About Invisible Illness, a podcast by The Keene Sentinel
Invisible Illness, a podcast by The Keene Sentinel’s Monadnock Region Health Reporting Lab, aims to shed light on the unseen diagnoses people live with. Each episode features a different guest discussing their daily experiences with their illness with reporter Olivia Belanger.
Season 2 Episode 2: A long-awaited diagnosis, a new life
The second and final episode of season 2 features Ellen Driscoll, a Swanzey resident living with dysautonomia, a nervous system disorder that disrupts her autonomic body processes, like her blood pressure and heart rate. Ellen shares her long road to a diagnosis, the changes in her life to manage her illness and how helping others has changed her perspective on chronic illness.
30 Jan 2024
Season 2 Episode 1: The complexity of childhood trauma
Sabrina, 29, talks about the trauma that led to her diagnosis of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, her struggles to get a diagnosis and how she now is able to manage her symptoms. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5G_TsN2X4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5G_TsN2X4). Episode 2 coming on Feb. 7.
3 Feb 2023
Episode 4: Decades with diabetes
Nancy Bishop is a Swanzey resident who's been living with Type 1 diabetes for more than 40 years. She talks with Olivia Belanger, The Keene Sentinel's health solutions reporter, about the evolution of treatment and the many ins and outs of being a Type 1 diabetic.
3 Feb 2023
Episode 2: When home is harmful
Jessica White is a Keene resident living with agoraphobia, which causes extreme or irrational fear of leaving your home. She talks with Olivia Belanger, The Keene Sentinel's health solutions reporter, about the tribulations that come with this diagnosis and how she pushes herself to fight it.
3 Feb 2023
Episode 1: A meaningful recovery
Ryan Gagne is the founder and CEO of Live Free Recovery Services, a residential substance use treatment facility for men, with locations in Keene and Manchester. The Manchester resident talks with Olivia Belanger, The Keene Sentinel's health solutions reporter, about his experience in recovery from his own substance-use disorder.
3 Feb 2023
Episode 3: Life with epilepsy
Laura Tobin is a Keene resident who was diagnosed with epilepsy at 9 years old. She talks with Olivia Belanger, The Keene Sentinel's health solutions reporter, about her illness' progression over the years and the constraints it comes with as an adult.
19 Jan 2023
Invisible Illness: the trailer
Welcome to “Invisible Illness,” a podcast from The Keene Sentinel’s Monadnock Region Health Reporting Lab. In this introduction, host Olivia Belanger gives a preview of this four-episode series, along with background information on how this podcast came to life.
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