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A student-led initiative of the Peer Med Foundation, the Peer Med podcast intertwines medicine, an ever changing science of diagnosis and treatment, with conversations about issues in healthcare where lives are on the line.
Behind Diagnoses: Patients - E12: Leiomyosarcoma ft. Dafina Malovska
On this episode of "Behind Diagnoses: Patients", a Peer Med Podcast special series we hear from Dafina Malovska, who was diagnosed with a gluten disorder when she really had Uterine Cancer. The only option to save her life was to have a total hysterectomy which meant the removal of her uterus and both ovaries. Womb cancer deprived her of having her own children. and placed her into immediate surgical menopause after the operation.
Now, she's become a powerful patient advocate that wants to change the face of healthcare in order to ensure more and greater access for care, screening, follow up and more for Female-Assigned at Birth people in the United Kingdom.
Be sure to subscribe to the Peer Med Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow the Peer Med Podcast on Instagram @peermedpodcast for more patient stories, disease and inspiring eye-opening content!
Follow Dafina on Instagram: @dafimalov and sign her petition at https://www.change.org/checkMEupUK.
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30 Sept 2021
Behind Diagnoses: Patients - E11: Gastroparesis ft. Angela Deeds
On this episode of the Behind Diagnoses: Patients, a Peer Med Podcast special series we welcome Angela Deeds. She was diagnosed with gastroparesis and has been living with a chronic illness for almost twenty years, both as a minor and now as an adult, learning how to navigate in a world & health care system that often create barriers to adequate care and quality of life. She is from Virginia and has a bachelor's degree in Political Science & a master's degree in Early Childhood Special Education. She has worked as an early childhood assistant, early childhood special education teacher, caregiver, and a myriad of other jobs along the way. Since the onset of her gastroparesis about three years ago, she spends her time reading, walking, painting, crafting, and Hallmark movies. She is learning how to adapt to this new way of life that gastroparesis has given her and searching for the moments of hope still in everyday life.
Be sure to subscribe to the Peer Med Podcast on Apply Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow the Peer Med Podcast on Instagram: @peermedpodcast for more patient stories, diseases, and eye-opening content.
Follow Angela Deeds on Instagram: @hopes.still.here
30 Sept 2021
Behind Diagnoses: Patients - E10: Type 2 Diabetes ft. CJ Walker
On this episode of "Behind Diagnoses: Patients", a Peer Med Podcast special series we hear from CJ Walker, a wife and mom of three living with type 2 diabetes since 2019. She is a fervent advocate for chronic illness and diabetes. She is the author of The Genetic Diabetic Blog and serves as a moderator and contributor to the Type2Diabetes.com community.
She’s also an ambassador and influencer for the American Diabetes Association, Blue Circle Voices network, Chronic Disease Coalition, and Healthline Diabetic App Community. CJ is also an active member in DiabetesSisters, the Virginia Diabetes Council, Beyond Type 2 and The Mighty communities. CJ believes that by sharing her journey, she hopes to inspire others and educate them about diabetes so they can get tested for their A1C levels and insulin levels, as well as find out if they are genetically predisposed to it. If one person could benefit from her story, then she knows that the journey was worth it.
Be sure to subscribe to the Peer Med Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow the Peer Med Podcast on Instagram @peermedpodcast for more patient stories, disease and inspiring eye-opening content!
Follow CJ Walker on Instagram: @judiesdream
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