“…the mental, challenges are as great as perhaps the physical ones.“ 

Peta Hooke interviews Fran, an ambassador for MS Australia. Fran chats about confronting her late diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and some of the individualised challenges that people with MS face, including heat sensitivity, fatigue, visual impairment and mobility issues.

MS is the most common acquired chronic neurological disease and, in Australia, affects three times more women than men. In MS, the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and damages the fatty material – called myelin – around the nerves. This results in a range of symptoms, but no two people experience MS in the same way. 

For more information about MS, please visit https://hdsunflower.com/au/insights/post/multiple-sclerosis-ms

For support please visit https://www.msaustralia.org.au/ or https://www.msplus.org.au/


If you are experiencing any issues discussed in this podcast, please contact your healthcare practitioner.

The Sunflower Conversations is a Podcast where we explore the experiences of people living with hidden disabilities and what the Sunflower means to them. It’s a space to share your experience and to empower and encourage more people to support invisible disabilities. 
 
 

A big thank you to Peta Hooke for conducting the interviews with compassion and respect and to Sandee Facy for the beautiful Sunflower song. You can follow Peta's I can't stand podcast here and Sandee Facy's music here.

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