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Thoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Ramblings From a Chef Whose Body Constantly Rebels — 93 episodes
Chronic Illness and Hope: Why Positivity Isn’t Pretending
Our New Theme Song: The Emotional Version
Our New Theme Song: The Upbeat Version
Chronic Illness, Anger, and Finding the Right Kind of Therapy
Outliving a Chronic Illness Prognosis
Kindness in Healthcare and Chronic Illness Care
The Fake Chinese Song That Became a Chronic Illness Poem
Childhood Memories, Chronic Illness, and the Cousin I Never Forgot
Chronic Illness, Mortality, and Never Leaving Angry
Race-Colored Glasses and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
When Chronic Illness Changes Who I Thought I Was
New Name, Same Body: Why My Chronic Illness Podcast Changed
The Prednisone Demon: Chronic Illness, Steroid Side Effects, and Survival
When Anger Feels Easier Than Hope
MiniCast: Chronic Illness and Fear: The Small Habits Your Body Quietly Erases
Chronic Illness, Old Friends, and the Cost of Unequal Relationships
When Hospital Anxiety Shows Up After Years of Chronic Illness
What Three Stone Steps Taught Me About Chronic Illness Avoidance
MiniCast: The Hidden Side Effects of Prednisone No One Warns You About
Love, Caregiving, and Chronic Illness: The Spouse Who Helps You Survive
Oxygen Therapy in Public and the Quiet Social Reality of Living with Sarcoidosis
The Waiting Room Anxiety Nobody Talks About: Chronic Illness Test Results and Relief
The Guilt I Carried That Was Never Mine: Living with Chronic Illness and Letting Go
Why “You Don’t Look Sick” Doesn’t Offend Me: Chronic Illness, Friendship, and Looking Fine When You’re Not
The Strange Math of Chronic Illness: What Sarcoidosis Taught Me About Expectations
The Smoking Backpack: Chronic Illness in Public
MiniCast: When the Wild Speaks: The Night a Fox and a Crow Changed Everything
Getting an AICD: What the Surgery Felt Like From the Hospital Bed
The Day the Hospital Treated Me Like a Human Being
MiniCast: Stop Saying You’re Allergic to Bees (When You’re Really Just Terrified of Nature)
Why I Don’t Say I Suffer From Sarcoidosis
When Spring Returns to a Chronically Ill Body
MiniCast: The Day I Danced with a Monarch: A Reminder That Nature Still Wins
CAR-T, Autoimmune Disease, and the Strange Hope of a One-Time Treatment
You Didn’t Deserve This: Sarcoidosis, Shame, and Letting Go of Guilt
When Insurance Says No: A Sarcoidosis Story About Unexpected Help
Chronic Illness, Sarcoidosis, and the Absurdity of Racial Assumptions
When the New Pulmonologist Asked About a Lung Transplant, I Already Knew My Answer
Raised By Women, Tempered In Kitchens:How Respect Became My Quiet Rebellion (and Why I’m Done Laughing Along)
The Dad Who Showed Up: Grief, Sarcoidosis, and the Inheritance of Dark Humor
When My Heart Rebelled for Two Minutes—and My AICD Decided to Stay Employed
Vitamin D and Sarcoidosis: Why “Low Vitamin D Causes Inflammation” Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story
The Forgotten Days: What Living With Sarcoidosis Taught Me About the Ordinary Moments Between the Milestones
Chasing Time: A Story From My Earlier Podcast, Pan to Pen
The Feather Pillow Lesson: What an Old Story Teaches Us About Words, Reputation, and Living with Sarcoidosis
Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Sudden Death: The Disease That Can Hide in Plain Sight
From Pan To Pen: "Chasing Raindrops"
When Faith Turns Into a Shortcut: Why “Thank You, Jesus” Isn’t Always Enough for Chronic Illness.
So You Still Think Covid Is Just a Bad Flu? Think Again: Why This Chef With Sarcoidosis Still Wears a Mask
From Pan To Pen: Be Patient Cruise
The High Price of Staying Alive: Sarcoidosis, Chronic Illness, Insurance, and America’s Health Care Circus.
When an Editor is A CROOK: A Cautionary Tale for Writers
BONUS EPISODE: From Pan To Pen: A Chunky Monkey Friendship
Living With Heart Failure And An AICD
The Real Cost of Breathing: Portable Oxygen, Inogen, and the “Pay-to-Inhale” Price Tag.
When the Bank Meeting Ended in a Truck Bed
Gratitude Beats Complaining When Your ICD Is Busy Keeping You Alive (Yes, I Said It)
Why My Kindle Will Always Win Over Physical Books
Why Cooking Shows Might Be Ruining Dinner (and Your Sanity)
Why Self-Worth Isn’t Measured in Dollars: Finding True Value Beyond the Bank Account
When Faith Becomes a Wall: Choosing Peace Over Painful Family Reunions
Roller Skating With Sarcoidosis: Grieving My Old Body (Without Turning It Into a Life Sentenc
When Strangers Grab Your Phone, And Take A Piece Of Your Life With It
How Quitting the News Saved My Sanity (and Why You Might Want to Try It Too)
Why I Stopped Watching The Last of Us on Max
When Life Cancels Your Walk and Sends a Rainbow Instead.
Swimming with Jellyfish: A Childhood Memory of Risk, Wonder, and the Sea
Stop Saying These “Compliments” — They’re Not Kind, They’re Just Loud
Learning to Sit With the Quiet: How Silence Became My Survival Skill While Living With Sarcoidosis
When TikTok “Doctors” Go Rogue: Real Healing Isn’t a Trend
Dear Prudence, Who Hurt You? When Online Advice Goes Off the Rails and Lands in a Pot of Mush
The “What If” Game and the Man Who Didn’t Know He Was Sick Yet
The Vacation That Tried to Break Me (But I’m Still Here, Sarcoidosis and All)
What You Don’t See: A Chef’s Reflection on Living With Sarcoidosis
Maybe Your Life’s Purpose Isn’t Huge—But It’s Still Enough
Why I Don’t Complain: A Chef’s Guide to Surviving Chronic Illness Without Losing My Mind (or My Manners).
Why I Walked Away From Support Groups (And Found My Voice Instead)
When Hospital Check-In Feels Like an Interrogation: A Chef, an MRI, and Too Many Personal Questions
Losing My Voice but Not My Humor: Living With Sarcoidosis, Symbicort, and a Stubborn Set of Lungs
The New Trend in Unhygienic: 72-Hour Deodorant and the Death of Daily Showers
The Night I Met My Inner Warrior: A Mini Memoir
The $280,000 Question: Do I Change My Doctors or My Insurance?
The War After the War: A Chef’s Salute to Veterans, Especially the Forgotten Ones.
Why I'd Rather Crawl Than Ask For Help: A Chronic Illness Reality
I’ll Take My Coffee With Oat milk And Zero Judgement. Thanks.
Why I Absolutely Can’t Stand Halloween (And What It Says About Us)
Silence, Sass, and Self-Control: How I Learned Not to Clap Back at Every Rude Receptionist
Rediscovering Joy: Why Asterix & Obelix Became My Unexpected Chronic Illness Therapy
Why I Ditched PillPack: The Truth About Mail-Order Pharmacies and Medication Chaos.
Cooking Through the Chaos: My Life With Sarcoidosis, Heart Failure & Debut Novel Dreams
Nineteen Years Since Diagnosis: My Open Lung Biopsy Story
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Official Trailer — A Body Rebels Theme Song