WEBVTT - Symptomatic Returns! 

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<v Speaker 1>It was like somebody's stabbing on the side of the

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<v Speaker 1>head with an ice pick, and everything sort of went blurry.

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<v Speaker 2>The disease is like a crow flying through the dark night.

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<v Speaker 2>Patients go months or years incurring damage in all of

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<v Speaker 2>these organs.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you identify something you can't see.

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<v Speaker 4>Going to the emergency room, They're not going to do

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<v Speaker 4>anything for me. I've done that before. I've gone to

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<v Speaker 4>see culp and I'm just pushed aside.

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<v Speaker 3>Something you know is there but can't trace.

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<v Speaker 5>That's what I knew. I couldn't control, and that's what

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<v Speaker 5>I knew. You have a disease of some sort.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't explain it, A threat always lurking under the surface.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Lauren bray pacheco host of Symptomatic, a medical mystery

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<v Speaker 3>podcast where we investigate the nature of rare conditions, shape

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<v Speaker 3>shifting diseases, and the extraordinary lengths patients will go in

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<v Speaker 3>search of a diagnosis.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't have the answer yet. I was terrified of

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<v Speaker 4>the unknown.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like the mystery of a lifetime.

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<v Speaker 3>This season, Symptomatic follows people who refuse to give up

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<v Speaker 3>their search for answers, leaving no stone unturned to uncover

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<v Speaker 3>the truth behind their symptoms.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just decided I have to fix this.

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<v Speaker 4>And this is my life, and this is something I've

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<v Speaker 4>been struggling with for for too long.

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<v Speaker 5>If you're looking at it without understanding the disease, you're

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<v Speaker 5>just looking at a collection of symptoms that aren't connected.

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time, it occurred to me, maybe this

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<v Speaker 1>is all sort of one thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not afraid to stand up for myself.

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<v Speaker 5>We're starting to realize that there's so much more underneath

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<v Speaker 5>the surface that we didn't see before.

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<v Speaker 3>Join us for all new episodes where we dive into

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<v Speaker 3>the medical unknown to investigate the mysteries of chronic illness.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever this is. It's killing me and I need to

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is. I wasn't ready to die.

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<v Speaker 3>This is symptomatic. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 3>or wherever you get the stories that matter to you.