A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available.
I remember my wife asking whether I still had dreams, and having no answer. Chronic illness had narrowed my attention to appointments, medications, fatigue, and getting through another day. In this episode, I reflect on living with sarcoidosis and heart failure, the caution I began confusing with wisdom, and a rainy drive to hear Olivia Newton-John after forty years of waiting. I explore the difference between respecting my limits and silencing my desires, and how music helped me recognize something I thought I’d lost: my ability to want a future.
This podcast is narrated using an AI voice. The words, reflections, and lived experience are my own.
More info about Sarcoidosis and to donate toward research: The Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research
Episode: When Chronic Illness Makes Dreams Go Quiet
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2026-10-27T14:00:00.000Z
Tate Basildon
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