Highway to Hell… waitttt a minute, sorry, wrong place, although it can feel like that sometimes. In this episode, I am once again brought back to making other people comfortable in my grief. I may be at exit twenty in grief on a really good day, but the others? Well, it can feel like the highway to hell.

Key Takeaways:

[0:46] Bereaved Parents Month and my mixed thoughts on it

[3:01] The highway of grief, I’m at Exit God If I Know.

[9:44] Making comments from our exit sounds terrible to others

[12:30] I never get to have these memories with Molly again

[17:36] Taking a step back and stepping into other people’s shoes

[20:04] Seeing Molly’s friends and thinking of who she would be

[21:43] Gracie never getting to do things with Molly again

[23:16] Running, my birthday, moving my mom, and the tea that’s piping hot

[27:53] Leave a review as a birthday present to me

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Tammy went on a journey to find her diagnosis: Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Countless doctors, tests, misdiagnoses, and so many pills it made her head spin. After all the turmoil, she found her diagnosis, got treatment, and is living a great life today running again.

Key Takeaways:

[2:01] Finding out I have high blood pressure again and again

[3:53] The beginning of taking medication after medication

[9:48] Low potassium, terrible migraines, and horrid edema

[12:40] Doing a mind/body program for high blood pressure

[18:56] Being diagnosed with colitis and ovarian abscess

[20:11] Being told I have a tumor on my adrenal gland and little syndrome

[23:36] Getting the tumor removed: my life changed

[29:11] Writing a book on my experiences

[32:05] Entering a contest on a whim and winning!

[35:47] Don’t stop advocating for your health

Resources:

• Misdiagnosed For Miles

• Millenium Running Club

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Eleanor joins me again to discuss our new relative: how we found her and the mix of emotions surrounding it. Excited, nervous, and a lot of feelings over the memory of our brother Jeffery. Finding out our deceased brother had a child who will never get to know him is another twist in our lives.

Key Takeaways:

[4:45] A woman reached out asking if we were related

[7:46] Feeling intimidated, excited, selfish, and seeing my assumptions debunked

[9:26] Finding Jeffery’s child felt so important because he’s dead

[10:48] Protecting the memory of Jeffrey and the news

[13:11] Finding out my dad wasn’t my dad was traumatic

[17:11] Niece’s family support and what her life was like growing up

[18:12] The similarities between us and what we’ll give her as a person

[21:20] Jeffery’s traumatic brain injury

[23:51] Visiting Jeff in Happy Valley

[25:29] It takes a village to welcome someone new

[28:36] Exploring new things and facing my fears

Resources:

• Eleanor’s past episode

• NPE Podcast

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