MS is CHRONIC

This episode is also available as video https://youtu.be/oBmQ8oDKbzI?si=cdaENFuqgxr3G-ew   Intro/Outro Music by Mike Lee   This week 20th - 26th April is MS Awareness Week and that makes this a perfect week to share this latest episode. We are joined by the wonderful Eleanor Bate who works with Shift. MS as a Community Manager. We had a great chat. Eleanor shares her experience with Shift. MS and...

Warning to those who are offended easily - there is a fair bit of swearing in this episode.   The latest guest to join the MS Podcast is...........me! The episode is about 20 minutes long as it covers a short time in my life.  Recently we have been getting some work done at home and while going through some boxes I found a journal from 2017, the year I was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multip...

Welcome to MS is Chronic.  Now into Season 3 and another fabulous guest. Trishna Bharadia MFPM(hon) Multi Award-Winning Patient Leader and Patient Engagement Professional. Trishna will be familiar to many people in the MS community. Diagnosed with RRMS in 2008 Trishna very quickly became an MS Adovocate and Patient Leader in the MS Community and Asian MS. (From MS Society website) Asian MS Asian M...

Thank-you for dropping in to this latest episode of MS is Chronic. Season 3: episode 1 https://open.spotify.com/show/5LVRa7QkIUIgnoU2nVTmpb?si=69540d7b470a462e First a request from me to you 😊 Please like, share, comment and follow MSisChronic podcast and help these episodes reach the widest audience possible. Thank-you. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of getting to know the wonderful Be...

Thank-you for choosing to listen to the latest episode of MS is Chronic. This is season 2 episode 6. With a fabulous guest Bev Malcolm. I met Bev through the MS Society Perth and Kinross group. And we have been trying to get together for a while to record this episode. When we met to record Bev was still recovering from a broken hip. In addition to dealing with her MS. And I am very grateful to he...

Welcome to the latest episode of MS is Chronic. I have had the great pleasure of being joined by TheMSGuide - Dominic Shadbolt.  Dominic has been prolific in the MS Community for many years. Diagnosed 33 years ago and has many strings to his bow. His achievements include securing the right for all people with MS in the UK to access a Disabled Persons Railcard, leading a global project for a leadin...

Welcome to MS is Chronic. In this latest episode you'll get to hear from the wonderful Karen Ablett. Karen's bio describes her as ahappy, chatty, POSITIVE person who loves life and believes ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE if you put your mind to it! :) #mswarrior I'm going to add 'authentic'. Spending time with Karen was a real joy. To hear how she faces into each day and looks for the best in what she deals...

Welcome to MS is Chronic. This episodes guest is the wonderful Matt Lloyd. The best way to describe Matt is that he has too many strings for one bow. Born with spina bifida, paralympian, Olympic torch bearer, entrepreneur, music journalist, PHD in Systems Science, Global MBA Online Tutor University of Hull, diagnosed with MS in 2017. That's just for starters. Matt is really generous with his time...

Hello and welcome to MS is Chronic. In this latest episode I was joined by the fabulous Claire Cameron who shares her personal and professional story. This is a great listen and like me I'm sure you'll learn a few things about living with a family member who has multiple sclerosis as Claire did. And also what it is like being part of a team running a successful Community Centre a fairly remote par...

Welcome to MS is Chronic. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that affects nerves in your central nervous system. That's your brain and spinal cord. In MS, the coating (myelin) that protects your nerves there is damaged. This causes a range of symptoms like blurred vision and problems with how we move, think and feel. (MS Society) In this episode you will hear from Brian Loefell who lives in th...

Hi there, I'm Barney Black and I was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 2017. Since then I have shared some of my story on Youtube UC-3c5PTy1a5QYwiLEBvNdhQ  Now it's time for other voices to be heard which is the motivation behind this podcast. A little bit of science: The estimates suggest that over 130,000 people in the UK live with MS and that number is rising. There is no...

This seems like a fortuitous and appropriate way to end Season 1. I met Kris Mackie a couple of months ago at the Perth and Kinross Coffee evening  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076069987270   We got chatting and he kindly agreed to be a guest on the podcast. Kris has only been on his own MS journey since last year. Meaning everything he is going through is very current. From the symp...

I was lucky to have a cup of tea with Mavis while I was holidaying on the Isle of Islay, off the West Coast of Scotland.  Mavis shares what it is like to be in a lovely but remote part of the world when it comes to needing specialist support like a neurologist or MS Nurse. Also a shout out to the  The Snowdrop / Multiple Sclerosis Centre, in Lochgilphead on the West Coast of Scotland, with outreac...

https://youtu.be/gknn1QmdHCY?si=E6i2Fmh1eRtvWpzH Dean Riley is an inspiration. In this episode you'll hear how he takes life head on. With his humour and ability to try something new and always wanting to stretch himself. Refusing to have limits put upon him because he has Multiple Sclerosis.  We laugh and we even shed a tear in this episode. Follow the the link in these notes to Dean's "Letter to...

https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whatson/events/multiple-exposures Graeme is an award winning architect and Professor at Dundee school of art. He has exhibited at Dundee V & A and is about to publish his first book of photography. his school pal Alan Cumming has done the foreward. Graeme was diagnosed with MS 30 odd years ago.  In this episode he shares his journey from 1990's to the present day. 

I first 'met' Damian through his Youtube channel as he shared his own MS journey. He's engaging, funny and perhaps most importantly he is authentic His Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/@NoStressMS His website: https://www.damianwashington.com/   His bio says he's an 'Actor, Rapper and a Nerd' To me though, he is a rich gift in this sh!tty world of Multiple Sclerosis

I first met Heather last year. At least that's the first I remember. My sister Mona and Heather are old school friends. Heather very kindly agreed to support me in getting this series of podcasts started and she is a brilliant first guest. The language is a little fruity at times, so if you are of a sensitive nature, you might want to skip this episode. But you'd be missing out on a brilliantly fu...