Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis
Health & Fitness:Fitness
2020: What Just Happened? And What to Expect in 2021 | S3E32
2020 was a rough year, or perhaps that’s just the understatement of the century (and this has been a pretty eventful century, so that’s saying a lot.) I am sure many of us are breathing a sigh of relief in the early days of 2021, especially with Covid-19 vaccine rollouts gaining steam and life in some places starting to resemble a shade of normal, or at least offering the realistic hope of that soon. Many of us, though, are still struggling for perspective on the surreal year we just left behind, and even more of us are eager to understand what 2021 might bring.
To offer us some much needed guidance and perspective, and to kick off the third season of the Living Well with MS podcast, we are pleased to welcome back one of our absolute favorite guests, and one of our favorite people in general, Dr. Jonathan White. Dr. White will help us understand how Covid-19 has impacted people with MS and the challenges that still remain, vaccine rollout notwithstanding. He’ll also provide us with some useful understanding of the implications of the vaccine for people with MS, and what we can all do to maintain our health and emotional stability until it’s our time in the vaccination queue.
We hope this episode provides you with a useful roadmap to navigating the early days of a hopeful 2021, and that you continue to tune in to more episodes of Living Well with MS, our Coffee Break series a brand new limited series call Ask Jack, launching in March 2021, and featuring professional holistic chef Jack McNulty answering food-related questions generated by you, our community. Stay tuned and watch this space as well as the OMS website and social channels for more updates.
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Bio:
Dr. Jonathan White, a practicing medical doctor in Belfast, Northern Ireland, also works with Overcoming MS as a medical consultant and event facilitator. You can learn more about Dr. White’s professional background here.
Disclaimer:
Vaccine views on this podcast episode reflect current consensus among medical professionals but we always recommend consulting your own team about your medical care, including vaccines. OMS is committed to bringing you up to date advice on our website on this topic if such advice is updated. Please refrain from making any defamatory remarks if posting about this on our or other social channels, and please keep responses to comments on content. Information on this topic was up to date at time of recording on February 1, 2021.
Links:
Here are some great links Dr. White recommends for more information on the new batch of Covid-19 vaccines and their potential impacts on people with MS:
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Coming up on our next episode:
Our popular Coffee Break series returns on Monday February 22, when we travel to Western Massachusetts to chat with Luke Johnson. Tune in to learn more about the lives and experiences of your fellow OMS community members. Our next Living Well with MS episode will launch March 10, when we get the View from Shift.ms with their head of communications, Mark Webb.
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