Elizabeth Tikoyan, Telling Her Lyme Story and Founding a Patient Networking App

Made Visible

English - September 29, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 105 ratings
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Elizabeth Tikoyan didn’t always share her health story the way she does now. Diagnosed with Lyme disease in high school, she was very aware of the stigma around having a health condition. On today’s episode, Elizabeth tells me about her journey to get diagnosed, and how misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis led to her symptoms reaching a chronic stage. We talk about how she navigated college, why she founded Riley App (a patient networking app) and her decision to start putting her story out in the world.

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