Leeann and Andy Bongiorno
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We’ve got two great guests on the podcast in September.
For years, Leeann Bongiorno suffered from such debilitating chronic pain that she became housebound and feared she couldn’t go on living.
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On this week’s podcast
After years of debilitating chronic pain and doctor after doctor unable to fix her, Leeann Bongiorno began to question her own value. Increasingly confined to the sidelines of her own life, she started to imagine the ultimate alternative.
What brought her back from that place? A doctor who looked at her and said, "I'm going to stick with you."
Leeann and Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar of UCSF
I first met Leeann last year when I wrote a story about chronic pain for UCSF Magazine. Read the story here: Can We Train Our Brain to Unlearn Chronic Pain?
Get caught up on previous episodes…
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She Checked His Location…and Her Whole Life Changed
Zero Experience, Huge Deals: How Miguel Olave Just Went For It
Cory Young
What Would You Do If a Stranger Tried to Set You on Fire?
Abigail Washington
How Can You Think Outside the Box When You’re in the Box?
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