WEBVTT - This Year on Symptomatic (2024)

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<v Speaker 1>I just started slurring my words a little bit, A

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<v Speaker 1>gate or a limp started developing, just intense chest pain,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember just having these tiny little pimples. My

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<v Speaker 1>bones were literally aching, my scalp is tingly, and my

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<v Speaker 1>face feels.

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<v Speaker 2>Not lumps and bumps in my neck.

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<v Speaker 1>I would describe it as like an elephant city. I

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<v Speaker 1>never felt that dream like something just didn't feel right, uncertainty.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not even sure if I could describe it.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>It almost just felt like I was I wasn't living isolation.

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<v Speaker 3>I stopped once to the doctor. I stopped trying to

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<v Speaker 3>find treatments. Nothing was working.

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<v Speaker 1>Breakthrough.

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<v Speaker 2>You couldn't imagine that anyone could be alive and have

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<v Speaker 2>a mutation in that gene.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Lauren bright Checko, host of Symptomatic, a medical mystery podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Every episode we investigate the medical mysteries behind someone's truly

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<v Speaker 1>baffling symptoms, revealing how the quest for answers transforms the

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<v Speaker 1>lives of everyday people. Am I just a person who's sick?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that all I am?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I fight this? Can I beat this?

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<v Speaker 4>It's almost like I was a different person.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm dying here.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's try something else.

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<v Speaker 4>How do I live.

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<v Speaker 1>And this year Symptomatic is bigger than ever, making connections

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<v Speaker 1>across the country. We took our show on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>getting to know some of the most innovative doctors in

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<v Speaker 1>their fields. Today we're recording from the twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>as CO annual meeting talking about breast cancer.

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<v Speaker 4>Often patients will say to me, I don't care what

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<v Speaker 4>happens to my body. I just want to live. Hold on,

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<v Speaker 4>I care what happens to your body, because in six

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<v Speaker 4>months you're going to be really mad at me when

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<v Speaker 4>you start to be a person again, your whole self,

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<v Speaker 4>if the first thing you think of when you walk

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<v Speaker 4>out of the shower is your breast cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>We featured a doctor turned patient leading groundbreaking disease research,

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<v Speaker 1>giving millions access to treatment options they never thought possible.

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<v Speaker 2>For every patient like Gary, for every patient like Kyla

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<v Speaker 2>who's getting ready to go off to college, because we

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<v Speaker 2>discovered a drug to save her life just before she

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<v Speaker 2>would have passed. And each one of those patients has

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<v Speaker 2>just led us to say, we are so happy we

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<v Speaker 2>did this for them, But how many more they're out there?

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<v Speaker 2>And so Grant and I launched this nonprofit called Every

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<v Speaker 2>Cure and we are on a mission to unlock.

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<v Speaker 3>The life saving potential of every FDA approved medication to

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<v Speaker 3>treat every disease that it possibly can.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're also catching up with some old friends. Hey Athena, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>so good to see you. Good to see you too, Lauren.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so excited to be back here.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe it's been this long. You were our

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<v Speaker 1>second episode. It was twenty twenty two. Yeah, really good

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to do this follow up from such

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<v Speaker 1>a good place. I'm happy to report that I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>the best health, probably of my life, and we're making

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<v Speaker 1>some new friends, like Jose who, through his unique experiences,

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<v Speaker 1>leads by example for others facing their own struggles.

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<v Speaker 3>I volunteered as a counselor for ten years, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the kids are always so grateful to the counselors there.

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<v Speaker 3>But like, if these kids are doing it, and then

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<v Speaker 3>why can't I am? So they look at us and

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<v Speaker 3>reverse like, oh, they're older, they're living with what I have,

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<v Speaker 3>they're successful, then I can do it too.

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<v Speaker 1>Since launching Symptomatic, we've been thrilled to see how the

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<v Speaker 1>show resonates so deeply with everyone. We're so proud of

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<v Speaker 1>the supportive community our audience and doctors have built, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're excited to see it continue to grow. Join us

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<v Speaker 1>for all new episodes of Symptomatic, where we delve into

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<v Speaker 1>the medical unknown and bring light to the mysteries of

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<v Speaker 1>chronic illness.

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<v Speaker 2>My name, my name.

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<v Speaker 4>My name is Kelly Athena.

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<v Speaker 3>And for nineteen years, for fifteen years, over twelve years,

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<v Speaker 3>I suffered with a mysterious illness.

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<v Speaker 1>I struggled with misdiagnoses of.

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<v Speaker 4>A previously undiagnosed disease.

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<v Speaker 1>An unknown disease. This is Symptomatic. Listen on the iHeartRadio app,

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