Pelvic Compression Syndrome - A Patients Journey of Misdiagnosis, Pain, Fear and Success with Kathryn Garrity - Part 1

FFRct The Game Changer in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease with Tom Murphy

.In this episode of the Hey Mufreir! Podcast we are excited to have Tom Murphy, District Sales Manager for AI-Based Structural Heart Sales for HeartFlow FFRct! Tom advocates for HeartFlow after sharing his personal journey of tests and labs that were not able to accurately point to the arterial narrowing he was having, which led him to have two stents placed. He explains how HeartFlow uses AI deep learning as well as human analysts to have a high accuracy noninvasive CT scan test for the detection of coronary artery diseases. Brian talks about his interest in the matter and shares the reasons behind why he desires to have an FFRct done with Tom. They compare the study to other standard coronary diagnostic procedures and discuss the benefits, availability,  and costs of having it done. Technology has come a long way and is now able to detect more accurately coronary artery diseases and the severity of them, but Tom and Brian talk about how habits in healthcare take a long time to change and how there’s still an information gap in regards to new technology. Tune in for a special episode that might save someone’s life!

Labor of Love, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, and Hope with Taylor Teske

In this episode of the Hey Mufreir! Podcast we are excited to have Taylor Teske! At 19 years old, Taylor Teske got pregnant for the first time, only to have her first of many miscarriages even though everything in her appeared to be healthy and normal. Taylor underwent a journey, going from doctor to doctor and taking many different tests, to discover she was being affected by several different clotting disorders and untreated issues that were preventing her from having healthy pregnancies like Hereditary Angioedema, Factor V Leiden, MTHFR, amongst others. After having a successful pregnancy, resulting in her now two-year-old daughter, Taylor has kept on trying to have a child with different doctors and approaches. Only now, in her 10th pregnancy, has she been successful in lasting over ten weeks in what seems to be another healthy and successful pregnancy. Taylor advocates for women who have and are going through similar experiences, and helps and supports them by sharing her journey and interacting with them through her growing TikTok account. We are thrilled to share Taylor Teske’s story, which is worth listening to; please tune in!

The Art of Arterial Duplex - PAT (Pedal Acceleration Time) for CLI with Jill Sommerset

In this episode of the Hey Mufreir! Podcast we are thrilled to have our dear friend Jill Sommerset! Jill is an RVT that has a lot of experience with research. After she saw a procedure, she started scanning a quite forgotten part of the human body: the foot. This sparked an interest in Jill and she started scanning her patient’s feet when they were together. She is also an advocate to decrease amputation, so she has focused her work on preserving limbs, something that reunites several fields of medicine. This has taken her work to the limitations of the system. She also reflects on the state of the field today and how many practitioners are denying to upgrade or update their techniques. We are thrilled to have had this insightful conversation with such a friend like Jill; please tune in!

Pelvic Compression Syndrome - A Patients Journey of Misdiagnosis, Pain, Fear and Success with Kathryn Garrity - Part 2

Hey Mufreir! Welcome back to Part 2 with our incredible guest Kathryn Garrity! In this episode, Kathryn shares more about her diagnosis and treatment. She goes thoroughly on how she went back and forth between physicians until she finally got surgery that fixed all of her conditions. She also shares a near-death experience and, finally, the cherry on top: a surprise pregnancy that resulted in her healthy baby boy. Kathryn has gone through hell and high water, and her experience in healthcare has taken her down a route of involvement in patient and rare disease advocacy. Kathryn’s story is a beautiful resolution to a hellish inconvenience. Make sure to listen to the two episodes with Kathryn; they are full of insights from someone that had quite an adventure discovering her diagnosis!

Pelvic Compression Syndrome - A Patients Journey of Misdiagnosis, Pain, Fear and Success with Kathryn Garrity - Part 1

Hey Mufreir! Welcome back! In this episode, Kathryn Garrity, an emergency medical technician, advocates for rare cardiovascular diseases. She went through a complicated and exhaustive journey with pelvic compression syndrome. She shares her story, where a visit to sports medicine after performing an explosive volleyball movement in college began a series of visits to Stanford Medical Center, doctor’s appointments, and more. She reflects on therapies, scans, evaluations, misdiagnoses, and vascular procedures before landing on Nutcracker Syndrome and May-Thurner Syndrome. Listen to Kathryn Garrity share the first part of her pelvic compression syndrome journey! Make sure to tune in to part two!