabled, she has two children with developmental disabilities. Today she shares what she has learned along the way about advocating for her children, negotiating difficult bureaucracies, and living and loving.Support the show
I'm still working to learn more about how many people get drug induced lupus, what the process and procedures are around the Adverse Reaction Database, and how I can ensure what happened to me never happens to anyone else.Support the show
Today I'm interviewing Dr. Bruce Kehr and Nutritionist, Julie Wendt about root cause psychiatry, the role of nutrition in your treatment, and your mental health and diet and how it relates to your chronic illness. Potomac Psychiatry does whatever it takes to help each patient achieve a a full recovery from their suffering. This award-winning practice has improved thousands of lives. Instead of taking trial and error approach to your health, they offer a personalized treatment roadmap to better emotional wellbeing based on your unique history, genetics, needs, and goals. Through Precision Psychiatry, they help you feel better, faster.Support the show
This week I interview Fred Diamond, author and podcast host of Love, Hope, Lyme. He discusses what he has learned about being a caregiver to someone with a chronic illness and what he has learned about Lyme.Support the show
Marissa Spratley is the Manager, Fundraising Campaigns & Volunteer Engagement at Crohns & Colitis Foundation in the Washington, DC metro area. Marissa is a Crohn's patient and another drug induced lupus survivor. Hear her story and how she is working to help others just like her.Support the show
This week I interview Melissa Schuster, Narcolepsy Type I patient, veteran, mom, and friend. She discusses her journey to get a diagnosis and to live her best life with Narcolepsy. Support the show
Dr. Rashidian, chiropractor and author of Cracking the Stress Secret, discusses his new book and how to learn to better deal with stress. When we seek advice on health and wellness, we are commonly told to reduce or eliminate stress in our lives. Dr. Rashidian and "Cracking the Stress Secret" takes a different stance. In this book, author, speaker, and chiropractor Amir Rashidian explains that striving to accomplish goals and improve ourselves inherently comes along with obstacles and stress, and so it's unrealistic--even undesirable--to cut stress from our lives. How much we achieve depends on how much stress we can safely handle. In fact, stress can become a natural source of fuel for success. He elaborates on this and other techniques to live your best life in this episode of Living Chronic.Support the show
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