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94. Chronic illness and overcoming adversity ft. Bradley Dryburgh

The Psychology of your 20s

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Cystic Fibrosis: A Unique Journey

There are about 3,600 Australians who have cystic fibrosis and live with it every day. It's a genetic illness that is not something you can catch or develop later in life. The disease also affects the pancreas causing pancreatic insufficiency which means when I eat food with protein or fat my body doesn't produce enough digestive enzymes to absorb nutrition. At 9 he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver - what an alcoholic would get after 20 years of abusing their liver with alcohol. He now has diabetes because of his Pancreatic Insufficiency condition.

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