How Research is Changing the Future for Chronic Illness Patients (ft. Cortney Gensemer)
This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with someone who lives this chronic illness life from both sides of the equation. Cortney Gensemer, PhD is a scientist at ChronicleBio, a patient with hy...
11 Touko 1h 27min
WE’RE PREGNANT!! + how my chronic illness is doing
GET YOUR TISSUES READY!!!! Because this week, on Calling in Sick, I’m sharing the biggest news yet… after 7 years of praying, delayed timelines, a miscarriage and so many set backs. We. Are. FINALLY. ...
4 Touko 47min
Revisit: Starting a Family with Chronic Illness
If you've been following me on socials, you already know this, and if you don’t, then sit down for this new…. Saint Cooper and I are PREGNANT!! 🎉 We spent last week celebrating this surprise, and I...
29 Huhti 1h
Revisit: My Motherhood Journey with Chronic Illness: IVF, Surgery Setbacks & Hope After Loss
If you've been following me on socials, you already know this, and if you don’t, then sit down for this new…. Saint Cooper and I are PREGNANT!! 🎉 We spent last week celebrating this surprise, and I...
27 Huhti 40min
Diets & Wellness Advice That Can Actually Harm Chronic Illness Patients (ft. Mickey Trescott)
In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, I’m joined by Mickey Trescott to talk about one of the most confusing parts of living with chronic illness: figuring out what’s actually helping… and what might be ...
22 Huhti 24min
AIP Diet Explained: What It Is, How It Works + Where to Start (w/ Mickey Trescott)
This week on Calling in Sick, I’m sitting down with Mickey Trescott (@mickeytrescott), one of the original voices behind the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP), to talk about what AIP actually is, who it’s for...
20 Huhti 1h 13min
The Conversation Chronic Illness Patients Are Terrified to Have With Family (ft. Shamekka Marty)
In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, I’m joined by Shamekka Marty to discuss the deeply personal and often invisible impact of living with chronic illnesses… how the diagnosis and disease ripples throu...
15 Huhti 22min
Medical Gaslighting, Racial Bias & a Kidney Transplant: Shamekka Marty's Unfiltered Chronic Illness Story
This week on Calling in Sick, we are honored to sit down with one of the most resilient and powerful voices in the chronic illness community: Shamekka Marty, better known as Mika or the “Pretty Sick L...
13 Huhti 1h 23min
