HS Treatment Talk: Finding Your Path & Overcoming Fear

About this episode

Hosts Brin and Cyd discuss the challenges of treatment decisions in the HS journey, sharing personal experiences and insights.

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful and deeply relatable episode of Hidradenitis Suppuradivas, hosts Brin and Cyd break down one of the most overwhelming parts of the HS journey: treatment decisions. From mistrust in the medical system to fear of needles, antibiotics, biologics, and surgery—nothing is off the table. Cyd shares her experience starting her very first treatment and the emotional weight that came with it, while Brin offers clarity, compassion, and evidence-based insight into why tr...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brin, Cyd

Topics covered

• treatment decisions
• fear of medical procedures
• personal experiences
• emotional weight
• evidence-based insight

Keywords

• Hidradenitis Suppurativa
• treatment
• fear
• medical system
• antibiotics
• biologics
• surgery

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Organizations: Hidradenitis SuppuraDIVAS

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