Lina Nielsen
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 30 Jun
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And what we know about MS is very superficial.
So the first thing I learned about MS was, I remember it so clearly, my A-level biology textbook was,
There was a small corner of the textbook of an old white man in a wheelchair.
Old white man, mixed race, young woman.
I was like, this isn't two and two are making five.
I was like, I don't relate to that.
So for me, it was very much like I'm seeing an old white man in a wheelchair.
There's definitely denial.
And so I think with what we know about MS, and it's definitely changing now with the power of social media.
I follow so many social media pages talking about MS.
We're starting to see more and more people who could look like us.
We're seeing a lot more young women.
So MS is, you're more likely to be diagnosed if you're a woman.
So 70% of the people in the UK who have MS are women, which is a big number.
It's a big number.
compared to men so we're starting to see more and more what MS could look like we're now starting to see that it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to end up in a wheelchair whereas for me it was very much like you're going to end up in a wheelchair so there's I think there's power in speaking about it and raising awareness and I think that
everyone's going to react differently to a diagnosis.
But I see more and more so with MS that it's very much like, I'm scared to tell my colleagues because they're going to think that I'm not able to do this job.
I'm scared to tell my friends because they're going to think that they can't invite me to a night out because I might not handle it.
So it's very much this misconception that MS means...
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