Make Visible: Chronic Illness Explored
Make Visible: Chronic Illness Explored
Visible with Emily Kate Stephens
#36 My daughter’s Long Covid changed how I practice medicine with Dr Binita Kane
58 minutes Posted Jun 13, 2026 at 5:05 pm.
Introduction: Long Covid, Complex Chronic Illness & Make Visible Podcast
NHS Frontline Medicine, Manchester Virtual Ward & Early Long Covid Warning Signs
Childhood Long Covid, ME/CFS Diagnosis & Stigma in Medicine
Micro-Clots, Sticky Platelets & Long Covid Treatment and Jasmine’s progress
Long Covid Family Impact: Carers, Financial Strain & Mental Health
Long Covid Subtypes: Dysautonomia, MCAS, Small Fibre Neuropathy & Vascular Presentation
NHS Chronic Illness Failures, Fragmented Healthcare & Interdisciplinary Care
Misdiagnosed Long Covid: ECG, POTS Testing & HRV Data Interpretation
Long Covid Recovery: Patient-Led Rehabilitation & Returning to School
Exercise Physiology, Anaerobic Threshold, Breathwork & Medical Silos
Long Covid Clinic: Private Care, MDT Approach & NHS Pathways
Pacing Science: Mitochondria, Lactate Threshold & Visible Wearable
Autonomic Nervous System, Emotional Stress, HRV Monitoring & Somatic Therapy
Long Covid Recovery Hope, Holistic Care & Advocacy for Patients
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When Dr Binita Kane — a Consultant Respiratory Physician and one of the first clinicians to recognise Long Covid — watched her own daughter’s life be derailed by the condition, it changed everything she thought she knew about medicine.
In this episode, Dr Kane shares how her daughter’s illness forced her to unlearn parts of her medical training and find new answers beyond conventional care. That deeply personal journey now shapes how she treats thousands of patients at The Long Covid Clinic.
We explore why rest, pacing, and energy management are central to recovery, why individualised and interdisciplinary care matters, and how tools like Visible help patients and clinicians make better decisions together.