iChronic update

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, Icronic friends, It's Monty. I'm flying so low dangerous
to give me soul custody of a microphone that has
a camera in front of me. So as I sit
here talking to you, I'm just looking at myself. So
watch out, kickback, get some popcorn, and relaxed. Now, I'm

(00:21):
just joking. I hope that you guys are doing well.
It almost feels silly to say that for our iconic
podcast because if you are listening, you have a chronic
illness or you love somebody who does, and it's challenging
and it's fucked a lot of the time. Normally, I
have my beautiful co host and one of my best mates,
brook Bays here with me, and we haven't been on

(00:44):
for quite a few weeks. Normally we try and do
an iconic podcast every fortnight. But Brookie has started stem
cell transplant treatment for her MS, and it was kind
of like this was in the pipeline for her and
then they're like, okay, we can start this, and she's
started and it's an extremely full on process and it

(01:07):
is something we spoke about in a previous episode. So
just scroll back through previous episodes of this show and
tel feed and you will see one explaining stem cell transplant.
That's what she's going through at the moment, and it's
full on. It was she's just started it, so started
with some chemo and we'll lose her hair, has been

(01:30):
wig shopping with friends, will be in hospital for a
month soon. It's a really full on, fucking hectic process
that she has to go that she has to go through,
And so obviously we can't commit to doing a fortnightly podcast.
We will, however, do them sporadically. There's no way we're
not doing icronic. We really want to do it still

(01:52):
and without sounding cheesy, we've formed a really beautiful community
with you guys because even though chronic illness is really
different for everyone, they're the same themes so we kind
of relate to the same things. So we will do
the odd podcast. It just won't be fortnightly. It'll just
show up in your feed whenever. It will show up

(02:12):
in your feed, a bit of a surprise, a bit
like chronic illness. You never know what twist or turn
it's going to take when something's going to show up.
And also I might do the odd interview with somebody
here and there. Also we've got one already coming up
that's getting interviewed at the moment. Brook chats to a

(02:32):
fitness and nutrition expert, somebody who's extremely passionate about women's health.
Her name's Amelia. She's also you would have seen her
on your TV and she's got her own podcast and
she chats. They chat very in depthly. That's the word
about perimenopause, because holy fucking shit, are we all going
through it? Even if you're a man listening to this,

(02:56):
no doubt you're going through perimenopause as well. But there's
really practical tips and tricks. I know, it feels like
it's everywhere at the moment, but even the names of supplements,
none of it's sponsored, but they get really specific to
be really helpful. So editing that up and that will
be the next iconic podcast that drops for you guys.
Show and Teal will keep going as usual every Tuesday

(03:17):
and Thursday with Mail and myself and we always love
to hear from you. Show and Tell Podcasts is where
you can find us on Instagram. And I think that
is about it for now, just letting you know Brook
he's doing unbelievably well. I'm in constant contact with her
and although the treatment is hectic, she has nausea and

(03:40):
is extremely exhausted, but she's blown away by how well
she is handling it, as are the doctors, so that
he's a great sign. I have no doubt it will
go up and down, but at the moment it's up,
so we'll take it anyway. Legends, thank you so much
for listening, and Icronic will be in your ears in

(04:03):
some form just whenever it is. Both now