Friends With Deficits

It's not easy being Spectra. Along with Hyperhidrosis (as you may recall from Part One), Spectra Stewart has to deal with being overly stimulated by taste, sound, and touch. In this episode, we'll discuss

• Sensory integration
• The pleasure of buffets
• Uncomfortable furniture
• Spanking
• Wearing socks to bed

And more!

Be sure to listen for the ever-popular Friends With Deficits After-Hours segment, and of course--fake commercials.

Spectra Stewart is a badass Texan who gives a new twist to an old saying: It's not the heat, it's the SWEAT. That is, when you're dealing with hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). She talks about the trials of slippery living, including the embarrassment, annoyance, and occasional benefit. But wait, there's more! Turns out the conversation uncovered a couple more of Spectra's interesting qualities, which we'll cover in Part Two…

For now, we discuss handshakes, doorknobs, deer feeder batteries, pole dancing, hugs, church, bowling, birth, and of course, sweat.

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John McCane is a multi-instrumentalist with a multi-faceted auto-immune disease known as Wegener's Granulomatosis, a form of vasculitis (did I lose you yet?). In this episode of Friends With Deficits, John describes the fascinating, frightening, and sometimes just gross details of his symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, along with an intriguing possible cause.

He also performs some rad, old-school beatboxing and a couple little instrumental compositions to round out the story.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. No fun. However, Diane Hardin is fun, and manages to cover the topic of her MS with humor and wisdom, without spilling her martini.

We cover a wide range of material, from the causes and symptoms of MS, to Roseanne Cash, "blood patches," and Air Force training films. In other words, we jump around Diane's brain as if it were being rewired by lesions forming on it (wait, maybe it is...)

Leila Henley is a badass vocalist, saxophonist, and flute player. She really stands out in a crowd. Leila could've been an even taller presence if she hadn't had that pesky pituitary gland tumor removed.

We chat about her bout with gigantism, and traverse some of her life story from Alabama to New Orleans, into the heart of Texas (where everything is bigger, after all).

EXTRA!--This episode has a commercial, but it's not selling anything but a pretend product Leila made up on the spot. She sings in it.

EXTRA! Put the kids to bed and enjoy Friends With Deficits: After Hours, where we explore the potentially romantic side of living with challenges, and attempt to answer the age-old question, "Is bigger better?"

Stargardt macular degeneration is a genetic eye disease that affects about 1 in 8 to 10 thousand people.

Jeff Hoskins is a sound engineer, drummer, and a decreasingly avid cyclist who has Stargardt's.

We chat about his condition; its origins, symptoms, and challenges. We also try to make a fancy cocktail called the Eye Opener from an old mixology manual that Jeff gave me. He helps me record this episode, and I help him sew. Plus--drum solo!

Welcome to Friends With Deficits - a podcast about health, humor, and the challenges of being a human.

We're all gonna die—would you like that with a twist? Join host Adam Sultan as he chats with friends old and new who have been served up rare, unusual, and sometimes just crazy predicaments.

MS, Huntington's Disease, traumatic brain injury, gigantism, excessive sweat--the list goes on, but so does life. Listen to Friends With Deficits and learn how folks are dealing with it.

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