<description>&lt;p&gt;At the age of 14, Michaela Janssen Pohl became a caregiver for her mother, who lives with MS.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/105901/Parents_with_MS.png" alt= "Parents with MS" width="336" height="336" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="align-left"&gt;I think most of us can agree that just being a teenager carries with it more than enough challenges. Those adolescent years are the years when just about everything in life starts changing. Imagine adding the responsibilities of being a caregiver to all the other things going on in a 14-year-old girl's life. Michaela joins me this week to explain how she found ways to survive and thrive in what can only be described as a challenging situation for any teenager.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We'll also explain why you might want to think a little differently about Giving Tuesday this year.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We're sharing all the details about the Phase 2 clinical trial focusing on Moderna's investigational Epstein-Barr vaccine and MS (&lt;em&gt;and we'll explain why that might turn out to be important!&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We're talking about how MS impacts women's health issues with this year's winner of the Rachel Horne Prize for Women's Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Kristen Krysko.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And we're sharing the results of the Phase 2 clinical trial for PIPE-307, an investigational remyelination therapy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;We have a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; to talk about! 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Jon Strum

Episode 431: When a Teenager Becomes a Caregiver For a Parent With MS with Michaela Janssen Pohl

DEC 1, 202534 MIN
RealTalk MS

Episode 431: When a Teenager Becomes a Caregiver For a Parent With MS with Michaela Janssen Pohl

DEC 1, 202534 MIN

Description

At the age of 14, Michaela Janssen Pohl became a caregiver for her mother, who lives with MS.

I think most of us can agree that just being a teenager carries with it more than enough challenges. Those adolescent years are the years when just about everything in life starts changing. Imagine adding the responsibilities of being a caregiver to all the other things going on in a 14-year-old girl's life. Michaela joins me this week to explain how she found ways to survive and thrive in what can only be described as a challenging situation for any teenager.

We'll also explain why you might want to think a little differently about Giving Tuesday this year.

We're sharing all the details about the Phase 2 clinical trial focusing on Moderna's investigational Epstein-Barr vaccine and MS (and we'll explain why that might turn out to be important!)

We're talking about how MS impacts women's health issues with this year's winner of the Rachel Horne Prize for Women's Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Kristen Krysko.

And we're sharing the results of the Phase 2 clinical trial for PIPE-307, an investigational remyelination therapy.

We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??!

It's Giving Tuesday (and why that matters more this year than ever before) :22

This Week: Becoming a caregiver for a parent with MS when you're 14 years old 3:27

A clinical trial focused on an EBV vaccine and MS is recruiting participants 4:25

Dr. Kristen Krysko discusses MS and women's health issues 7:52

Results from the Phase 2 clinical trial for PIPE-307 remyelination therapy 13:48

Michaela Janssen Pohl shares her story of becoming a caregiver at the age of 14 16:55

Share this episode 33:20

Next week's episode 33:40

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DONATE: The National MS Society https://nationalmssociety.org/donate

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PARTICIPATE: Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Moderna's EBV Vaccine and MS https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06735248 Email: [email protected]

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RealTalk MS Episode 431 Guests: Dr. Kristen Krysko, Michaela Janssen Pohl

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