White Coat Warriors

Acclaimed author and advocate Kimberly Seals Allers joins us to talk about the disparity of care when it comes to maternal healthcare for Black bodies.

Today’s guest Nada Basir shares her work about advocating for patients at work – especially those with invisible illnesses.

The answer may not be as straightforward as it seems. Guest Kathrin Folkendt shares their personal journey with a “bittersweet” diagnoses of PCOS and what that’s meant for life.

Today’s guest Eve McDavid explains the answer to this question is emphatically, yes.

Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that affects women at any age. So why aren’t we talking more about it?

Rachel and Maya discuss the reasons why women are often dismissed or ignored by their doctors more often than men.

Rachel and guest Tash Crosby discuss the shame associated with the “teal cancers” and what it means to continually deal with the physical and mental health recovery after cancer.

After getting an endometriosis and PCOS diagnosis, Taylor Devalk did what many of us do after getting a medical diagnosis: she took the internet. In the final installment of the podcast, we hear from White Coat Warrior Taylor about how much misinformation exists when it comes to endometriosis and PCOS, how they are connected, and why it’s so important for patients to look beyond single sources for medical advice.

Lucas Moffitt has been a lifelong White Coat Warrior. From a young age, he got used to explaining his condition to doctors who just weren’t equipped with the right information to treat him. In this episode we hear how Lucas made himself an expert on his condition and made it his life’s vocation – and becoming a doctor who treats Tourette's himself.

After waking up to blood on her nightgown, Debbie Kerr knew something was wrong. But she would have never guessed it would take 5 months and an aggressive letter writing campaign to get her eventual breast cancer diagnosis. In this episode, White Coat Warrior Debbie shares her experiences of what it’s like to not feel like you’re being treated like a human being by the healthcare system, and the importance for patients to document their care and symptoms.