Fums: Giving Multiple Sclerosis The Finger

This episode is the second of a series where Kathy talks to MSers from around the world about their diagnosis and treatment experiences, to see how they differ from our own.Kathy's guest today is Robert Joyce, who lives in a beautiful part of the world, Connemara in Ireland. Now aged 50, Robert was diagnosed with MS while he was living and working in England at the age of 23. Although his fatigue meant that he couldn't continue working at the same rate, over the years he has owned several businesses, operated as a business consultant, and was the head of a sporting organisation in Ireland.However, following a minor car accident his MS, which had been in remission for nearly a decade, returned and since then his life has to be lived in 30-minute blocksTopics covered include:Robert's story of diagnosis in England, and subsequent treatment in IrelandHis experience of working with a chronic illness in Ireland, USA, UK, Norway, Spain, Turkey and SwitzerlandThe accident which bought his MS out of rem