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Katy's live presentation - Turning around lifelong JIA

Sep 19, 201837 minEp. 104
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Episode description

- Jackie organized an event on the Isle of Man to raise awareness about autoimmune diseases - She invited Katy as a speaker and she told her story to the audience - Before her first birthday, Katy was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - She grew up having to learn to live with chronic pain and a sense of hopelessness - In 2000 she switched from methotrexate to Enbrel, which helped a lot, but the pain never went away - In 2010 Katy started a job as a dietary aide, but she needed pain killers to get by - She entered a spiral of depression until she found a video of Clint - She binge watched all his podcast episodes and the next day was her day 1 on the Program - After a year and a half she feels more energized than ever and getting stronger every day

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