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After listening to an episode of
Itchy and Bitchy, a woman pushed for further testing and caught grade 1A ovarian cancer early—requiring only surgery. Karen revisits why self-advocacy saves lives, translating expert definitions into everyday guidance and offering practical steps: build a true partnership with your provider, keep detailed symptom and medication notes, ask clear questions about tests, risks, and costs, use reliable resources (not “Dr. Google”), consult your pharmacist, and keep your advance care planning up to date.
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Itchy & Bitchy: Have you felt
dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system.
From
gut health, hormones, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, holistic health, and alternative medicine ...
medical gaslighting, patient advocacy , or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too. For
chronic illness warriors, self-advocacy seekers:
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