Coffee break with community member Maisie Markham | S2E6

Welcome to our first Living Well with MS Coffee Break episode! We decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. Since our community forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, we are commencing this special series called Coffee Break, which features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 Step Recovery Program, the challenges they encountered and how they overcame them, and their tips and tricks for sticking to the path that leads to better health. We hope you enjoy and learn from these intermezzos between our regular episodes, and as always, your comments and suggestions are always welcome by emailing podcast@overcomingms.org.

 

Questions:

 

• Can you tell us a little about yourself, your family, your life, where you live and anything about yourself you’d like to share?
• When were you diagnosed with MS and how long have you been following the Overcoming MS 7 Step Recovery Program?
• What is your favorite thing about the program, namely what do you feel has made the biggest positive impact?
• What was your greatest challenge in adopting the OMS program, and how did you overcome it?
• How have you had to adapt your daily healthy habits to the new realities imposed by COVID-19?
• Do you have any other tips or tricks you can share with our audience that might help them on their journeys?

 

Bio:

 

Maisie lives in the Cotswolds of England where she settled in 2018 after travelling the world and being constantly on the move with the British Army. She has two grown children. In 2016, while training for the Berlin marathon, she noticed numbness in her feet, initially thinking it was due to the stress of marathon prep. The numbness continued to spread and caused her difficulty in walking. Running was out of the question. Six months later, after medical referrals and testing, she was diagnosed with MS. Since then, Maisie has left the Army, discovered OMS and is just about to finish an MSc in Nutritional Therapy. She is back to running and last year completed the London and Snowdonia marathons and took part in the Thames Path Challenge for OMS. She is currently cocooned in the Cotswolds due to COVID-19 and the immune suppressing drugs she is taking for her MS.

 

Links:

 

OMS COVID-19 main resource page

Excellent COVID-19 resource page from Dr. Gavin Giovannoni

 

If you post something concerning OMS and COVID-19, especially if it’s a bit of good news during this rough patch, don’t forget to use the hashtag #positivelyOMS.

 

Coming up on our next episode:

 

On the next full episode of Living Well with MS, launching April 15, 2020, Geoff Allix explores the power journaling has to help heal the body with Mari L. McCarthy, an award-winning and international bestselling author of books such as Journaling Power: How to Create the Happy, Healthy Life You Want to Live and Heal Yourself with Journaling Power. The power of Mari’s own story and the impact she has had on people all over the world will open your eyes.

 

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