"It was almost like a death of my former self." — Selena - Season 4, Episode 1
"If it don't align, I decline." — Tiffany - Season 4, Episode 2
"People will abandon you. They will come up with whatever they need to justify it." — Tyler - Season 4, Episode 3
"Some days are tougher than others." — Justin Yuhaze - Season 4, Episode 4
"We will Win." — Mark Morabito - Season 4, Episode 5
"This is not a story about inspiration. It's about learning how to live inside something you didn't choose, together." — Rachael Fenich - Season 4, Episode 6
"If you have ever wondered what it feels like to live beside MS instead of inside it, this conversation sits in that space." — Dr. Mary Hughes - Season 4, Episode 7
"This is one of the most honest conversations we've had about the distance between looking okay and feeling okay." — Bill Mooney - Season 4, Episode 8
"A conversation about trust, credibility, and the hidden psychological weight of living with a disease that many people never fully see." — Bridget Longnecker - Season 4, Episode 9
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Why These Stories Matter
The Other Side of MS exists because too many people affected by multiple sclerosis spend their lives explaining themselves. Here, they do not have to.
People come on this podcast to talk about what MS has changed in their lives. Some of it is hard to say. Some of it has never been said out loud before.
They are not asked to make the story easier to hear. They are not pushed toward hope, inspiration, or a lesson.
You will hear from people living with MS, along with spouses, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, and others whose lives have been shaped by the disease.
The conversations can be painful, funny, uncomfortable, quiet, or unfinished.
The goal is simple. Give people the time to speak, and listen closely enough for them to know they were heard.
The 3 Day Rule
with Karen Matingou
Karen Matingou listened as strangers described what MS was doing to their bodies. The details sounded familiar. Too familiar. She spent the next month convincing herself she was imagining it. The first neurologist gave her an easier answer. He was wrong. When Karen finally received the diagnosis she feared, she told no one for two weeks. Not her husband. Not her son. Not her mother or sister. Today, she says MS will not beat her. But that determination comes with a private rule: three days to feel the fear, anger, and darkness she rarely allows others to see. What happens when the person who always cared for everyone else becomes the one who needs help?
Start Listening
Not sure where to begin? These episodes are a great place to start.
This Is Not About Silver Linings
with Tyler Campbell
Nine years of denial and isolation.
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with Selena Buongiorno
Navigating MS from both sides of care.
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with Rachael Fenich
What MS looks like inside a marriage.
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