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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Produced by: Alexandra Wildeson — https://www.instagram.com/alexandrawildeson/

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