Losing My Voice but Not My Humor: Living With Sarcoidosis, Symbicort, and a Stubborn Set of Lungs

Welcome to A Body Rebels, formerly Surviving Chronic Illness.

Sarcoidosis may steal your breath, your energy, and—if you’re lucky—your voice, but it can’t take your sense of humor. As a chef living with chronic illness and heart failure, I’ve learned to navigate breathing tests, inhalers, and vocal cord drama with sarcasm, garlic, and a pinch of grit. Here’s what happens when Symbicort and I go another round in the fight for air—and why I still keep cooking, writing, and laughing through it all.

This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The words, reflections, and lived experience are my own.

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More info about Sarcoidosis and to donate toward research: The Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research