If you don't already have children before the onset of your disease, it can be an overwhelming prospect. Will you still be able to properly care for a child? Is it fair to bring them into a home where you may be incredibly limited? What about pregnancy? Should you get pregnant? Will your disease or your medications negatively affect your child?   I go into all of this and more in this episode.   Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email

Have you ever had a doctor glance at your blood work and tell you everything is "normal"? Even though you KNOW something is off? Clinical medicine focuses on critical care whereas functional medicine focuses on total healing and balance BEFORE you get critical... and one of the biggest differences is how they are able to interpret your blood work. In today's episode I share a couple of personal anecdotes and break down this revolution into understanding your test results. Links Mentioned in Episode: My dietician - I 10,000% recommend her! https://www.instagram.com/nutritionbyjulie/ The other podcast I have been loving: https://www.instagram.com/hormonehealingrd/ Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is, to say the least, a life-changing experience. Coping with the challenges that come with chronic illness is no light thing to overcome. Oftentimes it feels so overwhelming that you cannot even begin to process what your new reality will be.  The good news is that there are several things that you can do to survive your first year with chronic illness and in this episode we go through the top five. Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email

Stress leads to inflammation. Inflammation leads to illness. It’s probably a formula you're familiar with. You who live with the awareness that inflammation is your enemy - I mean, really for health is EVERYONE’S enemy, but for the already chronically ill - it is a much more intense adversary. Today I talk about 7 ways to help support your body and reduce stress that are ACTIONABLE tips not just the vague, "you need to reduce your stress" that doctors often tell you. Diffuser Recs: https://a.co/d/0OjMGRo https://a.co/d/1i4ChFB Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email        

If you’ve been chronically ill for a while, you have been through the ups and downs. You know the crazy mind games it ends up being. You also know that many MANY people, supported by mainstream media narratives, jokes, and comments, see people with chronic illnesses and less than. They perceive us as less than. They believe we are a burden on society… and insanely enough, they believe that we CHOOSE to be and stay sick. Which is crazy, right? In today's episode I set some things straight - and remind you how amazing you are! Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email

As you sit in your home, exhausted, struggling with brain fog, in pain and so much more, social media is often a window into the rest of the world. It is a lifeline to the friends who understand, who are often also at home struggling with the war inside their bodies. There is so much GOOD that has come, and can continue to come from social media. The trouble becomes that we can struggle to discern reality from the highlight reel that social media is. If you struggle with wanting to feel connected, but also feeling drained by social media, you are NOT alone! Today's episode gives you clear and actionable ways to manage social media burn out. Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email  

When you leave your medical appointments you should feel seen, heard, supported... and maybe even a little bit hopeful. If you DO NOT feel this way, it's time to start buliding a different medical team. Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email

Let’s be clear - you have MANY freedoms in your chronic illness journey. Today we look at several and encourage you to take control of your life! YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE!!!! Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email   Gall Bladder Info: https://www.gallbladderdiet.com/gallbladder-removal-side-effects/ https://www.instagram.com/gallbladder.nutritionist CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/chronicconditions.htm Raw Milk - https://www.nourishwithkristin.com/blog/raw-vs-pasteurized Grass Fed Beef - https://wellnessmama.com/health/grass-fed-beef/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CuQG-JiuNJ_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Dr. Whitney Donahue https://www.drwhitneydonohue.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drwhitneydonohuend Endocrine Disruptors: https://www.endocrine.org/topics/edc/what-edcs-are/common-edcs Banned in other countries: https://foodrevolution.org/blog/banned-ingredients-in-other-countries/ https://marketrealist.com/food-industry/us-foods-banned-other-countries/ Alt Milk https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/non-dairy-milks-healthier-thats-175400639.html https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1117683/alternative-milks/ Follow the money https://www.science.org/content/article/hidden-conflicts-pharma-payments-fda-advisers-after-drug-approvals-spark-ethical

Your disease can affect everything in your life. Not just what you can do physically, but your time and your emotional limitations as well. So it is absolutely going to impact your parenting. Parenting is the most all encompassing thing you can do in your life, also affecting everything. When was the last time you thought to yourself - maybe I’m a bad parent because of the limitations of my disease? Or maybe it was more, “My kids deserve a better parent, a more involved parent, a parent who can do more with them.” If you're an overhwlemed parent, or a someone contemplating pregnancy and parenthood and you're dealing with a chronic illness - TODAY'S EPISODE IS FOR YOU! Follow Allie: https://www.instagram.com/disability_dame/ Follow Bethany Hamilton: https://www.instagram.com/bethanyhamilton/ Dr. Dan Siegel: https://drdansiegel.com/ The Whole Brained Child Book: https://a.co/d/2lya80t   Joe Newman: https://www.raisinglions.com/ Raising Lions Book: https://a.co/d/9w18yKI Emotional Intellegence and Success: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/11/07/the-little-known-relationship-between-emotional-intelligence-and-success/ Follow Morgan Burke: https://www.instagram.com/morganburkewrites/ The Adoption Process: https://rumble.com/v17o73x-the-adoption-process-morgan-burke.html Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email  

6+ months wait is unacceptable. The issue is that by the very nature of having a chronic illness, your body and your life is unpredictable. Even if your appointment is a follow up or continuing care with a medical provider, it can be difficult to make sure you make it to these appointments. Throw in the pandemic and the post pandemic challenges and it’s even more difficult to make it. Have a cough, don’t come to the office. Have a fever, don’t come to the office… you get it. So as you’re struggling and you really REALLY need to see this specialist, you have even more barriers to entry than many other people. The challenge is that not making it to these appointments can have major consequences on your health and even your long term quality of life, but in our broken health care system you miss this appointment and you may not be able to get back in for 6 months or longer. They have a DUTY to provide care for you. Either your established doctor or your referring doctor. When these delays happen - there are ways to get support until you can be seen. Please don't forget to click that subscibe button whereever you listen to the podcast and do me a HUGE favor and leave a review! These two things help others find the podcast, find our community, and feel a little less alone in their journey through life with chronic illness!   Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamvasculitis Join the Email List: https://teamvasculitis.com/team-vasculitis-email