I Was the Doctor… Then I Became the Patient | Ep.122

She spent years treating rheumatoid arthritis. Then she became the patient. What happens when the person who’s supposed to have the answers suddenly doesn’t?In this episode of Take a Pain Check, Natasha sits down with Dr. Saimun Singla who is a triple board-certified pediatric rheumatologist whose life changed after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis after becoming an attending physician.  Dr. Singla opens up about what it’s really like to navigate the healthcare system from both sides and how her diagnosis forced her to rethink everything she believed about medicine, patient care, and healing.

We get into:- What doctors don’t fully understand until they become patients- The gaps in care that patients feel every day- Integrative vs functional medicine- How gut health, hormones, and environment may be impacting autoimmune disease- Physician burnout and what it actually looks like- What the future of medicine needs to becomeThis isn’t just a conversation about rheumatoid arthritis. It is about what happens when medicine becomes personal and why the system needs to change.Dr. Singla's Socials:https://www.instagram.com/rheum.to.grow.tx/Our socials:https://www.takeapaincheck.com/https://www.instagram.com/takeapaincheck_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@takeapaincheckhttps://ca.linkedin.com/company/take-a-pain-checkhttps://www.youtube.com/@takeapaincheckhttps://www.facebook.com/TakeaPainCheckhttps://www.x.com/takeapaincheckDonate to Take a Pain Check Today: ⁠https://www.gofundme.com/f/takeapaincheck