Category Faces of Myelopathy

Coffee with Esther (November 2023)

Feeling Invisible Hi again, After a month’s holiday, we re-started up the Virtual Coffee Breaks in October. I wouldn’t call surgery a holiday, but I needed the break after it. We all said how much we’d missed the connection that…

Interview with Jay Cantebrigge

What is your name and where do you live?     My name is Jay, and I live in a rural village on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens with my dog, Daisy. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?  I’m…

Myelopathy: A Caregivers Perspective

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Hi everyone and welcome to my first blog! My name is Kevin and I am a moderator for the Myelopathy Caregivers Support Group on Facebook. So naturally I thought that my blog should focus on Myelopathy, but from a caregivers…

Interview with Dr James Guest

What is your name and where do you live?   James Guest, Miami Can you tell us a bit about yourself? What do you do when you are not working with Myelopathy.org? What do you do during your spare time?     Neurosurgeon, I’m…

Interview with Theresa Roberts

Throughout this summer, we at Myelopathy.org have been working hard on our summer fundraiser, Shining a Light on DCM. Our community, however, has been working even harder; for the first time in our history, we launched a fundraising event owned…

Interview with Tammy Blizzard

What is your name and where do you live? My name is Tammy Blizzard and I live in State College, Pennsylvania, USA. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? What do you do during your spare time? I am…

Coffee with Esther (July 2023)

It’s Time to Make the Change… Hi All, I hope you are all enjoying the warm days and sunny weather. The Virtual Coffee Breaks have been full of people jetting off on their summer holidays or enjoying days out with…

Novel Therapies in DCM: A Role for Cerebrolysin?

The RECODE-DCM initiative calls upon the global community of healthcare professionals working with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM), and individuals living with DCM, to come together to solve the Top 10 Research Priorities — 10 critical questions that are relevant to the…

Myelopathy Student Society News

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The Myelopathy.org Student Society has been making strides in promoting education and awareness about spinal cord disorders among medical students across the UK. Thanks to changes in the delivery of medical school teaching, the society successfully organised two events via…

Interview with Caroline Treanor

What is your name and where do you live?     My name is Caroline Treanor and I live in Dublin, which is the capital city of Ireland. I live in a Dublin suburb close to the seaside. I am fortunate to live…