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What happens when a psychologist who has spent decades helping people with chronic illness suddenly becomes chronically ill himself?
In this powerful episode of Wheel With It, Jeffrey Bone shares his deeply personal journey through chronic illness, chronic pain, grief, identity loss, mold exposure, immune deficiency, and rebuilding his life from the ground up.
Jeffrey opens up about:
- Living with chronic inflammatory response syndrome
- Being diagnosed with common variable immune deficiency
- How chronic illness changes your identity
- The emotional reality of long-term illness
- Why poetry became his outlet for pain and healing
- The importance of online disability & chronic illness communities
- Finding meaning after life falls apart
This is an honest conversation about resilience, mental health, disability, and the emotional side of being chronically ill that most people never see.
🎙️ Guest: Jeffrey Bone
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction & Jeffrey Bone’s powerful opening quote
01:00 Meet Jeffrey Bone
02:00 Developing a chronic illness after helping others for decades
03:00 Devon shares his experience with vertigo
04:30 The fear and uncertainty of sudden illness
06:00 Losing your old identity after chronic illness
08:00 Grieving the healthy version of yourself
10:00 How illness changes relationships and daily life
12:00 Doctors dismissing symptoms as psychological
14:00 Discovering toxic mold exposure
16:00 Searching for answers & finally getting diagnosed
20:00 Living with immune deficiency & weekly infusions
22:00 Finding creativity and meaning through illness
23:00 Why Jeffrey started writing poetry
25:00 What people misunderstand about chronic illness
27:00 The emotional reality of “forever” diagnoses
29:00 Online communities, disability support & advocacy
31:00 Why asking for help matters
32:00 Jeffrey’s podcast, books & where to connect
33:00 Final thoughts & outro
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