Tracy's Story: The Blistering Truth

The Medical Detectives

Soft Skills Media

Society & Culture, True Crime

3.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week Anna and Erin welcome Tracy, whose years long struggle with bone-deep exhaustion, persistent sore throats and sudden blood blisters led her on a winding odyssey from GPs to specialists, with inconclusive tests and tough treatments at every turn. In our “Diseases That Need a Rebrand” series, we’re asking you to help us rename this mysterious, tongue-twisting condition—email your rebrand ideas (and your own medical mysteries) to [email protected], and drop us a rating and review, and share the episode with someone who needs to hear it.

***The information provided on the medical detectives is for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. While we may feature licensed medical professionals, including doctors, we are not your personal doctors and no doctor patient relationship is established by listening to this podcast or interacting with our content.

All discussions are general in nature and may not apply to your specific health situation. Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare professional before making any medical decisions or taking any action based on the content of this podcast. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking treatment because of something you have heard on this show

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0:00.0	This week's episode, I should stop being surprised of all the things I learn.
0:13.9	Because I never think, oh, there can't be something totally on left field.
0:17.0	I've never heard again.
0:18.8	Guess what?
0:19.9	It was.
0:20.5	Well, you know, we were having a laugh
0:22.6	because this is part of our series of diseases that need a rebrand. Oh, yeah. And if the doctors
0:31.2	can't say it or remember it, we should probably call it something else. But that's something
0:36.8	that we are asking your help with.
0:38.9	At the end of the episodes, we have a very special ask for our listeners.
0:43.0	And also an ask, again, this is another one of our listeners who emailed us and shared the story with us.
0:49.2	So please, if you have your story that you want to share, email it to Stories at the Medical Detectivespodcast.com.
0:58.3	And if you have problems, remembering what that email addresses, it is in the notes at the, or the, what is it called?
1:07.4	The show notes.
1:08.7	Yeah, the show notes.
1:09.8	The show notes.
1:10.4	On Spotify and, yeah, and Apple.
1:12.4	The place of which text lives below the episode.
1:15.9	I would also say, too, a lot of people are hesitant.
1:18.5	Like, is my story interesting enough?
1:20.4	And I think every person who's questioned that that's been on the show, I've been like,
1:24.9	how could you ever think it wasn't?
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