Season 2 - Episode 3: Matt Lloyd (Paralympian)

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 and honesty. He shares his story and his strategy's for life.

Being born with Spina Bifida and then getting an MS diagnosis in his 40's, Matt's life experience up to that point means he approached things with a different perspective.

The chat veers off when we start to talk about music and gigs, a passion for both of us, and once a part of Matt's career as a music journalist. Which is what this podcast is really about.

We connected because of MS, but we found we've much more interesting things in common.

Happy listening, Enjoy.

Barney

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect. The neural tube is the structure that eventually develops into the baby's brain and spinal cord.

The neural tube starts to form in early pregnancy and closes about 4 weeks after conception.

In spina bifida, part of the neural tube does not develop or close properly, leading to defects in the spinal cord and bones of the spine (vertebrae).

It's not known what causes spina bifida (NHS website)

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 UK)

https://online.hull.ac.uk/global-mba/academic-team/matt-lloyd

https://systemssoundbites.com/about

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/what-is-ms

https://shift.ms/about-us