A happy ending after surgeries, stenting, & a renal auto-transplant - with Simone Erdner, PhD

About this episode

Simone Erdner shares her journey through multiple surgeries and syndromes, highlighting her recovery and the creation of her podcast.

Simone was a professor of sport psychology enjoying a trip through Mexico when symptoms became too serious to ignore. POTS was just one of many symptoms (many were gynecological) and she ultimately learned she had multiple compression syndromes including May Thurner Syndrome, for which she received a stent, and Nutrcracker Syndrome, for which she underwent a renal autotransplant surgery to move her kidney. After 7 surgeries in 2 years, Simone feels she got her life back, and has created The Nutcracker Syndrome Podcast to share her experiences, advice, lessons learned, and much more. Simone's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/doc_serdner/ and an Instagram page for her Nutcracker Syndrome podcast: https://www.instagram.com/nutcrackersyndrome.podcast/. If you liked this episode, we hope you will click subscribe so that you don't miss an episode. If you are so moved, donations are accepted to help to support our production costs https://www.standinguptopots.org/donate Tell us what you think of The POTScast or send us your idea at info@standinguptopots.org! Find out more about Standing Up to POTS! Check us out on our Website: www.standinguptopots.org Facebook…

People in this episode

Guest: Simone Erdner

Topics covered

• POTS
• health
• surgery
• psychology
• personal experience
• auto-transplant
• compression syndromes

Keywords

• POTS
• May Thurner Syndrome
• Nutcracker Syndrome
• renal auto-transplant
• sport psychology
• health recovery
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Nutcracker Syndrome Podcast, Standing Up to POTS, Inc., Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest

Places: Mexico

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