Marc Duchen
speaker
514 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Sep
Marc Duchen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And it's the best book that I've read that explores both chronic illnesses and her specific decade-long journey understanding her own illness.
So she's conversing with her friend who's a moral philosopher and asking very similar questions.
Is it an injustice when a doctor or friend fails to believe that a sick person is really sick?
Why does it appear to be difficult for doctors and the rest of us to recognize suffering that we cannot name?
Why are we so quick to think a person is exaggerating or faking it?
What is behind this refusal to recognize suffering?
And maybe, most importantly, why do we have a system that's often so quick to distrust the people that it serves?
And her friend responds, recognizing your suffering puts a burden on me.
Just the act of recognizing you are ill makes a claim on me.
I have to respond, I have to empathize, and that takes a toll on me.
The more people I have to empathize with, the harder it is.
When you're sitting in front of me and suffering, it really does make a claim on the person being asked to recognize it.
Even this recognition is a burden if the witness is unprepared or has nothing to offer or is emotionally drained themselves.
So addressing this challenge of how we navigate this claim or toll,
Recognizing these illnesses I think is going to be vital to changing perceptions, being able to talk openly and candidly about chronic illnesses.
In the meantime, I'm proud to proclaim today is Chronic Illness Awareness Day in Austin.
To recognize the people and organizations standing here with us this year, I'm especially honored.
to recognize the Arthritis Foundation, Power for Parkinson's and Urology Austin for their outstanding work supporting patients, advocating education, expanding access to care, and improving quality of life.
And there's still more work to do to raise awareness, to reduce stigma, and to ensure everybody out there living with a chronic illness can access the care and support that they need.
And so with that, I'd like to invite Michelle Miller first for the Arthritis Foundation, followed by Nina Moser for Power for Parkinson's, and my friend and District 10 resident, Kate Henderson from Urology Austin, to each share a few brief remarks about how important the work they're doing for our community is.
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