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Episode 60 ~ Story of Invisible Grief: How Patti Sauer Rebuilt Her Life After a CRPS Diagnosis
What happens when the life you built… disappears overnight?
In this deeply honest and moving conversation, host Teresa Reiniger sits down with author Patti Sauer to talk about the kind of grief we don’t often name—the loss of identity that comes with chronic illness.
After nearly two decades as a middle school teacher, Patti was forced to step away from the career she loved due to Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)—a rare and debilitating neurological condition known as one of the most painful diseases in the world. What followed was not just physical suffering, but a profound identity…
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