32: Life Interrupted: When Illness Strikes in Your 20's and 30's

Increasingly, diseases we commonly associate with people in their 60s and 70s are hitting generations decades earlier. We're hearing about more people in their 20's and 30's with life altering, debilitating diseases and disorders. Early detection and lifestyle factors are part of the reason. However, sometimes it's merely about the hand you're dealt in the genetic poker game of life. Tia M. Ivy knows first hand what this experience is like. She joins Skooled to talk about being diagnosed with a rare disease in her early 30's and realizes she has a lot in common with Skooled host, Nia Hamm, who also suffers from a rare disorder.