Tig Notaro
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For sure. And, you know, that's what was crazy about that time period was cancer is such a obviously well-known disease, but C. diff isn't as known. And it actually ended up killing my stepfather 10 years later. And I was really suffering with that disease. And I remember before I was diagnosed, I remember telling people,
For sure. And, you know, that's what was crazy about that time period was cancer is such a obviously well-known disease, but C. diff isn't as known. And it actually ended up killing my stepfather 10 years later. And I was really suffering with that disease. And I remember before I was diagnosed, I remember telling people,
god if only i had cancer people would understand right that i'm struggling and then i meanwhile i had no idea i had invasive cancer um and that i found that out like you know a month later can you explain to the audience for those who don't know Yeah, C. diff is a bacteria that's in your gut, and it's totally supposed to be there and works with all the other bacteria in your gut. But if you...
god if only i had cancer people would understand right that i'm struggling and then i meanwhile i had no idea i had invasive cancer um and that i found that out like you know a month later can you explain to the audience for those who don't know Yeah, C. diff is a bacteria that's in your gut, and it's totally supposed to be there and works with all the other bacteria in your gut. But if you...
god if only i had cancer people would understand right that i'm struggling and then i meanwhile i had no idea i had invasive cancer um and that i found that out like you know a month later can you explain to the audience for those who don't know Yeah, C. diff is a bacteria that's in your gut, and it's totally supposed to be there and works with all the other bacteria in your gut. But if you...
Well, I got it from taking antibiotics because I had pneumonia. And the antibiotics, I had an adverse response and it cleared out all of the bacteria in my gut, but it leaves C. diff alone to thrive. And it just like eats your insides and you just, you can't, you can't eat. You can't, it's so debilitating. And, um, And it's a superbug.
Well, I got it from taking antibiotics because I had pneumonia. And the antibiotics, I had an adverse response and it cleared out all of the bacteria in my gut, but it leaves C. diff alone to thrive. And it just like eats your insides and you just, you can't, you can't eat. You can't, it's so debilitating. And, um, And it's a superbug.
Well, I got it from taking antibiotics because I had pneumonia. And the antibiotics, I had an adverse response and it cleared out all of the bacteria in my gut, but it leaves C. diff alone to thrive. And it just like eats your insides and you just, you can't, you can't eat. You can't, it's so debilitating. And, um, And it's a superbug.
You know when you see on, what is it, the hand sanitizer that it kills 99.9% of germs?
You know when you see on, what is it, the hand sanitizer that it kills 99.9% of germs?
You know when you see on, what is it, the hand sanitizer that it kills 99.9% of germs?
Is C. diff. It's so hard to kill. It's so hard to manage.
Is C. diff. It's so hard to kill. It's so hard to manage.
Is C. diff. It's so hard to kill. It's so hard to manage.
Well, there's different levels of severity. I mean, I was hospitalized. I think it was... I don't even remember how long I was hospitalized. It was maybe a week or something. Some people have it and they're just quarantined at their house. But I was... They thought they were going to have to remove a chunk of my intestines. And... But...
Well, there's different levels of severity. I mean, I was hospitalized. I think it was... I don't even remember how long I was hospitalized. It was maybe a week or something. Some people have it and they're just quarantined at their house. But I was... They thought they were going to have to remove a chunk of my intestines. And... But...
Well, there's different levels of severity. I mean, I was hospitalized. I think it was... I don't even remember how long I was hospitalized. It was maybe a week or something. Some people have it and they're just quarantined at their house. But I was... They thought they were going to have to remove a chunk of my intestines. And... But...
After I finally turned things around, I still had a lot of pain and symptoms and struggled a lot with eating. And that was, I had sharp stabbing pains. I would just be, my wife Stephanie, when we first were dating, she thought I was doing a bit because I would be talking to her and I'd be like... Oh, God. Yeah. And she'd be like, what was that? Yeah. And I'd be like, oh, sorry.
After I finally turned things around, I still had a lot of pain and symptoms and struggled a lot with eating. And that was, I had sharp stabbing pains. I would just be, my wife Stephanie, when we first were dating, she thought I was doing a bit because I would be talking to her and I'd be like... Oh, God. Yeah. And she'd be like, what was that? Yeah. And I'd be like, oh, sorry.
After I finally turned things around, I still had a lot of pain and symptoms and struggled a lot with eating. And that was, I had sharp stabbing pains. I would just be, my wife Stephanie, when we first were dating, she thought I was doing a bit because I would be talking to her and I'd be like... Oh, God. Yeah. And she'd be like, what was that? Yeah. And I'd be like, oh, sorry.