Episode 290: Creating Change Through MS Advocacy with Holly Pendell and Angel Hardy Heinz
If you're a regular listener, you've heard me say that the things that people affected by MS want the most -- access to quality healthcare, affordable prescription medications, and funding for MS rese...
20 Mar 202328min
Episode 289: Living with the Uncertainty of MS with Sarah Wolfe and Dr. Laura Hancock
For many people, one of the most challenging aspects of living with MS is living with uncertainty. Living with unanswerable questions like, "Is today the day I experience a relapse?" "Will my disabili...
13 Mar 202341min
Episode 288: Oceans of Hope with Robert Munns
When you visit the Oceans of Hope U.K. website, it reads, "Oceans of Hope is for people with MS, led by people with MS." It goes on to say, "Our aim is to offer people from all over the world the oppo...
6 Mar 202338min
Episode 287: Meet the Winner of the 2023 Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research with Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
Last week in San Diego, the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis convened their annual meeting, the ACTRIMS Forum. One of the highlights of this meeting is the presentat...
27 Feb 202333min
Episode 286: Embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into the MS Movement with Neisha Fredericks
Two years ago, the National MS Society made a public commitment to do more to ensure that the MS movement was open to and reflective of everyone affected by MS. When you stop to consider issues like a...
20 Feb 202333min
Episode 285: MS in Kids and Teens with Dr. Brenda Banwell
Between 3 and 5% of the people living with MS are diagnosed before their sixteenth birthday. In many respects, pediatric MS is just like MS in adults. But it carries with it a distinct set of what I c...
13 Feb 202338min
Episode 284: Finding Support When You're Living with MS with Debby Bennett and Ricky Maxwell
MS can sometimes feel isolating. And the ironic thing about those feelings of isolation is that you can experience them even when you're with other people. It's the feeling that, while everyone is bei...
6 Feb 202328min
Episode 283:12 Years Old and Diagnosed with MS with Faith Bigam
Faith Bigam was diagnosed with MS in 2014, when she was 12 years old. She didn't know what MS was because, well, why would any 12-year-old kid know what MS is? But Faith quickly learned and just a yea...
30 Jan 202332min
