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Happy New Year to all the MS & Me readers and your families!

As we move into 2023 in earnest, we’re excited to announce a spin-off from the MS & Me blog, an MS & Me webinar series entitled “The Unspeakable Bits”. The first one is set to air, live, from 20:00 on Thursday, 26th January (Join host Trevis L Gleason and a panel of MS professionals to talk about a Healthy Body: Healthy Brain on Thursday, 26th at 8:00pm* Register here).

The importance of connections cannot be overstated, and many people take them for granted. It is often confused with Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Syndrome. Joni Mitchell sums it up beautifully in her song “Big Yellow Taxi” –

“Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you've got

Till it's gone…”

World MS Day took place on Tuesday, 30th May. MS Ireland was represented on television and radio. We had some brilliant ambassadors sharing their stories on what life is like living with Multiple Sclerosis all of which you can listen back below.

On the eve of World MS Day, let’s talk about the importance of staying connected and mending those broken connections

The MS Ireland Unspeakable Bits Webinar on Thursday, 29th June at 8pm is called “Medical Cannabis & MS”. We will have an expert panel to discuss the development of medical cannabis and the increasing interest in its potential within the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors and the MS community.  Register for free in advance for this webinar here 

We had some brilliant ambassadors sharing their stories on what life is like living with Multiple Sclerosis. We have a selection of national, regional and online coverage below. 

We know that MS impacts those living with it in different ways and there are over 9,000 people living in Ireland living different lives- NO TWO PEOPLE LIVES ARE THE SAME. This project aimed to highlight this and challenge some of the misconceptions about MS and what people living with MS look like. To coincide with World MS Day, May 30th 2023 we have partnered with Novartis Ireland for a photographic campaign and the photos we are using are of a range of people with different experiences across Ireland. #IaMSomeone

MS community member Andy Walsh shares a little of his life with MS with us as part of the #IaMSomeone campaign to mark World MS Day.

Emma Valentine shares some of her experience as a person living with MS with us as part of the #IaMSomeone campaign to mark World MS Day.