Beyond the Count is a podcast about life with Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). Through personal stories, expert interviews and practical advice, each episode explores the everyday challenges and small wins of living with a rare autoimmune condition. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, supporting someone, or just looking to learn more, this podcast is here to inform, support and connect.
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ITP Australia Podcasts
In this episode of Beyond the Count, host Danielle Boyle is joined by Barbara Lovrencic, ITP patient advocate, President of AIPIT (Italy’s ITP patient organisation), and Vice Chair of the International ITP Alliance. Together, they explore the real-world impact of shared decision making, what it looks like when it works well, and how it can go wrong…
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Fuelling Your Health - Reducing Bleeding through Nutrition
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In Part 2 of our four-part Fuelling Your Health series, Dr Phil Choi returns to explore how food and nutrition may help support your platelets' ability to function, not just how many you have. Bleeding is one of the most common symptoms of ITP, but what you eat might play a small supporting role in how well your platelets work. Dr Choi unpacks the …
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In this episode, we speak with Stassi Austin, who has lived with Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) since her teenage years. From school challenges to navigating relationships and work and finding her voice as a patient, Stassi shares what it’s been like growing up with a chronic, unpredictable condition. Her story reflects the resilience, confusion, an…
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When your platelet counts are all over the place, your emotions can be too. In this episode, we’re joined by @The.No.Spleen.Queen, Danielle Hodges, who shares her honest experience of managing her mental and emotional health during the most unstable periods of her ITP journey. From anxiety and burnout to building routines and asking for help, this …
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Fuelling your Health - Boosting Platelet Counts Naturally
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In this episode, we kick off Part 1 of our four-part series, Fuelling Your Health, with Dr Phil Choi. This series explores how diet, supplements and lifestyle choices may support people living with ITP. Today’s focus is on increasing platelet production. While there’s no official “ITP diet,” certain nutrients may support your bone marrow and overal…
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In this first episode of Beyond the Count, Danielle is joined by Haematologist Dr Rob Bird to tackle some of the most common questions asked by people living with ITP. From dental visits and diet myths to long-haul travel, fatigue and exercise, this episode is packed with clear, practical advice grounded in clinical experience. Dr Bird shares why b…
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