21 - When Medicine Feels Like Poison: I'm Starting Over Part II

03/03/2025 46 min Episodio 21
21 - When Medicine Feels Like Poison: I'm Starting Over Part II

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In this episode of The Remade Life Podcast, I continue sharing my personal health journey with kidney inflammation. After returning to the hospital for a second time, I grappled with worsening symptoms, unexpected medical complications, and the struggle to advocate for myself when my treatment plan wasn’t working. Tune in as I explore the challenges of trusting my body’s signals, navigating conflicting medical advice, and discovering a deeper understanding of my own healing process.The physical and emotional toll of my worsening symptoms, including rapid weight gain and extreme discomfortMy internal conflict between trusting my medical team and recognizing that my medication wasn’t helpingRealizing that my prescribed medication, CellCept, was causing severe GI toxicityMy decision to advocate for myself and demand a change in treatmentReflections on the emotional aftermath of hospitalization and how my nervous system responded to the traumaThis journey has been anything but straightforward, but through it all, I’ve learned the power of listening to my body. Tune in to hear the full story and what this experience has taught me about healing, self-advocacy, and resilience.Connect with me: Instagram: @daniela.spearYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@danielaspearWebsite: www.remadewellness.com