In16Years

117: Disability Accommodations in the Workplace. Part 2

We continue to talk about work accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In part 2, we discuss medical documentation, examples of what are reasonable vs unreasonable accommodations, and telework. DISCLAIMER: We are not employment lawyers or disability civil rights attorneys. This is a general discussion of what we’ve been learning for our own individual…

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116: Disability Accommodations in the Workplace. Part 1

We are going to talk about work accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In part 1, we discuss what accommodations are vs accessibility in general, who qualifies for accommodations under the ADA, and some ideas on how and when to request accommodation. DISCLAIMER: We are not employment lawyers or disability civil rights attorneys. This…

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115: Surgeon Interview: Dr. David Redwine, World-Renowned Excision Surgeon. Part 3

Until his retirement in 2012, Dr. David Redwine headed the world-renowned and award-winning Oregon Institute of Endometriosis at St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon, treating thousands of people with endometriosis via excision surgery from all across the US, Canada, and beyond. His research is on the website endopaedia.info and has been vital to the endometriosis…

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114: Interview: Endo Coaches, Naturopaths, Functional Medicine, and Wellness Culture with Kate Boyce

Many people regret having spent thousands of dollars on naturopathy, coaches, and functional medicine that didn’t help them, that they could have instead spent on excision surgery, a registered dietitian, pelvic floor therapy, SIBO treatment with a gastroenterologist, or other types of doctors/treatment. Today Amy speaks with Kate Boyce (she/her) on common red flags to…

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113: Surgeon Interview: Endometriosis and Hormone Receptors with Dr. Dulemba

We interview Dr Dulemba, an excision surgeon who has been in private practice in Denton, Texas, since 1986. For the past 20 years, he’s been testing the hormone receptors of endometriosis lesions. Today we discuss his findings and thoughts on endometriosis and hormones. Dr. Dulemba also joined us in episode 106 on robotic excision surgery…

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112: Interview: Why Representation Matters within the Endo Community, with Julia Mandeville of Barbados

Today we are so excited to speak with Julia Mandeville. Julia is the co-founder of the Barbados Association of Endometriosis & P.C.O.S. She is currently a doctoral student and as part of her role as a graduate researcher, she is the project coordinator of several research studies investigating barriers to diagnosis for Black people with…

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111: The Grief of Chronic Illness

We talk about the grief that can accompany having a chronic illness. When endometriosis causes us ongoing losses in multiple aspects of our life, over and over again, it’s absolutely heartbreaking. We talk about some reasons why we might grieve due to chronic illness, what we personally grieve, and how our grief has impacted our…

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110: Interview: Endo Standard of Care with Arti Shah of Kenya

We speak with Arti Shah (she/her), a content creator and a dedicated endometriosis advocate actively engaged in the endometriosis space in Kenya and beyond. Her conviction and commitment is to positively impact the narrative of living with endometriosis through self-advocacy, play therapy and personal engagement. Arti advocates so that the next generation doesn’t have to…

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109: Surgeon Interview: Adhesions with Excision Surgeon Dr. Dulemba

We interview Dr Dulemba, an excision surgeon who has been in private practice in Denton, Texas, since 1986. He’s performed over 7300 endometriosis surgeries, so he has a lot of insight on endometriosis. Dr. Delumba offers a second look surgery for adhesions just a few days after his original excision surgery. He brings his knowledge…

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Ep108: Advocacy Mistakes We’ve Made and Tips for Endo Advocacy

We’ve had this podcast for over 4 years! Recently, I listened to our episodes 1-50 to update them where necessary, and I saw how much our advocacy has changed and how much we’ve grown over these years. Today we talk about some of our mistakes and what we wish we’d known when we began advocating….

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