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A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast

A Body Rebels is a lived-experience podcast about sarcoidosis, heart failure, rare disease, chronic illness, and the strange daily reality of living in a body that does not always cooperate.I’m Tate — a private chef, writer, husband, pet parent, and long-term sarcoidosis survivor. This podcast is not about miracle cures, medical lectures, or pretending a positive attitude fixes everything. It is about the honest middle of chronic illness: the fatigue, fear, grief, humor, stubbornness, absurdity, and

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14:35

Will My Doctors Stop Trying If I Refuse a Lung...

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2026/10/09

I canceled my lung transplant evaluation after months of research, prayer, and conversations with my wife, but I still want active medical care. Living with sarcoidosis and heart failure has made treatment decisions deeply personal, especially when recovery would ask so much of both of us. In this episode, I share why I declined the evaluation, my fear of being misunderstood by my doctors, and the care I still want as I look toward my future. This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The ...

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16:41

Chronic Illness, Depression, and Losing Friends After...

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2026/10/06

In this episode of A Body Re-bells: A Chronic Illness Podcast, I respond to a listener living with pulmonary sarcoidosis, depression, family estrangement, and the loss of friendships after diagnosis. I talk about what friendship looks like when illness stops being temporary, why suicidal thoughts deserve immediate professional support, and what happened when one of my own friendships ended after I revealed how sick I was. I also share what twenty years with sarcoidosis taught me about accepti...

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12:24

Still Moving: Chronic Illness, Strength, and Staying...

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2026/10/02

On A Body Re-bells: A Chronic Illness Podcast, I tell the story of an injured mouse and Prince, my strong old cat who refused to look old. Prince was already in his late teens when our strange nighttime rescue unfolded. He later lived to twenty-one, staying strong through his final day. His goodbye changed how I remember the mouse and how I think about my own life. After twenty years with sarcoidosis, I find myself thinking less about looking brave and more about staying myself, remaining ind...

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13:50

When Chronic Illness Makes You Forget What You Love

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2026/09/29

I’ve spent much of my life becoming good at things, from school to culinary training to massage work, yet skill never answered a harder question for me: what do I love for myself? Chronic illness filled so much of my time with appointments, symptoms, tests, refills, and research, I lost touch with parts of myself unrelated to survival. In this episode, I look back at old interests, childhood dreams, and music, then explain why learning piano now feels less like another goal and more like find...

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18:19

I Don’t Trust Uncertainty: Chronic Illness, Control,...

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2026/09/25

In my one hundredth episode, I end up in the emergency room after seeing blood in my urine during Labor Day weekend. I walk through the way I handled the night, from researching possible causes to arriving with twenty years of medical history ready on my phone. Somewhere between the CT scan and my medication list, I recognize a familiar pattern. Chronic illness taught me to prepare, anticipate problems, and reduce uncertainty. Those habits serve me well in medicine. I’m starting to see what h...

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7:25

Taking a Chronic Illness Break | A Body Rebels: A...

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2026/09/05

My health has reached a point where pushing through no longer works. In this short episode, I explain why I’m ending Season Four early and taking the rest of September away from the podcast. I need my limited energy for treatment, appointments, symptoms, and the work of getting through each day. I also need space to experience this difficult period without turning every part of it into something productive. I’ll return at the end of September to begin Season Five with more stories from life i...

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13:34

Exercising With Chronic Illness: Heart Failure,...

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2026/09/01

In this episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast, I talk about exercise while living with heart failure, sarcoidosis, and severe fatigue after movement. A walk feels good while I’m outside, then the real cost shows up at home through heavy legs, harder breathing, a shower, and the need to lie down. I still want movement in my life. I also need enough energy for my private-chef work and the rest of my day. I’m learning to treat recovery as part of movement instead of proof I failed....

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14:20

Mourning the Person I Was: Chronic Illness and...

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2026/08/28

In this episode, I’m talking about ambiguous loss and the private grief of missing the person I was before chronic illness changed my body. An old pair of shoes, a photograph, or even a heavy kitchen tool can bring that earlier life rushing back. I explore how illness has changed my independence, work, relationships, and identity, and why accepting my current body doesn’t require me to erase who I used to be, deny what I’ve lost, or pretend I’m grateful for every change. This podcast is narra...

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16:22

What a Black Bear Taught Me About Chronic Illness

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2026/08/18

I’m sharing what happened when a limping black bear crossed the road in front of me on a quiet drive through rural Connecticut. Watching that injured animal continue into the woods brought my own experience with chronic illness into sharper focus. I’ve spent years measuring strength by what I could once do, how quickly I could move, and how well I could hide the struggle. That bear gave me another way to look at determination, physical limitations, acceptance, and the careful steps required t...

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16:16

Prednisone Withdrawal: When My Body Finally Said Enough

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2026/08/14

I missed an episode this week, and there was a very good reason. My fifth attempt to come off prednisone after twenty years hit me harder than I ever expected. With methotrexate now being used as a steroid-sparing medication, I’ve managed to reach just 2.5 milligrams of prednisone, but the pain, nausea, edema and crushing fatigue have been brutal. I’m sharing what happened when I became so exhausted at work that even standing at the stove no longer felt safe, and why I finally chose myself fi...

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14:50

The Bad Day I Fear Won’t End: Chronic Illness and an...

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2026/08/07

When a chronic illness flare sends me back to bed with oxygen, physical exhaustion can quickly become fear about my future. I start wondering whether I’ll recover or whether my independence is slipping away permanently. I used to hide those fears from my wife because I thought I was protecting her. Now I understand that honesty means trusting her and remaining honest with myself. In this episode, I confront uncertainty, physical decline, and the frightening question of whether one terrible da...

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15:21

Medical Honesty, Driving, and the Fear of Losing...

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2026/08/04

In this episode, I talk about a driver’s license renewal that turned into an unexpected panic at the DMV. One question on one form forced me to think about my AICD, heart medication, and the fear of losing the independence I count on every day. I’m looking at medical honesty, the cost of disclosure, and what happens when protecting my health suddenly feels tangled up with protecting my freedom. This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The words, reflections, and lived experience are my own...

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16:53

When Time Speeds Up With Chronic Illness And All You...

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2026/07/31

Why does time seem to move faster once chronic illness becomes part of your life? In this episode of Surviving Chronic Illness: Life In A Body That Rebels, I reflect on the strange speed of adulthood, the emotional weight of creating something personal, and why the word “peace” drew more attention than any medical term ever could. For people living with sarcoidosis, heart failure, rare disease, or any long-term condition, peace can start to feel less like a luxury and more like the thing we’r...

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15:24

Living With Chronic Illness Without Living in Fear of...

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2026/07/28

In this episode, I’m sharing what went through my mind after someone newly diagnosed with neurosarcoidosis told me that hearing my voice helped calm their fear. I’ve lived with sarcoidosis for twenty years, and during that time, my relationship with mortality has changed. I still want more life, more ordinary mornings, and more time with the people I love. But I no longer want fear of death to consume the days I’m still here to live. I’m talking about acceptance, suffering, uncertainty, and t...

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11:45

Chronic Illness and Hope: Why Positivity Isn’t...

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2026/07/24

In this episode, I talk about an email accusing me of sounding too positive to be believable. I’m looking at why hope doesn’t erase pain, why gratitude isn’t denial, and why sick people shouldn’t have to perform despair to prove they’re suffering. I share what fear, breathlessness, fatigue, medical trauma, and uncertainty actually feel like in my life, while explaining why humor and warmth are still allowed in the same room. I’m not pretending illness is easy. I’m refusing to let it speak for...

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4:39

Our New Theme Song: The Emotional Version

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2026/07/23

A Body Re-Bells has a brand-new sound! In this special episode, I reveal the emotional version of our new original theme song, featuring lyrics written by me especially for the podcast. Listen now and let me know what you think! This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The words, reflections, and lived experience are my own. Contact A Body Rebels More info about Sarcoidosis and to donate toward research: The Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research

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3:59

Our New Theme Song: The Upbeat Version

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2026/07/22

A Body Re-Bells has a brand-new sound! In this special episode, I reveal the upbeat version of our new original theme song, featuring lyrics written by me especially for the podcast. Listen now and let me know what you think! This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The words, reflections, and lived experience are my own. Contact A Body Rebels More info about Sarcoidosis and to donate toward research: The Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research

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16:55

Chronic Illness, Anger, and Finding the Right Kind of...

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2026/07/21

I’m talking about the assumptions people made about my mental health after I became seriously ill, and why sadness, grief, anger, and depression aren’t interchangeable. I share what happened when my first therapist insisted on treating a diagnosis I didn’t recognize in myself, and how Buddhist and shamanic psychotherapy later helped me examine illness, resentment, guilt, childhood wounds, and self-blame. This episode isn’t an argument against conventional therapy. It’s about finding an approa...

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16:17

Outliving a Chronic Illness Prognosis

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2026/07/17

In this episode, I talk about what it felt like to hear doctors put numbers on my future, then keep living past the dates that once scared me. I’m reflecting on stage four sarcoidosis, heart failure, scarred lungs, medical uncertainty, and the strange math of planning a life when no one can promise how much time is waiting. This isn’t a miracle story. It’s about fear, adaptation, dark humor, and the ordinary days that feel different when I wasn’t sure I’d reach them. This podcast is narrate...

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16:28

Kindness in Healthcare and Chronic Illness Care

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2026/07/14

In this episode, I’m talking about kindness in healthcare, bedside manner, chronic illness care, and why the emotional side of medical appointments can follow me long after I leave the room. Living with sarcoidosis means I’ve spent years around scans, charts, vitals, instructions, and waiting rooms, but I also remember tone, patience, eye contact, and small moments of steadiness. I’m thinking through why basic kindness is not a luxury in medical care, especially when my body is already tired ...

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