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Welcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. In this episode, co-hosts Karyssa and Siv are joined by their friend Olivia. Olivia is a nursing student who also has chronic illnesses. Olivia shares her story to help raise awareness, specifically for kidney health. Olivia is the one who inspired the Kidney Health Awareness shirts. They talk about Olivia’s story, her medical journey, the impact it has had on her life, the good and the bad, and what she is doing now. This episode was supposed to go up in March – but unfortunately there were some technical difficulties, we apologize for the delay! Now, since it is May, the episode is very appropriate for EDS awareness month — a condition they all have in common! We hope you enjoy! Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you.

Welcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. In this episode, co-hosts Karyssa and Siv are joined by their friend Maddie to talk about mental health. Maddie is a nursing student and long time friend who tells her story and brings us all along on her journey with mental health and illness from when it began up until current times. They talk about the ups and the downs, they laugh, they share insights, and Maddie shares some of her own advice for what people can do to support her best — and potentially others who are also struggling with their mental health. We hope you enjoy! Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you.

Welcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues! Today’s episode is a special episode because today is... RARE DISEASE DAY! Have you ever found a case study — one that said “the first of its kind to be described” — and though ‘someone else has it too!?’  only to realize the case study was about you? This has been a part of the rare disease — or rare manifestations of a disease — experience for co-host Karyssa. 1 in 10 people is thought to be impacted by one of the ~7,000 rare diseases. In the US, a rare disease is defined as a disease that affects less than 200,000 people in the country. However, there is a difference between a disease that is truly rare, and one that is rarely diagnosed — the self-fulfilling prophecy of a disease receiving the label of “rare”. Join co-hosts Karyssa and Siv to learn more about rare diseases, the experiences of a rare patient and those around them, and ways that you can start to help to make a difference for these patients. The co-hosts use humor to laugh, to share their insight, and discuss the challenges of rare diseases. We hope you enjoy this special episode! Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you.

Welcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. This is part 2 of the mini-series where Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa switch seats as being the heads of mental vs physical health. For this episode, Karyssa talks about her mental health and the mental challenges that can accompany life as a young adult with chronic illnesses. The girls use humor to discuss heavy topics, including the impact of needing to advocate for yourself, the stress of big appointments, the complicated relationship Karyssa has with the word ‘complicated’, and more. Join them to hear Karyssa’s story through the lens of mental health. Hope you enjoy! Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you

Welcome back to another episode of Organs Tissues and other issues. In these next few episodes Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa switch seats as being the heads of mental vs physical health. For this episode Siv talks about her physical chronic illnesses and maps out “What a mess she is physically” and talks about some of the key points of dealing with physical illness. WIth some humor and a lot of laughs the girls discuss what it means to have chronic illness and how life changes to a new normal. Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you.

Welcome back to another episode of your Bi-monthly podcast. In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Siv both talk about what they have accomplished over the trying year of 2020, and talk about what their goals are for 2021. They go through their highs and lows, and emphasize their accomplishments bigs and small! The girls encourage listeners to join them on this nostalgic episode to go over your own yearly recap and reflect on what you would want for this next year! Please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with the co-hosts via their email (organstissuesandotherissues@gmail.com), through Instagram (@organstissuesandotherissues), or personally — they always love to hear from you.