Cure Chronic: The Chronic Movement

Sandra was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at the age of eight. Today, she also lives with osteoarthritis. Arthritis has shaped many aspects of her life and has driven her to inspire others to thrive with different types of this disease. As a radio and podcast host and producer, moderator and family caregiver, Sandra strives to create awareness about arthritis and the importance of arthritis research. Be sure to check out her podcast Chronically Driven, A podcast about being...

September is chronic pain awareness month, and we welcome back Darren to talk more about his story living with chronic pain. Darren talks about living in chronic pain and how most painkillers don't actually work! He talks about the ups and downs of living with chronic pain, and his medical story! Connect with him by sending him an email darrenradke44@gmail.com check out his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Deceived-Within-Living-APS-Lupus/dp/1663222932

Celiac disease runs all over in Deanna's family, starting with her father-in-law, then to her brother-in-law, her daughter and son. Her daughter was six years old when she was diagnosed, she looked very unhealthy and had major gut problems but now she is very healthy - 10 years later, thriving as a 16-year-old! Strangely enough, her daughter decided to do a science project on Celiac disease and found out that her brother also had celiac! Deanna's Journey with her family has certainly had...

This is Julie, she has lived with Lyme disease, she was diagnosed in 2016 after 6 years of misdiagnosis. After her trip to Asia, she quickly became sick, dealing with so many different physical symptoms, as well as major mental health struggles as well. She lived with depression and anxiety for years, and it wasn't until she worked with a naturopath that helped her get her diagnosis with lyme, who then helped her get in touch with a Lyme literate doctor. Indicating that she had Lyme and...

ATTENTION: Some explicit content, at 14mins with his story and how he passed away. I don't normally talk about his story, for whatever reason, but mental health, especially in the chronic community is so important! My brother passed away of suicide back in 2008, he was 19. I'm so grateful that I was able to spend 18 years of my own life with him, growing up with a brother even though today it is quite sad. I do go over what it's like experiencing suicide, living with him and without him,...

It took 5 years for someone to just listen to him. He was finally diagnosed with APS and lupus, he struggled for years with being misdiagnosed, given medications that weren’t helping plus being manipulated by specialist, once he found out his true diagnosis he was finally able to take some control over his life and his health. He nows lives on disability, which was a struggle on its own to acheive, and as he says it’s not all what its cracked out to be. But he was able to write a book about...

After 6 years, she was finally diagnosed with Endometriosis. Doubled over in pain every month with her periods, she was always told that “it will get better as you get older”. Her pain was so traumatic it caused more than just problems with her uterus, she experienced vomiting, bowel problems and more. She dealt with trial and error drugs, and felt like no one cared about her pain and what she was experiencing. After years she would fight with doctors, because of their ignorance towards...

Lauren has Lyme, POTS and EDS plus she is allergic to everything! Living with both diseases, she lived with a huge sense of loss and not being able to live the life she used to live, not being able to eat the foods she wants to eat - she has had to completely alter everything in her life! Her silver lining is discovering her new passions in life, after being diagnosed. Her love for nutrition and cooking, being creative in the kitchen and how she can make the foods she eats tolerable for her...

It is so important to have a self care regime, especially to keep up healthy when we are healthy. If there is a way we can prevent illness, prevent hospital visits and flare-ups then that is what we need to do. Be sure to follow Sandra @ChronicallyDriven and check out her podcast Chronically Driven!

Alex has been living with endometriosis and thoracic disease since she was 14. Although her mother dealt with the same disease, it still took the doctors 5 1/2 years to diagnose Alex. Unfortunately she dealt with gaslighting, not being believed or being told lies about the disease causing her to suffer for 5 1/2 years with symptoms, without a diagnosis and without any type of treatment. On average, globally, it takes 7 to 10 years to get a diagnosis for endometriosis and approximately 1 in...

Sandra is the voice of the podcast Chronically Driven and in this podcast we get to hear a bit more about my story, what I learned and how important self care it! Be sure to listen to her podcast and how we are in the driver's seat to our health and wellness and follow Sandra on Instagram @ChronicallyDriven!

Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when she was 22 years old Kim actually went into remission for years and forgot about having the disease! After years gone by she started to have some really strange symptoms and she was told that it was her female parts (unreal!) Then FINALLY they told her these symptoms are caused from her Ulcerative Colitis! Her symptoms became increasingly worse as the she dealt with major stress from a custody battle for her daughter. Then in 2016 she had excruciating...

From getting skin cancer diagnosis, to Hashimotos from black mold, she has learned to take care of herself, by listening to her body more, and understanding what foods she is putting in her body. Diet and exercise are tools to use to heal the body, but understanding that exercise can be a stressor as well. Releasing the stress in the way our bodies can, and learning when the body says no and how important down time is! Listen to your body, the experts don’t always have the best answers for...

After not healing from a shoulder surgery in 2012, to being misdiagnosed with a neurological disorder then having to go to the Mayo Clinic to find some answers. Then being put on all kinds of medications to control seizures, tremors and more, but Lisa knew that the medication was not working, or helping. The docs were just trying to find medications to mask the symptoms, instead of diagnosing the actual problem. She finally had to take her health into her own hands by researching her...

After walking her dog through a trail in Connecticut, she found a tick on her neck 5 days later! (Yikes!) then after 30 days later she started getting very sick with all sorts of different, and very strange symptoms! As the illness got better and got worse, she saw her doctor and got tested several times for lyme and it kept coming back negative! Overtime she kept getting worse, after getting tests and more tests done for a year straight she started losing hope. But then she took matters...

Getting back into the swing of things! Here's a bit of an update for me and I want to know what are you going to do? Are you getting the COVID Vaccine, or are you not? Let me know, connect with me on Instagram and Facebook @CureChronic or send me an email Info@CureChronic.com I am super interested to know your opinion and what your plan is! Finally a Big Shout Out to all of the advocates out there making a difference and changing lives, because of you we are creating this massive chronic...

This year has been a crazy year and here we all thought that 2020 was bad! Starting this January I started feeling a bit of a flare coming on, and I was doing everything I could to help stop it, eating healthy, doing more meditation, exercise etc. But the stress of this year just became too much and the fear of the flare getting worse took over, and the flare got worse. I ended up in the hospital on the 25th of March for three weeks, in the middle of the flare up I ended up switching GI...

Melissa is #Lyme warrior, entrepreneur, wellness fanatic, Voice First Pioneer and TedX Speaker. To say she is busy in as understatement, because she is also a Mom of 2 boys, and a published author. In business Melissa is the founder of The Güüd Company - a voice-first wellness company. Find our Flash Briefing, "Today's Health Tip" for Amazon Alexa or as a podcast on iTunes. Founder at The Scoop, Inc. based in Princeton New Jersey as PrincetonScoop, a hyper-local Social Media Marketing...

In 2019, after a year of life changing events; pregnancy loss, family loss, and a major job change, Rachel began experiencing numb/tingly hands and feet, vision loss (diagnosed as Optic Neuritis), and extreme brain fog and fatigue. Two months later, after many tests Rachel was diagnosed at 29 years old with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS). Now a year and a half later, Rachel is taking more control of her diagnosis and overall health and well-being living with MS. Through the...

We welcome back Shamitris this episode and she has wonderful news about her journey into remission! Though it seemed like a long one, her story unfolds unexpected truths and hardships that she is grateful to have gone through. Be sure to connect with her on instagram @Shamitris and check out her story with Adenomyosis.