World MS Day - Multiple Sclerosis - giver and taker

About this episode

Colleen discusses the impact of an MS diagnosis and the importance of honesty on World MS Day.

Diagnosis can feel like someone has quietly swapped out the map of your life while you weren’t looking. On World MS Day, Colleen sits with that reality and talks about what can happen after hearing “you have MS” and how honesty matters more than forced optimism. Support the show You can join Colleen and other Australians living with MS in this podcast's Facebook group which was originally created to support those interested in HSCT and now exists to facilitate discussion on all is...

People in this episode

Host: Colleen Daniels

Topics covered

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Diagnosis
• Mental Health
• Honesty
• Support

Keywords

• Multiple Sclerosis
• diagnosis
• World MS Day
• honesty
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook, HSCT

Places: Australia, MS

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