Category People with DCM

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…

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…

Coffee with Esther (May 2023)

Living in a Fantasy World Hi all, April was certainly a busy month for the Coffee Break regulars. The clocks went forward and spring started to bloom outside.  For some of us, it was the time to start thinking about…

Coffee with Esther (April 2023)

Move It or Lose It Hi everyone, March has been a very strange month for me. It started with excitement for my birthday and ended in sadness with the loss of my beautiful “Big Dog”. Throughout the month, I’ve felt…

Coffee with Esther (March 2023)

Another Milestone!  Hi All, What a fabulous start to the year we have had in the Virtual Coffee Breaks. At the first get-together we struggled to have everyone online at the same time, so we decided to move the Virtual…