{"id":431776,"date":"2022-04-14T22:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-went-out-with-a-bang-before-chronic-pain-diagnoses\/"},"modified":"2022-04-14T22:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:38:13","slug":"i-went-out-with-a-bang-before-chronic-pain-diagnoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-went-out-with-a-bang-before-chronic-pain-diagnoses\/","title":{"rendered":"#I went \u2018out with a bang\u2019 before chronic pain diagnoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3858d5be671\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3858d5be671\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-went-out-with-a-bang-before-chronic-pain-diagnoses\/#%E2%80%9CI_went_%E2%80%98out_with_a_bang_before_chronic_pain_diagnoses%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;I went \u2018out with a bang\u2019 before chronic pain diagnoses&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CI_went_%E2%80%98out_with_a_bang_before_chronic_pain_diagnoses%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;I went \u2018out with a bang\u2019 before chronic pain diagnoses&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Karen Duffy was a red carpet mainstay as an MTV VJ, model and actress in the 1990s, but dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared from the spotlight just as her star was rising. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Duffy \u2014 once known as Duff to MTV viewers \u2014 has shared that she was diagnosed in 1996 with sarcoidosis, an incurable illness that comes with excruciating chronic pain. <\/p>\n<p>The former video jockey, now 60, recently recounted the last night she remembered living without chronic pain: when she attended the 1995 Emmys with her pal George Clooney. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the last day that I lived without chronic pain,\u201d\u00a0she told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/former-mtv-vj-karen-duffy-on-her-debilitating-illness-and-her-last-healthy-night-going-out-with-george-clooney\/\">People<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the next day that I became symptomatic with sarcoidosis. That photo marks the end of my healthy life with one of the most charming and hilarious gentlemen. Talk about going out with a bang!\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"653\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?w=653\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21904416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1306 1306w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=980 979w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=653 653w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=327 326w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\"\/><figcaption>Duffy attended the 1995 Emmy Awards with her friend George Clooney the day before her symptoms began.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Globe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The morning after the A-list event, Duffy woke up with head and neck pain that she described as \u201can electric eel swimming up my spinal column.\u201d Doctors soon discovered an inoperable \u201cmostaccioli-size\u201d lesion putting pressure on her brain stem and spinal cord that had already damaged her nerves and was causing the intense pain. <\/p>\n<p>After nine months of doctors visits and physical agony, Duffy was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, which affects some 200,000 people in the US. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-07-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"karen duffy and jay leno\" class=\"wp-image-21906689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-07-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-07-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-07-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Duffy appeared on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d with host Jay Leno on March 29, 1993.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s constant. It\u2019s like having somebody shouting in your ear,\u201d she described to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Culture\/video\/karen-duffy-talks-book-wise-84052623\">ABC News<\/a> \u2014 something she also talks about in her new book, \u201cWise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment From a Mother Who\u2019s Been Through It,\u201d a collection of letters written to her son. But despite the debilitating pain, Duffy maintains an optimistic attitude: \u201cI can\u2019t control what happens. I can only control my response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author manages the pain with a treatment program of steroids, chemotherapy, morphine and a pain patch. She has lost partial mobility, has numbness in her hands and her feet and is sometimes unable to leave the house due to the pain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Karen Duffy\" class=\"wp-image-21904428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/karen-duffy-chonic-pain-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The \u201990s star stepped out of the spotlight, but she\u2019s continued to work behind the scenes, producing, writing several books and advocating for chronic illness patients. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Duffy is undeterred as she continues to work in Hollywood behind the scenes, having recently produced the Bill Murray documentary \u201cNew Worlds\u201d and the upcoming \u201cGreatest Beer Run Ever\u201d starring Zac Efron \u2014 all the while raising her 18-year-old son, Jack Lambros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m inspired to do as much as I can with what I have,\u201d she told People. \u201cI\u2019ve already had the scariest thing that pretty much can happen, happen. I know there is trouble ahead. I don\u2019t know what kind of trouble, but I\u2019m not afraid because I\u2019m grateful for my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former broadcaster celebrated her 60th birthday last May, honoring a milestone made extra special due to her illness. \u201cI just can\u2019t believe I got here. There were times I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d make it. I feel like this is all a bonus round,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body may be breaking down, but my spirit is ginning up. I wanted to express gratitude for my life.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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