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Calling In Sick

Welcome to the Calling in Sick, hosted by Alex Wildeson and produced by Just Media. On this podcast, Alex shares her unfiltered personal journey battling several autoimmune and chronic conditions including Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) Vasculitis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) / Lupus, Endometriosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She also provides practical “how-to” guides, explores hot topics, and welcomes other warriors, medical professionals, advocates and creators on the show

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32:40

Are you a non-compliant patient?! Medical Language...

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2026/03/04

In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, Dr. Preston Roche is BACK!!! This time, we’re decoding the language patients and providers use that leave us scratching our heads, or feeling misunderstood. We cover things like: 🩺 What doctors really mean when they say a patient is “non-compliant” 📋 Why leaving the hospital “AMA” (against medical advice) isn’t always what it sounds like 🧠 The complicated moment when symptoms get labeled “just anxiety” 🔎 The tension around “I Googled it…” in medical

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61:34

What Happens If Your Doctor Makes a Mistake?

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2026/03/02

By popular demand, Dr. Preston Roche is Calling in Sick again. Last time we unpacked the psychiatry of pain… but this time, we went somewhere even more uncomfortable: What really happens when healthcare gets it wrong.We talk openly about medical mistakes, disclosure, ego in medicine, and the quiet tension between patients and providers when something feels “off.” In this episode, we dive into: 🫣 What doctors are actually trained to do when they make a mistake 🧀 The “Swiss cheese model” and

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16:56

Trying to Have a Baby with Chronic Illness: Ask Alex Q&A

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2026/02/25

In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, Coop and I are answering your real-life questions about navigating starting a family, while managing my chronic illnesses.We cover: 💸 How we are paying for IVF while managing chronic illness medical bills 💊 The reality of tapering off medications safely before pregnancy 🧬 Navigating TTC with autoimmune disease ❤️‍🩹 What it actually feels like emotionally to try for a baby with a complex health history If you’re navigating IVF, TTC, pregnancy planning,

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66:19

Trying to Have a Baby with Chronic Illness

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2026/02/23

This week on Calling in Sick, Coop and I are sitting down for one of the most vulnerable conversations we’ve had yet. We’re talking about the reality of trying to have a baby while living with chronic illness: the planning, the fear, the logistics, the IVF part, and the emotional nuance that doesn’t always make it to Instagram.In this episode, we dive into: • Why we chose IVF instead of trying to conceive naturally • How we are processing this chapter differently (while not being mad at each

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18:51

Ask Alex: Traveling With Chronic Illness (Food,...

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2026/02/18

In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, I’m answering your real-life questions about navigating international travel with chronic illness… after just getting back from a very impromptu trip to London myself!We cover: ✈️ The best food I had while abroad 🥜 How to travel safely with food allergies (grocery store hacks, translation cards, and what I always pack) 🧦 If I think compression stockings actually worth it? 🛫 How often I walk on long-haul flights + what I wear when I know I won’t So if

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34:22

How to Travel with a Chronic Illness During a...

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2026/02/16

This week on Calling in Sick, we’re debriefing my very impromptu trip to London… which happened one week after I was hospitalized. Yes. That hospitalization. The one with the worst IVIG hangover I’ve had in a long time. And somehow… we still made it to London. So in this episode, I’m sharing exactly how we made that possible, and what I learned along the way. In this week’s episode, you’ll hear all about: ✈️ Why I said yes to international travel during a flare (how it connects to my “year of yes”

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30:42

Ask Alex #1: Navigating Dating, Work & Duvet Days...

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2026/02/11

It’s finally happening... Calling in Sick is officially launching a SECOND episode every week!!!!!!Y’all’s response to the first Ask Alex episode was so overwhelmingly positive that we had to open it up to everyone. We listened, and we’re officially launching a weekly Q&A episode 🥹 And if you want even more (because who doesn’t?) head over to our Substack, where subscribers get access to additional, exclusive Q&A answers and behind-the-scenes footage you won’t find anywhere else. If you want to

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84:28

Allergic to Everything: Navigating life with MCAS...

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2026/02/09

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m joined by Caroline Cray, a content creator and healthcare recruiter living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), dysautonomia, and multiple severe allergies, to talk about what life looks like when food isn’t safe. In this episode, we cover: What MCAS is (in plain English) and how it affects daily life Nutrition with MCAS, bioindividuality, and why “one-size-fits-all” diets can be dangerous How nervous system regulation can support chronic

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44:29

Navigating My 30s with a Chronic Illness: Botox, IVF...

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2026/02/02

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m sharing a very real life update. I talk through my chronic illness thoughts on:getting Botox (including my TMJ) with a chronic illness starting to prep for IVF and embryo implantation: emotionally, logistically, and medically IVIG insurance nonsense, navigating hospitalizations, and why advocating for yourself matters (even when you’re exhausted) traveling internationally while not in remission, and how I’m planning differently I also answer your Ask

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97:31

How Stress, Trauma, and the Lack of Safety Shape...

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2026/01/26

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m joined by Dr. Sula Windgassen, a health psychologist, researcher, author of It’s All in Your Body, and fellow chronic illness patient.Dr. Windgassen brings a rare and deeply validating perspective to chronic illness care, one that explains why symptoms often worsen when we feel dismissed, blamed, or unsafe, and how psychology can biologically influence pain and illness without implying that it’s “all in your head.” Together, we explore: What actually happens

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78:27

Lessons on Healing From a Doctor Living With Chronic...

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2026/01/19

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m joined by Dr. Tracy Shevell — a physician, high-risk OBGYN, women’s health advocate, and chronic illness patient. Dr. Shevell brings a rare dual perspective: what it’s like to move through the medical system as both the provider and the patient. In this episode, we explore:✨ How to navigate Western medicine with a chronic illness and why becoming your own “health quarterback” matters ✨How to explore non-Western healing modalities without losing your money, your

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70:16

How Chronic Illness Redefines What Actually Matters,...

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2026/01/12

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m joined by actor, content creator, and disability rights advocate Tara Rule for an honest, existential conversation about what happens when you come face-to-face with your own mortality… and decide to stop waiting for permission to live. Tara and I talk about how chronic illness forces so many of us to grow up early, reckon with uncertainty, and hit emotional rock bottom. And that from those experiences and downward spirals, you can come to realize that we have

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40:18

Ask Alex: The Chronic Illness Questions Everyone is...

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2026/01/05

Happy New Year my lovies!!!In honor of the new year, I’m officially launching a new podcast segment… Ask Alex! Every week (yes, even during guest episodes!), we’ll post the upcoming podcast topic (and guest) to our Substack and ask our subscribers to submit questions. I’ll answer a handful of these on the podcast each week, and the rest of the Q&A will live exclusively on Substack. For this first Ask Alex episode, I’m tackling some of most requested questions… like what are my actual routines

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64:06

Making Invisible Illness Visible: Sara Levitt Walks...

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2025/12/29

This week on Calling in Sick, we’re talking about the terrifying and liberating shift from hiding your illness to letting the world see it.I’m joined by the incredible Sara Levitt, a Crohn’s warrior, Ostomy advocate, model, and creator who lived privately with her Ostomy for 15 years… before deciding that invisibility wasn’t serving her anymore. Today, she takes up space… in fashion shows, brand campaigns, magazines, and online, challenging stigma by simply existing visibly, confidently, and

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81:16

Chronic Pain Isn’t a Moral Failure: Samantha Duran on...

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2025/12/22

This week on Calling in Sick, I’m joined by @Samantha Duran, a chronic illness and pain advocate, accessible fashion designer and content creator who is radically honest about life with chronic illness.We talk about the parts of chronic pain that rarely make it into doctor’s offices or public conversations: the shame around needing relief, the reality of public judgment, and the exhausting internal battle of deciding how much pain is “enough” pain to deserve care. Together, we unpack the

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59:38

A Look Into Two Months of Medical Testing

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2025/12/15

This week on Calling in Sick I’m pulling back the curtain on the last two months of medical testing — why I said yes to a clinical study, what the actual tests were like, and how I’m handling the weird emotional whiplash of “we did all that… and we still don’t have a perfect answer.”I’m tired, I’m flaring, I had my first day of IVIG… and somehow we’re still laughing (because if we don’t laugh, we scream in a medical trailer getting injected with nuclear medicine 🙃). We’re diving into: ✨ Why

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35:40

How to Work Smarter (Not Harder) With Chronic Illness

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2025/12/08

This week on Calling in Sick we’re talking about one of the most controversial skills you’ll ever learn with chronic illness… working smarter instead of harder.After 25+ years being the patient, I’ve learned something I WISH someone told me as a kid… healthy-person rules were never designed for us. So I’m walking you through the “rules” I break on purpose, why my body finally didn’t crash after a holiday (knocking on wood), and the smarter systems I’ve built that protect my energy, time, and

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38:16

The Chronic Illness Problem No One Warned Us About:...

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2025/12/01

This week on Calling in Sick, we’re getting into one of the most universal chronic illness experiences that NOBODY warns you about. What happens when you internalize the words “I don’t believe you,” and how that becomes the voice in your head. After 25+ years of being the patient, I’m unpacking how dismissal, doubt, and “are you sure?” became my default setting and how trauma therapy (for something else entirely) made me realize how DEEP this runs. We’re diving into: ⭐ The childhood moments that

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70:21

Your Hormones Could Be the Missing Link in Your...

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2025/11/24

This week on Calling in Sick, we’re diving into one of the most begged-for topics in women’s health… hormones. We talk about what they actually do, how they impact chronic illness, and why SO many of us are misdiagnosed or dismissed for years.I’m joined by Dr. Shawn Tassone, America’s Holistic Gynecologist, a double board-certified OB/GYN + Integrative Medicine MD with a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine. He’s known for blending science and spirituality, calling out misinformation online, and giving women

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40:08

I Tested My Own Chronic Illness Rules… Here’s What...

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2025/11/17

This month nearly took me out — it literally felt like a physical and mental rollercoaster. I was up…and then down (like almost in the hospital down)…and then up…and then decided it was also a good time to test some boundaries, which brought only more ups and downs. With my monthlong whiplash coming to an end, I wanted to do some reflection to figure out what worked, what didn’t, and what I need to prioritize moving forward. So, this week's episode of Calling in Sick, is that reflection. Please

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