Life's a Polyp
Jenny is a Rare Disease Advocate for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) and uses her platform of Life's a Polyp (blog, vlog, and shop) focused on raising awareness about FAP, SBS, and patient empowerment. She started the NORD FAP Research Fund in 2015 and donates profits from Life's a Polyp Shop and her FAP Children's Book - Life's a Polyp with Zeke and Katie. Her FAP related surgeries (8 total) started at age 9. She's experienced life-threatening complications resulting in medical PTSD and lived with an ileostomy for 6 years before having it reversed. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/support
Episodes
Jenny shares about her experience developing and living with Post Concussion Syndrome
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportJenny shares an in-depth view of how we can use our hardships to build our resiliency from our own inner strength.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportJenny shares her sponsored review and her family's reviews of the Comyftemp Weighted Heated Vest.
Disclaimer: I have been given Comfytemp Heating Pad for Neck and Shoulder Pain Relief as part of a product review. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportJenny shares 3 self-care habits that one can start today to for beginning a self-care routine for the betterment of physical and mental well-being.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportJenny discusses ways of changing perspective for well-being betterment.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportLa Mémoire Noire or The Dark Memory is a letter series written to Jenny's first surgeon. The man who caused everything ultimately in my life to reach this point today. I was to have 2 surgeries beginning at the age of 9 and his surgical errors altered the course of my life. Ultimately, I instead would require 7 surgeries and experience repeated life-threatening complications resulting in medical PTSD, suicidal and homicidal ide...
Jenny shares in her latest blog post what the last two years have been like for her and through it all, why she says she’s living her best life
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportJenny shares how unexplained vomiting for 10 months has left her eager to undergo medical testing, in spite of medical PTSD
Jenny shares her struggle to balance life, how it affects her physical and mental health and how she's finding balance now
How physical therapy has become an integral part of my chronic pain management.
Written format available on Life's a Polyp Blog
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifesapolyp/supportA brief overview of the rare disease, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, and Life's a Polyp.
This Episode was originally published to Life's a Polyp's Youtube in 2017.
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