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In Sickness + In Health: A Chronic Illness Podcast

In Sickness + In Health: A Chronic Illness Podcast is an audio podcast, hosted by Cara Gael O'Regan, about our weird bodies, and issues related to chronic illness, disability, healthcare, and mortalit... Read more

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05 Autoimmunity + Friends

05 Autoimmunity + Friends

Cathy talks about grief (especially denial), The Spoon Theory, parenting with chronic illness, how her condition has aff... Read more

30 Oct 2015

56mins

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21 One Thing After Another

21 One Thing After Another

In this week’s episode, Cara talks to Heather about developing post traumatic stress symptoms after the medical experien... Read more

23 Feb 2016

57mins

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01 Dysauto-whatta?! w/ Lauren Stiles

01 Dysauto-whatta?! w/ Lauren Stiles

Lauren talks about her long diagnostic process, misdiagnoses, diagnostic delay, and gives us a crash course on just what... Read more

25 Oct 2015

58mins

Ranked #4

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12 A Festive Holiday Episode About Depression w/ Dior Vargas

12 A Festive Holiday Episode About Depression w/ Dior Vargas

Content Warning: SuicideOn this week’s episode, Cara talks to Dior Vargas, Latina feminist mental health activist, about... Read more

22 Dec 2015

1hr 3mins

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32 What Is This Life? w/ Erica Lupinacci

32 What Is This Life? w/ Erica Lupinacci

CW: weight and dietI talked to Erica Lupinacci of Suffering the Silence about her health advocacy with HIV/AIDS and thro... Read more

31 May 2016

56mins

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28 Broken Hearts

28 Broken Hearts

In today’s episode, Alex talks about his experience with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, having open heart surgery at 16, a... Read more

20 Apr 2016

57mins

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17 It's 'Just' Stress

17 It's 'Just' Stress

In this week’s episode, we talk about the link between stress and biology, epigenetics, the limitations of scientific kn... Read more

25 Jan 2016

58mins

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24 Building A Mystery

24 Building A Mystery

In today’s episode, Chelsea talks about her long term mystery symptoms doctors labelled an unknown rare disease, her com... Read more

16 Mar 2016

54mins

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27 A Place I've Gone For Necessity

27 A Place I've Gone For Necessity

S. Leigh Thompson talks about the hurdles to diagnosis as a trans person with complex health issues, healthcare insecuri... Read more

6 Apr 2016

58mins

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08 Glaucoma + Inflamation -itis Things

08 Glaucoma + Inflamation -itis Things

On this week’s episode of the podcast, Beata talks about being an adoptee with no family health history to rely on, acce... Read more

17 Nov 2015

58mins

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10 Not Standing Still's Disease W: Kirsten Schultz

10 Not Standing Still's Disease W: Kirsten Schultz

In this week’s episode, Cara talks to Kirsten Schultz of the blog Not Standing Still’s Disease about her rare condition,... Read more

1 Dec 2015

1hr 1min

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22 Pain Is Personal

22 Pain Is Personal

In today’s main episode Jen talks about needing regular opioid pain medication at a time when those medications, and the... Read more

1 Mar 2016

1hr 3mins

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38 Still Processing

38 Still Processing

You're never gonna get a hot take from me. It'll usually be room temperature, or perhaps even pretty moldy after sitting... Read more

6 Jan 2017

50mins

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The Stories We Tell: MedX Special Episode

The Stories We Tell: MedX Special Episode

In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear me talk to a handful of ePatients about sharing their own stories and the de... Read more

30 Oct 2016

51mins

Ranked #15

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36 ME/CFS & POTS w Ryan Prior

36 ME/CFS & POTS w Ryan Prior

I talked to Ryan Prior, co-director and producer of Forgotten Plague, a documentary about ME/CFS. I made Ryan hold the m... Read more

21 Oct 2016

54mins

Ranked #16

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35b Sex Geek, Chronic Migraineur And American Treasure

35b Sex Geek, Chronic Migraineur And American Treasure

CW: needles, cannabis useEpisode 35b: In this episode, we compare notes about living with Chronic Migraine and our attem... Read more

13 Jul 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #17

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50 Unrested w/ Jen Brea

50 Unrested w/ Jen Brea

CW: medical trauma I talk to Jen Brea, filmmaker, activist and ME/CFS patient, about making and watching her documentary... Read more

20 Mar 2018

1hr 1min

Ranked #18

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48 Burning Down the House

48 Burning Down the House

Some thoughts after the amended AHCA/Trumpcare passed the House of Representatives.See insicknesspod.com for more info.F... Read more

5 May 2017

21mins

Ranked #19

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47 Australian Appearance Activist Carly Findlay

47 Australian Appearance Activist Carly Findlay

Australian Appearance Activist and writer, Carly Findlay, talks about her experience living with Icthyosis, telling our ... Read more

20 Apr 2017

1hr 8mins

Ranked #20

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45 WTF AHCA w/ Emily Ladau

45 WTF AHCA w/ Emily Ladau

A discussion with disability rights activist, writer and podcaster, Emily Ladau, on the eve of the AHCA vote.See insickn... Read more

24 Mar 2017

1hr 19mins

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