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Advice for Employees: Working With MS

If you are currently working, seeking work or considering a change in career, this page provides information and tips to help you navigate the world of employment. If you would like to speak to someone to discuss your personal situation, our network of regional community workers are available through the country. The contact information for the regional community worker in your region can be found here.

It’s not uncommon to think of Multiple Sclerosis as only a physical condition. That’s all one can see (unless looking at an MRI)- symptoms from the damage it causes to the nerves resulting in problems walking, balance, muscle weakness or vision loss.

‘The Societal Cost of Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland’ was initially conducted in 2015. As much has changed in recent years, we are looking to gain an insight into the current ‘Societal Cost of MS in Ireland’ to identify and compare any differences in your lives. Please complete the survey at the following link it should take 20 minutes.

To say my children are my life is an understatement; they mean the world to me and when I first received my MS diagnosis my thoughts turned to them immediately. They were 6 and 4 and a half at the time and they had boundless energy.  I worried that I wasn’t going to be able to keep up with them and that maybe I wouldn’t be able to look after them the way I wanted to. My mind immediately began to come up with worst case scenarios and I remember crying myself to sleep that night thinking about all they were going to miss out on because of me. My guilt was immense. In my shock and upset at the diagnosis I had catastrophised everything and it took me some time to realise that our world had not ended, it had simply changed.

Public Health advice has recommended the use of face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19. On August 10th, new public health laws were introduced which made face coverings mandatory for all (aged 13+) using public transport and in shops and other retail outlets. These new laws will be in place until at least the 5th of October.

This week Joan Jordan shares with us why she is involved in clinical trials, research and EUPATI