Rarely Typical Podcast

Welcome to Rarely Typical, the podcast that dives into life with chronic illness, rare disease, and everything in between. Hosted by Gerry, a pulmonary arterial hypertension and heart failure advocate, this show offers honest conversations, candid opinions, practical tips, and a dose of hope to help you navigate the unpredictable. Whether you’re a patient, a caregiver, or just curious, join me for real stories, expert insights, and a reminder that life can be beautiful—even when it’s rarely typical. itsgerrylangan.substack.com

Rarely Typical Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Gerry Langan, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Gerry Langan hosts Rarely Typical Podcast, a education show with 33 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  S4:E4, Chronically Ill, Chronically Inconvenienced

  May 22, 202621 minS4

  <p>Nobody warns you about this part. The diagnosis is one thing. The treatment plan is one thing. But the constant, relentless, never-ending inconvenience of building your entire life around a chronic illness? That part you just have to figure out as you go.</p><p>In this episode Gerry gets into what it actually looks like when being chronically ill means being chronically inconvenienced, not just sometimes, but all the time, in ways big and small that never fully let up.</p><p>She talks about what it’s like to have kids get sick when your own immune sy...

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  Episode #3

  S4:E3, Chronic Illness Patient, A Job I Never Applied For

  Apr 24, 202616 minS4

  <p>Nobody hands you a job description when you get diagnosed with a chronic illness. One day you’re just living your life, and the next you’re coordinating care between multiple specialists, managing specialty pharmacy deliveries, navigating prior authorizations, and figuring out how to actually get someone on the phone at your insurance company. No training. No onboarding. Just you, doing your best.</p><p>In this episode Gerry gets honest about what it really looks like to manage a serious diagnosis behind the scenes, and why the invisible labor of being a chronic illness patient is a full-time job...

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  Episode #2

  S4:E2 Chronic Illness Burnout is Real

  Apr 3, 202619 minS4

  <p>In this episode of Rarely Typical, I’m getting honest about something I think so many of us feel but don’t always say out loud, burnout.</p><p>Not just chronic illness burnout, but life burnout. The kind that touches everything, your energy, your motivation, your creativity, and even the things you once felt called to share.</p><p>I open up about why my content has been quieter lately and the tension I’ve been living in. On one hand, I’ve been experiencing more good days, days where I feel healthy, present, and able to just live my...

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  Episode #1

  S4:E1, From the CADD MS3 to the Remunity Pro transition

  Mar 13, 202622 minS3

  <p>Not going to lie, the video on this is subpar, but if you’re listening to the podcast, at least that works! Ha. I promised myself this year I would worry less about curating the content and just produce the content.</p><p>ALSO, LOL, this is season 4, whoops.</p><p>So here it is, a full rundown of how the transition went from the CADD MS3 pump to the new Remunity Pro pump.</p><p>Thanks for listening and subscribing, follow along for more! Read the blog post for this podcast episode here: Podcast Episode Blog post</p><p>...

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  Episode #7

  S3:E7, Living Strong with PAH: Walking, Mental Health, and Redefining Strength, with Eric Borstein

  Dec 5, 202536 minS3

  <p>In this amazing episode, I sit down with my friend Eric Borstein, the founder of Where Is EB?, to talk about life with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension from a perspective the community does not often get to hear. PAH overwhelmingly affects women, so Eric walks us through what it has been like to navigate a rare disease in a demographic that rarely sees itself represented.</p><p>Eric shares the story behind his diagnosis, the uncertainty that came with it, and the moment he realized he needed a path forward that felt empowering, not limiting. Walking became that path. We...

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