Surviving Chronic Illness: Life in a Body That Rebels
Surviving Chronic Illness: Life in a Body That Rebels is a lived experience podcast about surviving sarcoidosis, heart failure, rare disease, and the strange daily reality of having a body that does not always cooperate.Hosted by Tate, a private chef, writer, husband, pet parent, and long-term sarco...
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June 9, 2026
Chronic Illness, Old Friends, and the Cost of Unequal Relationships
Sometimes the most exhausting part of chronic illness isn’t the appointments, the symptoms, the insurance nonsense, or the daily negotiations with a body that refuses to behave. Sometimes it’s an old relationship that comes b...
June 5, 2026
When Hospital Anxiety Shows Up After Years of Chronic Illness
Medical trauma doesn’t always announce itself during the obvious terrifying moments. Sometimes it waits until an ordinary hospital visit, after routine blood work, when everything should feel familiar and manageable. This epi...
June 2, 2026
What Three Stone Steps Taught Me About Chronic Illness Avoidance
Living with chronic illness is not always shaped by dramatic medical events. Sometimes it is shaped by the tiny detours we quietly build into our days. In this episode, I talk about realizing I had been avoiding three ordinar...
May 29, 2026
MiniCast: The Hidden Side Effects of Prednisone No One Warns You About
Sometimes it is not the big symptoms that stop you in your tracks. It is the quiet ones. The bruises you cannot explain. The skin that tears a little too easily. Living with sarcoidosis and long term prednisone use means lear...
May 26, 2026
Love, Caregiving, and Chronic Illness: The Spouse Who Helps You Survive
Living with chronic illness affects more than the person with the diagnosis. It changes marriage, caregiving, routines, fear, and the quiet emotional work shared inside a home. In this episode, I reflect on sarcoidosis, heart...
May 22, 2026
Oxygen Therapy in Public and the Quiet Social Reality of Living with Sarcoidosis
Wearing oxygen in public with sarcoidosis changes more than breathing. It changes the way people look at you, the way they try not to look at you, and the quiet assumptions they carry about what chronic illness is supposed to...