On this week's episode, I interview Mathilde on her experience living with Scoliosis and several other conditions.
We talk more about her life in general, how it is to be chronically ill at a young age, but also about how she tries to manage to stay positive despite it all. Because sadness, frustrations, grief etc. is a huge part of not living the life you expected.
Mathilde is a 21 years old nursing student. She lives in Copenhagen in Denmark. When she was 12 she got diagnosed with scoliosis, but throughout the years she's been getting sicker and sicker and is now struggling with multiple conditions.
She's had three spinal fusions because of her scoliosis, she's had a spine infection and is now also diagnosed with allodynia, neuropathy, Irritable bowel syndrome, Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome, osteoporosis, dystonic cramps, and several other conditions. But most of all - all of these things mean she's suffering from chronic pain.
She created her Instagram account @ungmensyg which means “Young but sick” as a way to spread awareness and hopefully be able to support others. She's always struggled to fit in and find her place, because a life with chronic pain is way different from the one a regular young student lives.
I hope you enjoy this very interesting story and you can find her instagram page in the link below:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ungmensyg
On this week's episode, I interview my friend Hayden Grove on his experience living with anxiety & depression.
Hayden Grove is a sports reporter and social media producer for cleveland.com, where he's covered the Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers, as well as the Ohio State Buckeyes, since 2016. A graduate of Ohio State, Grove also sings the standards of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Michael Buble, etc. all around the Northeast Ohio area, performing at weddings, nursing homes, food trucks and wherever music can be heard.
Grove is also an advocate for mental health, having been diagnosed with depression and anxiety in 2011, which led to a subsequent eating disorder and further battles with mental illness over 10 years. His hope is that by sharing his story, that others battling any mental health issues will feel loved, supported and never alone.
You can read a story about his mental health journey, inspired by Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, and you can find him on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, at the links below.
His story: https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2019/1...
Twitter: Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) / Twitter https://twitter.com/H_Grove
Instagram: Hayden Grove (@h_grove) • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/h_grove/
TikTok: Hayden Grove (@h_grove) TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@h_grove?lang=en
On this week's episode, I interview Kristen from @Acnesyndrome on her experience living with ACNES or Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome.
Kristen is a mom of two, living in Canada.
She was diagnosed with Anterior Cuteneous Nerve Entrapment in December of this year after seeing many doctors; all who originally thought she had digestive issues.
Her hope in telling her story is to spread awareness on ACNES as a condition and as a diagnosis.
For support, info and to follow her health journey you can find her on instagram @acnesyndrome.
You can also find more info on the Facebook group she is a member of. On Facebook search: "ACNES Anterior Cuteneous Nerve Entrapment" undre groups.
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