Episode Synopsis "Bittersweet Day"

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• World MS Day Connections
• A positive week after making a difficult decision
• How I make a difficult decision because of chronic illness
• Pain is expensive: A day in my life
• Invisible Symptoms: The impact of a delay on pain and mobility
• Disabled driving in Ireland: Stuck in a Time Bubble
• Rainy days: Are they good or bad?
• 5 tips to help overcome cognitive problems
• Diagnosis Day - Not the best birthday gift.
• Noise Intolerance 4 strategies I use to manage my reaction
• The power of sharing experiences
• How I bootstrap my life in 4 simple steps
• Willpower: Could it be speeding up my decline
• Fatigue: 3 tips to overcome guilt (with a bonus tip too)
• Can one voice change anything?
• Research vs Social Welfare in Ireland
• Hospitals: Are they for patient care or doctors careers?
• Sharing my experience of being a Patient Advocate
• Bittersweet Day
• What is all this noise
• Why learning to be a Patient Expert has given me a purpose
• Is Patient Advocacy Worth The Obstacles
• MS & Mobility what I am doing to help myself
• 100 Day Challenge – Overcoming procrastination
• Is Patient Advocacy Worth The Obstacles
• Depression in Multiple Sclerosis- Is it inevitable?
• COVID-19 Confinement is finishing, or is it?
• Losing everything, again
• Fear – Is it reasonable to be so afraid
• Should I get treatment now with COVID-19 as a risk
• How Patient & Public Involvement is giving me purpose
• Can you take a holiday from DISABILITY? The Irish Government thinks I can!!
• Is Dublin Airport the leader in disability services?
• Living with Chronic Illness - Grey Days (dealing with depression)
• A life changing trip to San Francisco Part 3
• A life changing trip San Francisco part 2
• A life changing trip to San Francisco Part 1
• Functional Electrical Stimulation is changing my life
• A great month, despite chronic illness
• A Delicate Subject Disabled Toilets
• Difficult decisions forced by chronic illness
• Disabled Drivers and Climate Change
• Meditation- Am I fading like these tulips
• Excluded and alone, the Irish government wants this for me
• Should I start self medicating?
• Pacing - Not as easy as it sounds
• The medical and care systems are broken
• Back Again
• My Life with MS & Chronic Pain - Weeks 6 & 7
• My life with MS & Chronic Pain - Week 5
• Why I get out of bed each day
• My Life with MS & Chronic Pain - Week 4
• My Life with MS & Chronic Pain - Week 3
• My life with MS & Chronic Pain - Week 2
• My Life with MS & Chronic Pain - Week 1
• MS Conference highlights the importance of exercise & Vitamin D
• Holidays and disability - my vacation in Malaga, Spain
• 5 tips for managing a chronic illness I learned from business
• The cause of isolation when you have a chronic illness
• 5 Tips to help with overwhelm
• Preserving energy
• What is the best diet for people with MS.
• I think electric cars will help solve mobility problems for the disabled.
• Chronic pain and illness have become too much
• What to pack when going to the hospital
• New Diagnosis and New Treatment
• What does Multiple Sclerosis feel like for me
• How I take opportunities while living with a chronic illness
• Meditation: I share how it benefits me
• Tears - I realise I will need to get a mobility scooter
• Taking the air
• How I am dealing with more pain
• How I have learned to live beyond my limits
• Living with Chronic Illness - Seizing the day
• How to travel when you have a chronic illness.
• 4 mindset changes to help you live with chronic illness
• Transition Day - MS causes me to stop working
• 5 tips for people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
• An Unexpected Companion - Pain
• The Old Bod Road
• Why I am grateful for the things I have
• What Multiple Sclerosis & Pain have taught me
• How I manage my emotions while living with multiple sclerosis
• What I learned about myself from a simple mistake
• What I do when I get sick, while having a chronic illness
• How I holiday with Multiple Sclerosis
• Living with Chronic Illness - Back to Work
• 6 positive habits I learned to help live with chronic illness
• Living with Chronic Illness - Happy New Year
• Living with Chronic Illness - Christmas Edition
• Finding purpose in your life when you are living with a chronic illness
• Living with chronic illness - Why I always listen
• Living with Chronic Illness - Coping with Pain
• Living with Chronic Illness - Bad Days
• Living with Chronic Illness - Winter is coming - Preparation
• Living with chronic illness - taking opportunities
• Living with Chronic Illness - Am I fooling myself trying to learn something new?
• Living with chronic illness - Storms in my head
• How can I be happy living with Multiple Sclerosis and Pain
• Living with Chronic Illness Tip 5 - Adjusting to the new 'normal'
• Living with Chronic Illness Tip 4 Get Support
• Living with Chronic Illness Tip 3 Look after your mental health
• Living with Chronic Illness Tip 2 Be Healthy
• Tip 1 How to be the Master of your Chronic Illness
• How I face a difficult decision about treating pain
• How I live with pain, creating a new 'normal'. Learn what I do.
• Invisible symptoms, how I have learned to live with them
• Why having a chronic illness, like multiple sclerosis, makes me fearful during this pandemic
• How I take back control of my life when chronic illness is taking it away.
• Part 4 of 4: Interview with Dr Jonathan Egan on how to manage anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic
• How I decided to get treatment for multiple sclerosis during the pandemic
• Part 3 of 4: Interview with Dr Jonathan Egan on how to manage anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic
• How I live with fatigue
• Part 2 of 4: Interview with Dr Jonathan Egan on how to manage anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Part 1 of 4: Interview with Dr Jonathan Egan on how to manage anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic
• My life with Multiple Sclerosis: How I plan my day so I can live my best life.
• Why Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Pain makes me live in 30 minute chunks