Solo: Sinus Infections, Solo Parenting, and Surgery Gone Wrong
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
EP538. In this episode, I’m showing up real and raw to talk about the not-so-glamorous side of mom life. From navigating the chaos of solo parenting while sick, to my ongoing battle with chronic sinus infections, I’m sharing it all. I also open up about those moments when your child says something that stings... only to remind myself that their little prefrontal cortex isn’t fully developed yet. And for a wild twist, I tell the story of my sinus surgery in 2015 that went horribly wrong (yes, it’s as bad as it sounds).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.8 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:49.7 | Welcome to the mom room. This is going to be a struggle. Do I sound different? Because I am still recovering from a sinus infection. |
| 0:57.8 | They last so long. But the thing is, they're really bad for a couple days. And then you just feel like garbage for like 10 days. |
| 1:08.5 | You don't feel bad enough to sit and do nothing. So you literally just struggle |
| 1:13.5 | all day to have a normal day, but you feel like garbage. I am recording this Wednesday afternoon |
| 1:19.8 | and I got my first sign of symptoms last Tuesday evening. I developed like this really weird, |
| 1:31.0 | soft little dry cough. It was really annoying. |
| 1:36.0 | And I honestly thought it was from getting my hair done. Like I thought I breathed in hair spray because they used so much product. And I was like in a tiny bathroom breathing it in. And I'm super sensitive to |
| 1:41.3 | sprays and things and fragrances. So that's what I thought it was. |
| 1:45.2 | And then once I got home, laid down in bed, could not stop coughing. |
| 1:52.0 | Wednesday morning I woke up. |
| 1:53.4 | I had no sleep at all and felt like garbage was in bed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. |
| 2:00.2 | Sunday, I felt a little bit normal. I brought Milo |
| 2:02.7 | to CrossFit. And now I'm just trying to have normal days, but I still feel like garbage. And it's |
| 2:08.9 | really frustrating. So on the mom room Instagram account on the stories, I was talking about |
| 2:14.5 | thinking about Milo's prefrontal cortex lately. And it's funny because I saw |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Renee Reina & Podcast Nation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Renee Reina & Podcast Nation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.