Arguing With "Dr. Dickhead" At The Transplant Clinic | 8 Autoimmune Diseases
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when your own immune system decides to treat your organs like an all-you-can-eat buffet and drops eight separate medical diagnoses on your lap? This week, the brilliant and unapologetically defiant Jennifer Park joins the fellas to tier-rank her massive collection of interlocking illnesses. From competitive pro bodybuilding while navigating liver cirrhosis, to sneaking a giant wooden shower brush into high-level executive meetings just to fight off a systemic itch that literally feels like bugs under her skin, Jennifer is the ultimate biological overachiever. She gets hilariously raw about surviving a catastrophic colostomy bag explosion inside a crowded university bathroom, flying down to Texas for experimental exosome treatments, and the verbal smackdown she gave a snarky transplant surgeon who tried to flex a god complex on her.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you've been charged with a crime, and the only witness pointing the finger at you isn't even human. |
| 0:07.0 | I remember thinking, are you serious? |
| 0:10.4 | What is this thing? |
| 0:11.9 | It's something artificial, created by a mysterious Canadian. |
| 0:16.3 | And it's coming for all of us. |
| 0:18.6 | A life-defining technology. |
| 0:22.0 | Crime as we know it will never be the same. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm like, oh my God, he's lying. |
| 0:26.4 | From CBC's Uncover, The Expert Witness. |
| 0:29.4 | Available now on CBC Listen, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.2 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | Music This is a CBC podcast. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Sick Boy, and look, we've had guests on the show who are dealing with some heavy stuff. |
| 1:00.2 | We've had people with one rare disease, maybe two, if they're really lucky. |
| 1:03.5 | But today, we are sitting down with Jennifer Park. And Jennifer is a, well, she's an overachiever. |
| 1:07.8 | She's the manager of Tell Us StoryHive and the co-host of the First Frame podcast. |
| 1:15.6 | And if illnesses were kids, well, Jennifer is basically running a small daycare. She's currently |
| 1:21.3 | sitting at a roster of eight different autoimmune conditions. Everything from her liver to her thyroid to her own internal |
| 1:29.8 | plumbing is essentially in a state of just complete civil war. But here's the thing. Jennifer |
| 1:38.6 | isn't just surviving. She's out here bodybuilding, slaying her career, and somehow, through it all, maintaining a beautiful |
| 1:48.3 | sense of humor. I think you're going to love this conversation. Jennifer is peak sick boy |
| 1:54.3 | guest. This is one of my favorite episodes we've recorded in quite a while, so I think you're |
| 1:59.4 | going to like it. But look, before we dive into it, please do us a favor. |
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