Calling In Sick Using Comedy to Cope with Chronic Illness
In this episode of Calling in Sick, I sat down with the incredibly funny and sweet Alexandra Kopko. You may know her from her TikTok @alexandrawideeyes, where she uses her incredibly relatable sense of humor to create educational and absolutely hysterical content about living and thriving with a chronic illness. We talk about navigating your way to a diagnosis in your 20s and the funny-not-funny snafus that arose along the way - like doctors that don’t believe you and grieving your precious healthy self. I hope you this Monday’s episode makes you laugh as much as I did — my face actually hurt from smiling and laughing so much.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Calling In Sick!
00:01:30 Alex’s Catch Up and Health Status
00:08:00 Alex’s Wellness Picks
00:11:45 Introducing Alexandra Kopka (@alexandrawideeyes)
00:16:30 Alex’s Diagnosis Story
00:36:30 Getting doctors to take you seriously
00:45:20 Using comedy to cope with chronic illness
00:49:30 Health anxiety
00:55:40 Chronic illness on social media
01:09:50 The “Spoon-ion”
01:13:00 Are their negative repercussions to joking about chronic illness?
01:18:30 Thank you for listening!
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