Anna began volunteering with the MS Trust in 2023. Here she talks about how she was able to use her professional skills to make a difference in the service of others.

Do you have feel embarrassed about your MS symptoms? Do you find some topics difficult to talk about? MS Trust ambassadors, Trishna Bharadia, Dr Agne Straukiene and Richard Sprenger tackle taboo subjects like sexual dysfunction, bladder and bowel issues, drugs and opening up to your employer.
Listen now for honest experiences, tips and more.

Yvonne talks about having MS and volunteering for us

In this episode we want to banish toilet taboos! Tom from our Information Team explains a little bit about the science behind why these symptoms occur in MS; Helena, who lives with MS, shares her advice on how best to deal with these kinds of problems in the workplace, and we put some of your questions about bowel and bladder symptoms to MS specialist nurse Noreen Barker.

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In this blog, Martin discusses the importance of raising awareness of caring and the contributions that carers make to the MS community.

What can we do to give ourselves the best chance of coping well with respiratory infection? Physiotherapist Jody Barber recommends taking the time now to expand your lungs, exercise your chest muscles and improve oxygen levels in your blood and brain. Sing, laugh, play the kazoo, stop smoking and breathe.

Heather is now a full-time carer for her husband who lives with MS. Find out how they navigate inaccessible spaces, holidays and government support together.

"To forget the life where I once chose exclusion instead of inclusion would mean that I had learned nothing from a time when I chose to live MS and not life." Martin Baum looks at how MS prepared him for lockdown.