Katy's live presentation - Turning around lifelong JIA
The Rheumatoid Solutions Podcast
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Show Notes
- Jackie organized an event on the Isle of Man to raise awareness about autoimmune diseases
- She invited Katy as a speaker and she told her story to the audience
- Before her first birthday, Katy was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- She grew up having to learn to live with chronic pain and a sense of hopelessness
- In 2000 she switched from methotrexate to Enbrel, which helped a lot, but the pain never went away
- In 2010 Katy started a job as a dietary aide, but she needed pain killers to get by
- She entered a spiral of depression until she found a video of Clint
- She binge watched all his podcast episodes and the next day was her day 1 on the Program
- After a year and a half she feels more energized than ever and getting stronger every day