Honor Supporting Cast, Stars of Disabling Conditions. Part 1

Terri Tomoff wrote The Focused Fight, bringing a 2-year-old through 5 cancers over 20 years. We hear from whole family. Each star & supports. Help the Helpers. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem (Preface) 1 Introducing Family Tomoff 02:24. 1 We're different. That's normal. 06:46. 2 Spiritual, mental, physical 13:40. 4 Pillow, pills, poop, and piss 19:57. 5 Freaking out. I've had enough. 23:32. 6 A generation! The experience over time. 27:37. 7 Reflection 35:09. 9 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger Web/social media coach, Kayla Nelson Inspired by and grateful to David Bourne, Karena De Souza, Natalie M. Esparza, Curtis Cates, Geri Lynn Baumblatt, Mary Anne Sterling, Pete Wendel Sponsored by Abridge Links The Focused Fight by Terri Tomoff Leukemia Lymphoma Society The Hansel and Gretel Code, podcast from Curtis Cates Spectacle by Natalie Esparza  Tilt the Future from Karena deSouza The Difference Collaborative Related podcasts and blogs https://health-hats.com/pod114/ https://health-hats.com/help-the-helpers-care-for-healthcare-workers-now/ https://health-hats.com/difference_collaborative/ About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge. Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements. Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Proem (Preface) Health Hats: My first clinical rotation in nursing school in 1973 traumatically seeded my approach to health service. Assigned to a couple committed to natural childbirth with the father in the delivery room, unusual at that time and place, the mother had a normal pregnancy. But she delivered a squalling baby with its chord wrapped tightly around its waist, normal from waist up and withered from the waist down. Dad and green student (me) pushed to the wall in a daze with Mom and babe stars of the show, the centers of attention. Filling a vacuum,