by Theresa Larson | May 15, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Marty Reiswig owns Good Fit Homes, a real estate company which focuses on helping individuals on navigating the real estate business which is based in his hometown of Denver Colorado. spent some time in Indiana where she met her wife.
Marty, on the other hand, inherited a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease that affects almost all in his father’s family. They are part of the DIAN study or the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network that is focused on monitoring changes in individuals who has this specific genetic mutation.
Marty talked about the nightmares of this disease that he had seen with his family members, how his father kept a positive outlook and his part on the study of the disease. We also talked about the following topics:
- Reading Gary Reiswig’s book (his father’s cousin)
- Meeting his ex-girlfriend and now his wife, on choosing him despite the disease
- The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network
- Marty’s fitness and diet regimen
- Marty’s advise to people when his Alzheimer’s gets full blown
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by Theresa Larson | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Lindsay Hood is an Assignment Editor at NBC 7 / Telemundo 20 where she handles guests on her TV show. Lindsay was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome that resulted in losing her fingers and a leg when she’s still inside the womb. She experienced bullying as a kid because of her condition that made her childhood a little bit tougher. Despite her condition, she played volleyball and she has thrived as an adaptive athlete playing Women’s Football for 7 years.
Lindsay has a degree in American Studies from the San Diego State University, an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interaction.
We talked about some of these topics:
- Experiences she went through as a child with her condition
- Working on a morning show and taking naps
- Lindsay’s love for animals
- What is Amniotic Band Syndrome and how rare is it
- Sports that she played as an adaptive athlete
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by Theresa Larson | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Scott McGee is a police officer and the man behind The Sisu Way podcast. We talked about one of the most important people in our lives, our fathers. Scott’s father lost the battle against cancer and he dedicates everything for him as well as his goal of becoming a great father for his own children.
You can view his bio here.
On this episode, we talked about some of these topics:
- Fondest memories of Scott McGee with his father
- Why Dr. T’s father stuck with a flip phone until the end
- How is being a police officer both a blessing and a curse
- Why do we all have a terminal illness from the day we’re born
- Scott’s journey of being a father
Check out Dr. T’s episode on The Sisu Way.
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by Theresa Larson | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Sarah Rudder is a marine corps veteran who has an unquestionable dedication and heart for service. During the 9/11 terror attacks, while nursing an injury she got from 3 days ago, she was on a ceremony to get her promoted to lance corporal when a plane hits the Pentagon. Still hurt, Sarah took off her sling and rushed to the site and literally became the first responder. While serving her wounded fellow soldiers, she broke her foot.
Prior to the incident, Sarah is already getting treatment for a chronic pain that she got after an injury during boot camp when she was going into the marine corps. The injury from 9/11 did not help with the treatment as she suffered from pain. Ultimately, Sarah decided to get an amputation as the treatments are giving her more harm than good.
On this episode, Sarah Rudders tells us the story of why she chose this path and these topics:
- The moments before and after the Pentagon attack
- Traumatic brain injury and PTSD
- How she got the pain she suffered from
- What prompted her to get her left foot amputated
- How pain medications brought more surgery and pain
- What’s it like to suffer no pain
Contact
To connect with Sarah Rudder, you can visit her on Twitter at @sarahjrudder
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by Theresa Larson | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Geoff Ledford was a college student when he first found out of his condition as his friends noticed that his left leg is not properly working. Geoff had a couple of specialists diagnose his condition and they did not deliver. Finally, when he encountered Kaiser, the company put all effort and resources just to determine what was happening to him and found out that he is suffering from some kind of muscular dystrophy or muscle degeneration.
Geoff is currently working with Kaiser for an experimental treatment for his condition.
On this episode, Geoff talks about some of these episodes:
- Finding out that his left leg is weak and not properly functioning
- How the medical industry won’t help if you are not familiar with your condition
- Importance of being a “master” of your condition
- What helped Geoff to face the slow process of healing head on
- The moment he found out that the experimental treatment actually works
Contact
To contact Geoff Ledford, you can email him at geoffledford@gmail.com
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