Wonder if you are the only one crawling through the cracks of this ableist world?
You aren’t.
If you spend more time with the medical system than your friends (or love someone who does) this podcast is for you.
Come for the things that aren’t usually seen— the mountain-top celebrations of getting clean sheets onto the bed; the grief of losing “the doctor who believed you” to retirement (and the purgatory of waiting for the new one); the high-fives over the shared ability to grow a brain tumour.
Actually, come to think of it, maybe you should move on. This might not be for you.
Hosted by Erica Zacharias and Susie Schwartz, two writers, speakers, and chronic illness advocates who have collectively spent more time in waiting rooms and laughing at inappropriate moments than either of them care to calculate.
We talk about mobility aids and identity, about the Canadian and UK healthcare systems, and about what it costs to be chronically ill in a world that places value on productivity.
Come as you are. There’s no need to pretend, perform, or try to look pretty. (Although you can if you want to.)
Our promise to you? No toxic positivity. No inspiration porn. No one telling you to try the latest wellness craze.
We’re just two friends who get it — who know the incredible power of sharing lived experience - talking honestly and with enough banter to make the hard bits bearable.
If you live with invisible or chronic illness — newly diagnosed or twenty years in — this show was made for you.
Grab a cuppa… We've been expecting you.