I Was Labeled a Difficult Patient. Then I Built EASE OS™. | Dr. Connie Cheung

About this episode

Dr. Connie Cheung shares her personal journey through acute kidney failure and the creation of EASE OS™ after facing numerous health challenges.

Four years ago, Dr. Connie Cheung was running a thriving hot yoga and functional wellness business. Then, acute kidney failure from lupus nephritis changed everything. Recorded 16 days after her second kidney transplant, Dr. Connie shares the full story for the first time — in sequence, without the polished version. In this episode, you'll hear: → How lupus nephritis and acute kidney failure pulled her out of her hot yoga business and into a dialysis clinic — almost overnight → What it was like to undergo chemotherapy to save her kidneys — and have it fail → Three years of home hemodialysis as a single mother — the schedule, the fear, the scary moments alone with the machine at midnight → Her twin sister who tried to donate a kidney, and why blood type O made matching nearly impossible → A yoga student who stepped forward to donate her kidney — and what that kind of generosity does to a nervous system that has been in survival mode for years → A kidney transplant that was severely rejected within weeks — and a medical team that dropped her, labeled her difficult, and walked away → Three more years on the transplant waitlist with a high PRA (panel reactive antibody) — two calls…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Connie Cheung

Topics covered

• health challenges
• kidney transplant
• lupus nephritis
• personal journey
• resilience
• EASE OS™

Keywords

• kidney failure
• lupus nephritis
• transplant
• hemodialysis
• personal story
• health
• wellness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EASE OS™

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