Living Well with Alison Starling
Strong communities are built on good health. Welcome to Living Well with Alison Starling, brought to you by VHC Health — the region’s community health system — and the Washington Business Journal. Join former ABC 7News anchor and Emmy Award winner for exclusive conversations with health care advocates on today’s most pressing health topics. Discover what you need to know when making decisions about your well-being and empower yourself with the knowledge to live well. New episodes drop monthly.
Living Well with Alison Starling
What an unexpected case of shingles taught Entrepreneur Ali Fedotowsky-Manno
Think shingles only affects people 50 and above? Think again.
If you’ve ever had chickenpox, you’re at risk.
When entrepreneur and former reality television star Ali Fedotowsky-Manno, 36 — best known as “The Bachelorette” in Season Six and as a contestant on Season 14 of "The Bachelor” — developed an itchy and painful rash, she thought it could’ve been from an insect bite or an adverse reaction to Botox.
In this episode of Living Well with Alison Starling, a podcast brought to you by VHC Health and WBJ, Fedotowsky-Manno describes the intense pain she felt.
“My way of describing (the pain) to people — imagine somehow sticking your brain into an outlet and it's (like an) electrical current straight into your brain,” Fedotowsky-Manno said.
Health challenges can occur at any age. In this interview, Fedotowsky-Manno also shares her husband’s unexpected thyroid cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery process.
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