GRIN2B: An Odyssey from Diagnosis to Evacuation
Nadia Billous is a mother of two young sons, including 9-year-old Andryusha who was diagnosed with GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorde...
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Patient Stories with Grey Genetics
Genetics isn’t always black and white. And the emotions and decisions surrounding genetic testing can be even more complex. Hosted by genetic counselor Eleanor Griffith, the show brings you...
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Defying Cystic Fibrosis One Mountain at a Time [Rebroadcast]
This episode was originally published in August 2018. Last Sunday, Sophie ran the London Marathon—her first of 36 marathons she plans to run...
Navigating Genetic Testing in Pregnancy & the Path to FiND Genetics
When Ushta was pregnant with her third child, she found herself being told which tests she would be having done—rather than being offered op...
Next Chapter: Losing My Mother, Previving For My Children
Eleanor first interviewed Heather in 2018 . At that time, Heather was several years out from completing a prophylactic mastectomy and oophor...
Red Herrings, the Diagnostic Purgatory & Mitochondrial Disease
As a teenager, Devin experienced what she now describes as mito crashes and thought it was just a normal part of being a teenager. Her older...
Next Chapter: Living with Lynch Syndrome
Eleanor first interviewed Melanie in 2018. She was 29 years old at the time and had received a diagnosis of Lynch syndrome just before turni...
A Later Abortion Story
This episode was originally published in February 2019. On June 24, 2024, Roe v. Wade was overturned . A few related links have been upd...
A Late Diagnosis of Cutis Laxa and the Creation of ThinkGenetics
Dave and one of his younger sisters were both born with heart defects that required surgery. When Dave was 60, he was diagnosed with an aort...
Next Chapter: A Career in Genetic Counseling
Eleanor first interviewed Abigail in 2019 when she was still a second year genetic counseling student. Abigail shared the story of her diagn...
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: An Invisible Condition
Alexandra Parker is a senior student at Sarah Lawrence College. Alex describes her journey to a diagnosis of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndr...
A Waiting Game & Another Diagnosis
After losing her first son Alex at only 10 months of age to a rare genetic condition, Jill and her husband went on to have four more childre...
Breaking Taboos & Leaving Room for Grief
At 20 weeks of pregnancy, Jill learned that her son Alex had a diaphragmatic hernia. And a ventricular septal defect. An amniocentesis revea...
Navigating the Uncertainty of a BRCA Mutation
When Marleah was 8 years old, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. When Marleah was in college, her mother had genetic testing done...
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and the Value of a Diagnosis
Molly sensed that something was different with her son Joshua starting shortly after birth: he was a very fussy baby; his growth was off the...
Coming Soon: Patient Stories, Season 3
Patient Stories is finally coming back with a new season. Do you want to share your story? Email us at podcast@greygenetics.com . You will b...
Patient Stories is taking a hiatus…. Please take 1 minute to answer our survey!
Patient Stories is taking a hiatus. We plan to be back in the fall with a third season. We would love to better understand our audience. If...
Cancer, Genomics, and The Weight of Many Decisions
While Carlos was studying Biology in the U.S., his father was diagnosed with Philadelphia Chromosome positive Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (Ph...
A Roll of the Dice
A couple gets engaged. They are both of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and read that carrier testing is recommended. They rightly assume that the...
A Mother's Journey with Sickle Cell Disease
When Layla was pregnant, she knew there was a 1 in 4 chance that her child would have Sickle Cell Disease. Routine newborn screening was don...
Far Away with Fabry
Munique had suffered from pain since she was 4 years old, but it wasn’t until she was 15 years old that she finally received a diagnosis tha...