Nearly half of Australians live with a chronic illness, but many of these conditions are invisible and endured in secrecy. Triple J presenter and How to Endo author Bridget Hustwaite teams up with ABC Radio presenter and Unseen author Jacinta Parsons to speak with Jamila Rizvi about living with hidden illness. They reflect on the challenging path to diagnosis—Hustwaite with endometriosis, and Parsons with Crohn’s disease—how the medical system ignores women, and the complex dynamic between those living with illness, their bodies, and society at large.

Recorded for MWF in 2021.

Nearly half of Australians live with a chronic illness, but many of these conditions are invisible and endured in secrecy. Triple J presenter and&nbsp;How to Endo&nbsp;author&nbsp;Bridget Hustwaite&nbsp;teams up with ABC Radio presenter and&nbsp;Unseen&nbsp;author&nbsp;Jacinta Parsons&nbsp;to speak with&nbsp;Jamila Rizvi&nbsp;about living with hidden illness. They reflect on the challenging path to diagnosis&mdash;Hustwaite with endometriosis, and Parsons with Crohn&rsquo;s disease&mdash;how the medical system ignores women, and the complex dynamic between those living with illness, their bodies, and society at large. Recorded for MWF in 2021.

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