Please welcome special guest Erin Gaudreau -- friend, lawyer, business manager for Miss Massachusetts, and all around fabulous human! Erin offers insight about her Crohn's Colitis and Ulcerative Colitis and also discusses the dynamics of managing a romantic relationship through chronic illnesses.
- How our body weight affects doctors' diagnoses and treatment of our illnesses.
- How stress impacts our health and triggers our illnesses.
- How doctors can work together as a team to offer holistic care.
- Talking about our illnesses (read: poop!) with others.
- How "healthy" food is different for different people.
- Advocating for ourselves regarding our invisible symptoms.
- How we should include accessibility into more of our DEI conversations.
- How to communicate about our illnesses in romantic relationships, and the stages of that communication and support.
- Erin also discusses her fiance's illneses: Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Iritis.
- How boundaries are different (and sometimes impossible) for people with chronic illness.
- How chronic illness impacts family planning and pregnancy.
- Most importantly, there is hope and love for all of us!
