Lipodystrophy: It's Not a Fad Diet

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ever heard of Lipodystrophy? If the answer is no, we aren't surprised. It is a VERY rare disorder. Lipodystrophy refers to a medical problem where there is an abnormal distribution of fat in the body. Doesn't sound like a huge deal, but trust, it's no walk in the park. As our guest this week, Sonia, puts it ""You're about to open pandora's box"". We learn how this bizarre disorder comes with a ton of comorbidities - liver failure, heart failure and beyond. A disorder so intense that it took both Sonia's mother and sister's life. Sonia is still kicking though and killing it!

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0:58.9	Sonia.
1:04.0	Thank you.
1:05.0	Thank you.
1:05.8	I just want to say right off the bat, this is something that we usually come around to at the end of the episode.
1:10.6	But as we've been doing this run of live shows, I'm want to say right off the bat, this is something that we usually come around to at the end of the episode. But as we've been doing this run of live shows, it becomes more and more apparent to me of how incredibly, I think maybe the word brave is overused, but I'm going to use it anyway, very brave for someone to come in and share their story to be in front of a crowd, to totally be cool, calm, and collected like you seem to be right now. I don't know what's happening inside. You have no idea. But thank you for being here and for being so open. Thank you. Thank you for giving me a voice.
1:45.4	Yeah, well, we appreciate it. I think this is going to be a really important voice because we're going to dive into something
1:48.8	that I would wager or guess.
1:51.9	How many physicians or like medical professionals, round of applause are here in the audience
1:55.6	tonight?
1:57.2	Oh, a few.
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