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On this week’s episode on Take a Pain Check, Jacqueline and Alexa Child come on the podcast to talk about their own personal experience of living with a chronic illness and being a sister of someone who has a chronic illness, respectively. Jacqueline starts off by discussing her diagnosis journey with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and other chronic illnesses. She talks about bad joint and muscle pain, having a butterfly rash, experiencing sensitivity to the sun, and dealing with GI symptoms that led her to seek help from a medical professional. On the other hand, Alexa discusses how she was 3000 miles away for law school, and she started off not really understanding what Jacqueline was dealing with. But once she truly learned more about it, it changed her as a person and gave her a unique perspective. Growing up in Telluride, a ski resort, there were no hospitals nearby and no specialist nearby so Jacqueline discusses her access to care barriers. Alexa and Jacqueline discuss their lives’ living together and how they became more mature than others around them as they had different lived experiences. Jacqueline talks about the difficulties being honest with Alexa about her symptoms as it’s hard a challenge to ask for help. Moreover, Jacqueline talks about her heart surgery after being born with a congenital heart defect at age 25. They end off the episode by talking about Dateability, a dating app for the chronically ill and disabled. Dateability was made based on the lived experiences of Jacqueline’s dating life and constant rejections. They talk about how the app works, their future goals for the app and how they hope to connect this ever growing community. Dateability: https://info.dateabilityapp.com/ Jacqueline and Alexa's socials: @dateabilityapp @jacquelineechild @alexabchild Check out our socials: Website: https://www.takeapaincheck.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapainch... Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​​ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapaincheck Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara #ehlersdanlos #rheumatology #dating #datingapps #relationship #siblings

This week on Take a Pain Check, the host interviews Marissa Sangers. She is a parent to an 8 year old girl, Charlotte, who lives with Juvenile Arthritis. We discuss the interesting visit to a plastic surgeon, the parent perspective, and the adjustment of parenting skills. Not only that, we talk about going down the rabbit hole in internet searching. American College of Rheumatology Conference Registration: https://www.rheumatology.org/Annual-Meeting/Registration UPLiFT Conference Registration: https://conference.gappapain.org/ Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Management Webinar: https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/AMPM2021/ Instagram @rissasangers & @charlottes.superstars Facebook JM Sangers Twitter @rissasangers TikTok @rissasangers Check out our socials: Website: https://www.takeapaincheck.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapainch... Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​​ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapaincheck #mom #parenting #juvenile #arthritis #support #accommodations Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara

Rahul Vivekanandan, a close friend of Natasha, comes on our weekly podcast Take a Pain Check. We talk about how their friendship started, the accommodations made in the friendship whether it’d be at hanging out at a friend’s house or at school, and finally how they both support each other regardless of the situation. We end off with a game and some valuable advice to takeaway! Be sure to watch part 1 of friendship edition week to hear about a different perspective of friendship. Check out Rahul's social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rahul_vivek/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-vivekanandan-1a821518a/ CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE: https://www.takeapaincheck.ca/ Check out our social media accounts! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapainch... Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​​... Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapainchec... Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara #school #advocacy #support #podcast #friendship #health

Take a Pain Check hosts part 1 of friendship edition week! Today, we have a fun and serious conversation with Brianne Chou about friendships and arthritis. We explore school, accommodating friends with a disease and learning about what they go through on a daily basis. Brianne's Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianne.chou/?hl=en FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/brianne.chou LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianne-chou-255b9a1bb/ CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE: https://www.takeapaincheck.ca/ Check out our social media accounts! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapainch... Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​​... Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapainchec... Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara #school #advocacy #support #podcast #friendship #health

David Porte, the Chair of Cassie and Friends, comes on our weekly podcast to give us the parent perspective, the behind the scenes of his charity organization and information about support out there. Check out our social media accounts! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapaincheck_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapaincheck?lang=en You can also stream us on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/takeapaincheck​ Check out Cassie and Friends! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cafsociety/ Website: https://cassieandfriends.ca/ Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara #support​ #podcast​ #interview​ #parents​ #health​ #charity

Jordan Colangelo comes on our weekly podcast to talk about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone that has a rheumatic disease. His JIA knowledge is also tested and he might actually be more knowledgeable than we thought! Check out our social media accounts! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeapainch...​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeapaincheck​​​​​ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapaincheck​​ Check out Jordan! https://www.instagram.com/jordan.colangelo/ You can also stream us on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/takeapaincheck​​​​ Growing Pains, Copyright, 2018, Alessia Cara #juvenilearthritis​​ #podcast​​​​ #interview​​​​ #relationship #support