Healing from the Inside Out
Jaime Hartman was only 19 years old when she was first diagnosed with Crohn’s disease which is an autoimmune, inflammatory bowel disease. At first, she was relieved because the diagnosis gave her an explanation for all of the pain and gut symptoms she had been experiencing for years. Her Doctor was upbeat about it, focussing …
Episode 13: Jaime Hartman, Crohn’s, surgery, changes and recoveryRead More
Beth Chen remembers being “the healthy one” in her immediate family. Her parents battled cancer and her sister dealt with a neurological disorder that was only recently diagnosed as autoimmune and up until her 30’s, she felt reasonably healthy. It was after getting sick to her stomach on a cruise that things began to take …
Episode 12: Beth Chen. Chronic illness, pregnancy, Motherhood and healing.Read More
Shortly after discovering that she was pregnant with their first child, Andrea Nakayama’s husband Isamu, was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and given just six months to live. With their combined dedication, research and determination, that six months became two years. After his death and with their young son to care for, Andrea was …
Episode 11: Andrea Nakayama on life, death, Hashimoto’s and transformation.Read More
Sue Holly is a legal assistant originally from New York City and living now in Seattle, Washington. At 55 years old and after living with Hashimoto’s for over 30 years, Sue was given the devastating diagnosis of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, told that there was nothing that could be done for her except a double lung transplant …
Episode 10: Being told your disease is terminal. Sue’s experience with Sarcoidosis.Read More
