MS, Mayhem&Motherhood: A Journey from Unsuspecting to Expecting - a podcast by Co-hosts: Brooke Slick & Jodi Feltham

from 2020-10-14T16:48:13

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The Canadian MS Society states that:


  • 77,000 Canadians live with the disease

  • MS can occur at any age, but is most often diagnosed between the ages of 20-49

  • MS affects individuals during the peak years for education, career and family-building

  • MS is 3 times more likely to affect women than men 


Today’s guest Melissa Hayes candidly shares her struggles and challenges with:


  • Her Diagnosis at age 23

  • Starting a new career in the midst of multiple MS symptoms

  • Having multiple relapses at once

  • Worsening of her disease while on a Disease Modifying Therapy (DMT)

  • Raising a toddler

  • Reaching out for help

  • Having to enlist the help of daycare

  • Family planning

  • The fear of the future


But the story doesn’t end there. Melissa also shares her goals and dreams for the future with her:


  • New DMT

  • Finding the MS Gym

  • Improvements of MS symptoms through daily exercise

  • Accountability and Buddy Groups

  • New baby

  • Gratitude

  • Belief for herself and her healing

  • Vision and her "WHY"


LINKS: 


THE MS GYM

Further episodes of The MS Gym Podcast

Further podcasts by Co-hosts: Brooke Slick & Jodi Feltham

Website of Co-hosts: Brooke Slick & Jodi Feltham