Learning to live with MS is learning to live with loss. For some, those losses may be minor and seem relatively insignificant. For others, those losses can be huge and life-altering. The definition of grief is an emotional response to a significant loss. It's not unusual to grieve over those things in your life that have been lost due to MS. In fact, healthy grieving is a necessary emotional step to moving forward in life.
Dr. Holly Hendin, a faculty physician and psychiatrist at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Group Outpatient Behavioral Health in Phoenix, Arizona, joins me to explore grieving when you live with MS.
We'll also share the results of a study that show other health conditions can have a negative impact on MS disease activity, like relapses and disability worsening.
And we're sharing the details of the $4.6 million dollar investment the National MS Society is making in research focused on myelin repair.
We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??!
This Week: Grieving when you're living with MS :22
A study shows how other health conditions may cause MS to worsen 2:00
The National MS Society is investing $4.6 million dollars in research focused on myelin repair 6:21
Dr. Holly Hendin helps us understand the importance of healthy grieving when you're living with MS 9:39
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STUDY: Comorbidity and Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis
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RealTalk MS Episode 374
Guest: Dr. Holly Hendin
