The Have You Ever Health Challenge

Dr. Vickie is celebrating her birthday this week and instead of a lecture, she's inviting you to play along with her "Have You Ever" health challenge. From childhood stitches and broken bones to 14 surgeries, a vocal cord paralysis that left her speechless for five weeks, and a wheelchair mishap on an airport moving sidewalk that nearly ended in disaster, Dr. Vickie opens up about the messier chapters of her medical history. She also shares her diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease that once left her unable to walk 100 feet, and how removing her thymus gland helped her reach years of remission. Along the way, she talks candidly about a diabetes scare brought on by high-dose prednisone, and how plant-based eating, sleep, and stress management helped her reverse it. The episode closes with a personal reflection on life, death, and faith, including a poem Dr. Vickie wrote after her grandmother passed away on her own birthday. How many of these health experiences can you check off? Play along, and then tell Dr. Vickie: how does healthy look on you? Mentioned in this episode: Sleep Solutions