Jennifer's Story: The Symptom That Saved Her
The Medical Detectives
Soft Skills Media
3.6 • 711 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this gripping episode of The Medical Detectives, we meet Jennifer — a working mom whose life was turned upside down by mysterious and debilitating symptoms. From a racing heartbeat to progressive numbness, poor sight, and immobility, Jennifer's journey highlights the frustrating maze of misdiagnoses she faced. With multiple doctors dismissing her concerns as stress, Jennifer was left questioning her own sanity. But thanks to her persistence, a dedicated GP, and a determined neurologist, the truth finally emerged — a rare condition tied to an unexpected diagnosis.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello, hello, we're back. |
| 0:13.1 | Hi, Anna. |
| 0:14.3 | How are you? |
| 0:15.4 | I'm good. |
| 0:16.2 | How are you doing? |
| 0:17.8 | I'm good. |
| 0:18.5 | I, you know, this past interview learned about another condition that I really |
| 0:26.7 | had never come across before, which is kind of scaring me. You know, that as a practicing physician |
| 0:34.2 | for 20 years, I am still hearing about new, new conditions. |
| 0:39.8 | Well, if anything, it just gives importance to what we're doing, right? |
| 0:45.5 | People coming on and telling their stories, patients having voices is a great way to educate |
| 0:52.1 | people in the medical community, as well as educating patients on how to |
| 0:56.5 | advocate with themselves. I really enjoyed this story because I felt like it really personified |
| 1:04.5 | that idea of like second opinions, or in this case, third opinions, and how important they are on your medical |
| 1:11.8 | journey. And again, that patient advocate. We talk about it all the time really is important. |
| 1:16.8 | Well, let's get to it. Let's jump on in. |
| 1:25.1 | Hi, Jennifer. Thank you so much for joining us. Hi, Dr. Nance. How are you? Hey, Anna. I'm so excited to talk with you today. |
| 1:34.3 | We are so excited to have you. Well, Jennifer, could you bring us back to, let's say, a week before you first started having your first symptom. What was life like for you? |
| 1:47.3 | Life was being a mom and going to work and just doing life, doing the things I do. What happened |
| 1:53.7 | that was a bomb dropped in this normal life? Well, it started, I started having some really rapid |
| 1:59.6 | heartbeat. Now, whether or not that's related to the end diagnosis, I'm not completely sure of. But I just could be sitting at my desk and all of a sudden I'm running a heartbeat of 140, 160. And I'm not an active person. So that was unusual. How did you realize you were having a heart |
| 2:20.2 | rate of 140? Well, the actual specific time I went to, it was lunch break at work. And so I've gone to |
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