Katie Pantea has multi-organ involvement of sarcoidosis.  But when it struck her nervous system, doctors struggled to diagnose her as she began to lose her memory of daily events.  In this episode of the FSR Sarc Fighter Podcast, Katie talks about how she's been able to fight back and piece together events that initially she could not recall.  It also helped that she is a nurse who lives near a sarcoidosis center that could give her the treatment she needed.

Show Notes

Sign up for the FSR Annual Summit on June 28, 29 https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/sarcoidosis-summit/

Scholarship for the FSR Annual Summit:  https://apply.stopsarcoidosis.org/submit/c4b02fbd-d5e6-4013-9b11-d3a5957c2c89/2025-global-virtual-sarcoidosis-summit-scholarship-request-interest-form

FSR brings the N95 Mask Game to people fighting the California wildfires: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/02/3054169/0/en/Foundation-for-Sarcoidosis-Research-Joins-with-Walgreens-Cedars-Sinai-to-Provide-Foothill-Unity-with-Free-N95-Masks-to-Protect-Residence-Cleaning-Up-from-the-Recent-Los-Angeles-Wil.html

The study reported in Sarcoidosis News:  https://sarcoidosisnews.com/news/28-gene-mutations-associated-sarcoidosis-risk-identified-study/

MORE FROM JOHN:

Cycling with Sarcoidosis http://carlinthecyclist.com/category/cycling-with-sarcoidosis/

Do you like the official song for the Sarc Fighter podcast?  It's also an FSR fundraiser! If you would like to donate in honor of Mark Steier and the song, Zombie, Here is a link to his KISS account.  (Kick In to Stop Sarcoidosis)  100-percent of the money goes to the Foundation.  https://stopsarcoidosis.rallybound.org/MarkSteier

The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/

Donate to my KISS (Kick In to Stop Sarcoidosis) fund for FSR  https://stopsarcoidosis.rallybound.org/JohnCarlinVsSarcoidosis?fbclid=IwAR1g2ap1i1NCp6bQOYEFwOELdNEeclFmmLLcQQOQX_Awub1oe9bcEjK9P1E

My story on Television https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/news-anchor-sarcoidosis/

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