Jill Woodworth

Shelly Meitzler is an amazing, inspiring individual who's life took a challenging turn when she received a diagnosis of TSC in her oldest daughter in August 2001. Starting out in the ER with her seizing baby, Shelly and her husband had to weather the false accusations of shaken baby syndrome by hospital staff before receiving an official diagnosis. From here, she mentions that life as she knew it, was forever changed. Again in 2014, she received another TSC diagnosis in her young son. We discuss the intricate challenges of having 2 individuals affected by TSC, and the varying impact due to the increase in understanding, better treatments, and knowledge in the space of time between diagnosis of her oldest daughter and younger son. She also has another daughter who is not affected by TSC. Shelly shares her unfiltered experience dealing with the intensity of managing the needs of her children & juggling a career, and how this impacted her mental health. She took a leap of faith, leave her former career so