A show inspired by a moment in time, about the moments we persist through over time. Dr. Amy Blackstone and her husband Lance are two sick and tired childfree Gen Xers who lament the idiocracy that surrounds them, propose solutions they expect will go ignored, and take a moment to check in and take stock.Based on Dr. Amy's Substack: https://amyblackstonephd.substack.com/.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Nevertheless, Persisting: Life. Love. Long COVID.
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A show inspired by a moment in time, about the moments we persist through over time. Dr. Amy Blackstone and her husband Lance are two sick and tired childfree Gen Xers who lament the idiocracy that surrounds them, propose solutions they expect will go ignored, and take a moment to check in and take stock.Based on Dr. Amy's Substack: https://amyblackstonephd.substack.com/.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
Walking the Plank
<p>Raise your hand if you know what it's like to feel nauseous all the freaking time! Or if you've ever traded that in for rock hard poops and the inability to take a sh!t for days on end (thanks, Zofran side effects!). In this episode, we ponder the joys - and challenges - of the nausea and vertigo that have accompanied Amy's Long COVID for the past 6+ years. We also share strategies for coping with the symptoms and grappling with the reality of everyday living when one's body is in constant revolt.</p><br><p>WALKING THE PLANK</p><br><p>I’m a drunk without the drink</p><p>Wobbly on my feet, knocky in my knees</p><p>Seasick without the sea, I’m homesick for the sea</p><p>And yet too sick to see the sea</p><p>Vertigo and nausea are my sentence</p><p>Though my crime is unclear</p><p>A drunk without the drink</p><p>A sailor on dry land</p><p>I walk the plank back to bed</p><p>Continues at https://amyblackstonephd.substack.com/p/walking-the-plank</p><br><p>CITED IN THIS EPISODE</p><ol><li>Belton, Sarahjane and Kate Sheridan. 2025. “‘The Second Arrow’: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Exploration of What Can Be Learned From One Long COVID Journey,” Health Expectations, 28: e70227. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70227" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70227</a> </li><li>Headspace. <a href="https://www.headspace.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.headspace.com</a> </li></ol><p>Intro music: Humoresque by Antonín Dvořák from Suzuki Flute School Volume 3; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>Outro music: Moon Over Ruined Castle by<strong> </strong>Rentarō Taki from Suzuki Flute School Volume 1; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>For more information, go to <a href="amyblackstonephd.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amyblackstonephd.com</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 22, 2026
Continuing Medical Education on Long COVID & Other IACCs
<p>We’re doing something a little different on today’s episode. Amy is is joined by Kristi Woods, BSN, RN-BC, a friend and fellow Maine resident, who will read her <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/HCIFS20250430Woods133901651219286141.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">testimony</a> in support of a <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1688&snum=132" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bill</a> we worked on together in 2025. The bill was focused on improving education on Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions for medical providers in Maine. For today’s episode, I invited Kristi to share her chronic illness story by reading her testimony and to talk with us about an important continuing medical education project she has developed since we worked together on that bill. </p><br><p>Providers interested in Kristi's course and additional education on ME/CFS and other Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions can contact Elizabeth Ciccarelli, M.Ed., Director of Continuing Medical Education, Maine Medical Association, <a href="mailto:ECiccarelli@mainephysicians.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ECiccarelli@mainephysicians.org</a>. Kristi Woods, BSN, RN-BC, can be reached at kristi.m.woods@gmail.com.</p><br><p>CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ON LONG COVID & OTHER IACCS: A CHAT WITH KRISTI WOODS, BSN, RN-BC</p><p>"My journey with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), likely began around 2010. Prior to becoming ill, I was a promising high school student. I had the 5th highest GPA in my high school graduating class, was one of the best runners in my district, and president of my senior class. My first year of college I started experiencing fatigue, digestive and gynecological issues. I did not get as much understanding as I needed as a student for my emerging medical difficulties. I was told by a professor that I was on a list of students they felt wouldn’t complete the program due to not applying myself, even though I had to work harder than my peers to retain the information. Over the years I continued to develop more symptoms and the ability to function in my career as a nurse became increasingly difficult..."</p><p>Continues at <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/HCIFS20250430Woods133901651219286141.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/HCIFS20250430Woods133901651219286141.pdf</a> </p><br><p>CITED IN THIS EPISODE</p><ol><li>An Act to Encourage Continuing Education Relating to Certain Infection-associated Chronic Conditions for Physicians and Nurses, LD 1688, 132nd Maine Legislature. (2025). <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1688&snum=132" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1688&snum=132</a> </li><li>Supporting: LD 1688: An Act to Encourage Continuing Education Relating to Certain Infection Associated Chronic Conditions for Physicians and Nurses, 132nd Maine Legislature. (2025) (Kristi Woods). <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/HCIFS20250430Woods133901651219286141.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/HCIFS20250430Woods133901651219286141.pdf</a></li><li>Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions: Clinical Insights for Long COVID, Lyme Disease, ME/CFS, POTS, and Dysautonomia (a self-paced online CME course):</li></ol><p><a href="https://www.hanleyleadership.org/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hanleyleadership.org/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs/</a></p><p><a href="https://qclearninglab.org/course/infection-associated-chronic-conditions-clinical-insights-for-long-covid-lyme-disease-me-cfs-pots-and-dysautonomia/#1768581282612-d31c2cfe-31ea9715-04f4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qclearninglab.org/course/infection-associated-chronic-conditions-clinical-insights-for-long-covid-lyme-disease-me-cfs-pots-and-dysautonomia/#1768581282612-d31c2cfe-31ea9715-04f4</a></p><p>Intro music: Humoresque by Antonín Dvořák from Suzuki Flute School Volume 3; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>Outro music: Moon Over Ruined Castle by<strong> </strong>Rentarō Taki from Suzuki Flute School Volume 1; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>For more information, go to <a href="amyblackstonephd.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amyblackstonephd.com</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 8, 2026
Boston Karen
<p>Did you know it’s possible to exit a two-night hospital stay mostly unscathed? Neither did we! Not until Boston Karen came along, that is. Amy reflects on a rare positive health care experience and we wonder at the difference a single provider can make. We dig into the concept of structural medical gaslighting and discuss how much agency individual providers have in their own and their patients’ experiences. We also share a bunch of ways we can begin to dismantle the existing medical industrial complex wherein structural medical gaslighting thrives. Importantly, we give a long-overdue shoutout all the Karen/Karins we’ve loved before and acknowledge #notalkarens (after some brief confusion over whether we mean #NotAllKarens or #NoTallKarens).</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>BOSTON KAREN</strong></p><br><p>I shiver under the covers, shrinking from the natural light worming its way across my bed. A cuddle from Boston Karen is exactly what I need right now.</p><p>She knows. She's magic. A healer.</p><br><p>Boston Karen pokes her head under the covers. What must she be thinking about the grown woman before her, teeth chattering, body shaking, cowering from the light, tears streaming down her face? What trauma could have evoked this response?</p><br><p>A warm shower. The most banal of events. In a handicap-accessible, hospital-clean shower, no less.</p><br><p>Continues at <a href="https://amyblackstonephd.substack.com/p/boston-karen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amyblackstonephd.substack.com/p/boston-karen</a> </p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>CITED IN THIS EPISODE</strong></p><p><br></p><ol><li>Brauer Lara, Werner de Cruppé, and Max Geraedts. 2025. “‘Take me seriously’: A qualitative interview study exploring healthcare experiences of endometriosis patients.” PLoS One 20(5): e0323883. <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0323883" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0323883</a> </li><li>Berenstain, Nora. 2019. “White Feminist Gaslighting,” Hypatia 35: 733-758.</li></ol><p>Intro music: Humoresque by Antonín Dvořák from Suzuki Flute School Volume 3; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>Outro music: Moon Over Ruined Castle by<strong> </strong>Rentarō Taki from Suzuki Flute School Volume 1; Played proudly and poorly by Amy Blackstone</p><p>For more information, go to <a href="amyblackstonephd.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amyblackstonephd.com</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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