It’s The Attitude

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If you are one of these people, you should listen to this show:

Two women dressed up in costumes dancing (Halloween photos courtesy of  Redwood Rainbow Square Dance Club)

Do you often know more than your doctor?

Do you freeze up when someone says, ”How are you?”

Have you ever done something you know will make you sick?

Two people dressed up in costumes (Halloween photos courtesy of  Redwood Rainbow Square Dance Club)


Do you believe you personally caused your own illness or other problem?

Do you believe your disability or other problems were caused by the Great Sea Monkey?

Do you have cancer or know someone with cancer?

Do you hate chess?

Have you ever had to fight with a drug or insurance company?

Do you like to laugh?Photograph of Carolyn Epple at the beach

Carolyn’s book recommendations:

Illness as a Metaphor

Susan Sontag

A Spot of Bother

Mark Hadden

Carolyn Epple, who lives with bladder cancer and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (and happens to be a cultural anthropologist) joins Shelley Berman & Adrienne Lauby, the Asthmatic Amazon, in the studio.

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