Living with Chronic Pain w/ Cameron Fradd

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Matt talks with his wife, Cameron Fradd, about what it's like living with chronic pain.

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0:00 Hair care
3:27 Talking to women and being a tomboy
6:10 Need for validation
12:02 Birth control pills
13:40 Intensive Care Unit
19:15 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, joint dislocations
23:55 Wrestling (and Fradd's aggressive relationship)
27:38 After ICU, vestibular rehabilitation (learning to walk again)
29:51 Downplaying own pain
32:17 Skepticism about diagnosis, ADHD
35:11 Offering up own suffer, prayer life
41:34 Growing in community, supportive friends
44:32 Uncertainty if the disease goes away,
46:55 Despair and humility
48:28 Other people's assumptions
51:18 How to be helpful to a person with chronic pain
1:00:55 Difficulties in loving the spouse
1:02:57 Expressing the pain
1:04:47 C-section in Ireland
1:07:09 Text from Fr. Jason, life is hard
1:09:10 Having hope (regarding a Canadian ad for assisted suicide)
1:11:26 Concerns about slothfulness
1:14:04 Travelling, preparations
1:16:25 Supporting a spouse who doesn't want to get better
1:22:14 Fasting, meatless days
1:23:45 Self-care vs self-indulgence
1:26:25 Are there men with chronic diseases?
1:28:35 Feeling pressure of traditional wife model

Timestamps by a very angrypotato :)
1:30:58 Favorite type of doctor
1:33:37 Medical expenses
1:37:20 Taking identity in own pain
1:40:10 Enjoying life
1:47:58 Gratitude Journal
1:57:29 Having a sick wife (apologies)
2:00:25 Being open, turning to Jesus
2:01:51 Failures of medical system, Cameron's childhood
2:04:16 Hallow app shout-out