Organs, Tissues & Other Issues
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Organs, Tissues and Other Issues! In this podcast co-hosts Siv and Karyssa will bring you along on their journey through medicine, as both patients and people hoping to enter the field as professionals. They will examine current research, share their stories and experiences, and bring you into their friendship using humor to discuss challenging topics as they move through this crazy journey of life!
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Ep 15: Olivia - "My Kidney's Are Being A**holes"
May 06, 2021 18:55 - 1 hour - 100 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. In this episode, co-hosts Karyssa and Siv are joined by their friend Olivia. Olivia is a nursing student who also has chronic illnesses. Olivia shares her story to help raise awareness, specifically for kidney health. Olivia is the one who inspired the Kidney Health Awareness shirts. They talk about Olivia’s story, her medical journey, the impact it has had on her life, the good and the bad, and what she is doing now. This ep...
Ep 14: Maddie - Stressey and Depressey
April 05, 2021 17:35 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. In this episode, co-hosts Karyssa and Siv are joined by their friend Maddie to talk about mental health. Maddie is a nursing student and long time friend who tells her story and brings us all along on her journey with mental health and illness from when it began up until current times. They talk about the ups and the downs, they laugh, they share insights, and Maddie shares some of her own advice for what people can do to sup...
Ep 13: SPECIAL - The Island of Misfit Toys: Diseases Edition
March 01, 2021 03:22 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues! Today’s episode is a special episode because today is... RARE DISEASE DAY! Have you ever found a case study — one that said “the first of its kind to be described” — and though ‘someone else has it too!?’ only to realize the case study was about you? This has been a part of the rare disease — or rare manifestations of a disease — experience for co-host Karyssa. 1 in 10 people is thought to be impacted by one of the ~7,000 ra...
EP 12: A Complicated Relationship With Complicated
February 14, 2021 01:05 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues. This is part 2 of the mini-series where Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa switch seats as being the heads of mental vs physical health. For this episode, Karyssa talks about her mental health and the mental challenges that can accompany life as a young adult with chronic illnesses. The girls use humor to discuss heavy topics, including the impact of needing to advocate for yourself, the stress of big appointments, the complicated rela...
Ep 11: Abnormally normal
February 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs Tissues and other issues. In these next few episodes Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa switch seats as being the heads of mental vs physical health. For this episode Siv talks about her physical chronic illnesses and maps out “What a mess she is physically” and talks about some of the key points of dealing with physical illness. WIth some humor and a lot of laughs the girls discuss what it means to have chronic illness and how life changes to a new normal. Pl...
Ep 10: 2020 Yearly Review
January 29, 2021 19:10 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBWelcome back to another episode of your Bi-monthly podcast. In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Siv both talk about what they have accomplished over the trying year of 2020, and talk about what their goals are for 2021. They go through their highs and lows, and emphasize their accomplishments bigs and small! The girls encourage listeners to join them on this nostalgic episode to go over your own yearly recap and reflect on what you would want for this next year! Please feel free to reach ou...
Ep 9: Micah - Analysis Paralysis and Trauma Formation
January 03, 2021 20:15 - 1 hour - 91.6 MB***Trigger warning for anxiety and trauma** Welcome back to another episode of our podcast! In this episode Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa are joined by Micah! Join these three friends as Micah shares his mental health trauma, and the girls get to ask him questions pertaining to mental health! They laugh, they almost cry, and they try their best to explain what anxiety is! Join them to learn more about analysis paralysis, and other topics as they have serious conversations as well as crack jokes ...
Ep 8: Kerry - Music, Chemistry, and Some Faulty Genetics
December 20, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues, and Other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa interview a mutual friend Kerry (also sometimes known as Jenny). Join this trio to hear about Kerry’s health journey – starting when she was just a wee lad up until the current times, learn about her experiences with chronic illness, life, school, and more, and laugh along. The Co-hosts and Kerry have some serious discussions and many laughs throughout this interview. They talk abou...
Ep 8 - Kerry: Music, Chemistry, and Some Faulty Genetics
December 20, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues, and Other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Sivani Prakki and Karyssa Stonick interview a mutual friend Kerry (also sometimes known as Jenny). Join this trio to hear about Kerry’s health journey – starting when she was just a wee lad up until the current times, learn about her experiences with chronic illness, life, school, and more, and laugh along. The Co-hosts and Kerry have some serious discussions and many laughs throughout this intervi...
Ep 7: One Step at a Time
December 04, 2020 22:51 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues, and Other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Siv talk about uncertainty, lessons they have learned from it, and how it relates to topics like the pandemic, coming of age, relationships, and their personal lives. Karyssa gives the audience an insight into what life is like when every day and every plan is uncertain due to living with a chronic illness, while Siv provides insight into how those understandings apply more broadly. The...
Ep 6: Because if you Lose your Pen…
November 20, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 103 MBWelcome back to another episode of Organs, Tissues, and Other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Siv and Karyssa talk about the uncertainty related to topics like the pandemic, coming of age, relationships, their personal lives, and they even offer some solutions. Siv gives the audience an insight into what it is like to live with her anxiety and Karyssa helps to bring humor to the whole situation. The girls talk, laugh, and almost cry as they talk about how Siv believed that she would die if ...
What We Wish We Had Known” Part 2 — Mental Illnesses Edition
November 06, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWelcome back to Organs Tissues and other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Sivani will continue to discuss what they wish they had known about living with chronic illness this time they talk more about mental illnesses. They talk about what they wish they had known in respect to categories such as school/work, friends, family, and relationships, life, and appointments, so that they can share what they wish they had known so you do! If there is anything additional you wish you had ...
Ep 5: What We Wish We Had Known” Part 2 — Mental Illnesses Edition
November 06, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWelcome back to Organs Tissues and other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Sivani will continue to discuss what they wish they had known about living with chronic illness this time they talk more about mental illnesses. They talk about what they wish they had known in respect to categories such as school/work, friends, family, and relationships, life, and appointments, so that they can share what they wish they had known so you do! If there is anything additional you wish you had ...
Ep 5: “What We Wish We Had Known” Part 2 — Mental Illnesses Edition
November 06, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWelcome back to Organs Tissues and other Issues! In this episode Co-hosts Karyssa and Siv will continue to discuss what they wish they had known about living with chronic illness this time they talk more about mental illnesses. They talk about what they wish they had known in respect to categories such as school/work, friends, family, and relationships, life, and appointments, so that they can share what they wish they had known so you do! If there is anything additional you wish you had kno...
Ep 4: “What We Wish We Had Known” Part 1 — Physical Chronic Illnesses Edition
October 22, 2020 18:34 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBWelcome back! In this episode of Organs, Tissues & Other Issues co-hosts Karyssa and Siv will be discussing some things that they wish they had known about living with chronic illnesses, with a focus on physical illnesses. Karyssa and Siv will address the categories such as school/work, friends, family, and relationships, life, and appointments as they share what they wish they had known about a life with chronic illness — so that you do know. If you have anything additional you wish you had...
Ep 3: An Interview with the Brain
October 10, 2020 18:10 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBOn this episode of Organs, Tissues and Other Issues, Co-host Siv talks about the case study that she presented in episode one. Co-host Karyssa will interview Siv about the case study itself as well as diving deeper into the details. The girls make each other laugh with shared life stories, but also delve into more serious matters like depression (trigger warning from 38:30 - 52:00) and mental health. Allowing the audience into their personal lives and opinions through humor, discussions, and...
Ep 2: Medical Mystery Tour
September 26, 2020 03:05 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBWelcome back to Organs, Tissues & Other Issues for episode 2! This episode will be focused on the case study that co-host Karyssa presented during episode 1. Co-host Siv will interview Karyssa about the information that was presented in that first case study to delve into more detail — intertwined with laughter, humor, and life stories. You will learn more about the co-host’s friendship and shared experiences. The co-hosts encourage you to reach out to them with any questions, comments, or c...
Ep 1: Introduction
September 16, 2020 18:57 - 32 minutes - 59.9 MBWelcome to Organs, Tissues, and Other Issues! In this introductory episode co-hosts Karyssa and Siv introduce themselves. They introduce their friendship as well as their relationship with medicine and the medical system. They delve into two case studies. They will also talk about what they hope to do with future episodes! The best way to contact the co-hosts for questions, comments, or to reach out to them is at their email: [email protected]