{"id":584,"date":"2020-09-28T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myuprightlife.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2020-09-28T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T17:12:14","slug":"i-am-now-the-woman-who-never-sits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/myuprightlife.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/28\/i-am-now-the-woman-who-never-sits\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Now “The Woman Who Never Sits”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, I gave Caleb Wilemon an earful about my experiences with sciatica and sitting disabilities. He didn\u2019t seem to mind too much, though, since he hosts the ConverSapiens Podcast and the whole thing was being recorded. Our conversation was published this morning, in an episode entitled, “Krista Thom: The Woman Who Never Sits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb knows a thing or two about strange medical conditions. In a previous episode<\/a>, he spoke about his issues with minimal change disease, a kidney disorder in which his kidneys mistakenly started filtering protein out of his blood. Fortunately, minimal change disease is easily treatable with corticosteroids. Unfortunately, corticosteroids themselves can cause nasty side effects including edema and massive weight gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb experienced full-blown Cushing\u2019s Disease, which is, well, your body on steroids. Symptoms include a distinctive pattern of weight gain, purple stretch marks, easy bruising, and mood and behavioral changes. Cushing\u2019s can also cause menstrual problems in women (although this was not a concern for Caleb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of this is to say that Caleb knows what it\u2019s like to feel your body spiral out of control, and to be on the receiving end of people\u2019s judgements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since he teaches Spanish during the day, he also knows how uncomfortable it is to stand on aching feet all day. We were perfectly able to commiserate with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n