"I'm Usually the Zebra": Denise Zubizarreta on Getting Diagnosed With Multiple Autoimmune Diseases

Denise Zubizarreta spent over a decade being told her symptoms were anxiety, being "too active," or nothing at all — before she was eventually diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, endometriosis, and adenomyosis.

Karin talks with Denise about learning to advocate for herself in the exam room, why she stopped needing doctors to like her, the grief that comes with losing the person you used to be, and why mental health treatment ended up being the turning point in her physical health too.

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