Miixed: Conversations About Chronic Illness and Relationships

In this episode of An Issue with Kodi, Kodi and her husband Kenyon discuss the complicated day-to-day dynamics of touch and intimacy, balance within their roles, and what it is to have a social life and a sick life that are included within a relationship that also deals with chronic illness. Join them as they pull back the curtain to openly express these dynamics to give relatability and lived-in experience of handling the chronic illness way of life for the past 10 years.

In this episode Kodi and Kenyon share which chronic illness survival tool they could never live without: humor. Listen in as they share inside jokes and relatable stories as to why for them, laughter has always been the best medicine.

In this episode Kodi and her husband Kenyon discuss the challenges of how chronic illness has impacted both of their careers and dreams, the pressures of being a breadwinner, the guilt of having to conserve energy to prevent flares, and how they've redefined success over the past decade.

In this episode Kenyon and Kodi dive deep into what the emotional and mental toll of living with chronic illness has done to their marriage.

*Disclaimer* The original files for this episode got erased. There were two video files and the first videos' audio was recovered, but the second was lost to existence. Most of the information is still there and worth sharing, so it was decided to keep this episode, but just know it will cut off at the end without any farewells.

In this episode, Kodi and Kenyon introduce themselves and their story of what brought them together and what has kept them together the past 10 years. They had only been dating for two months when Kodi's health took a terrible turn, and hasn't recovered since. Listen to hear more from the dual and unique perspective of the chronically ill and caretaker.