FUMS: Giving Multiple Sclerosis The Finger
Health & Fitness:Alternative Health
Jenna Green worked for 15 yrs in corporate marketing, when she realized that she had to leave for the sake of her mental health! So she began working freelance - but the hustle culture, combined with chronic pain she experienced following a car accident, led her to a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2016.
On what should have been her first Tysabri infusion, she learned that her insurance wouldn't cover the treatment. This was Jenna's first experience of Step Therapy or Fail First practices - where, in order to control costs, insurance companies restrict coverage of expensive therapies unless patients have already failed treatment with a lower-cost alternative.
And we all know that a failed treatment for MS means more relapses, leading to more irreparable damage, increased disability, and worse outcomes!
Jenna is now a patient advocate, content creator, consultant, and public speaker. She has used her experience in marketing to help bring awareness, support, education, and community to those who live with invisible illnesses, chronic pain, and fatigue, primarily on Instagram @thejennagreen.
AND she's devoted to helping to change public policy via her volunteer work with the MS Society. GO JENNA!
Topics covered in this episode include:
Full show notes and resources at https://fumsnow.com/fums107/
FUMS 119 - National Lampoon's Chronically Ill Christmas with The MS Pod Squad
FUMS 118 - Comic Artist and MSer Brooke Pelczynski's Perfect, Shitty Situation
FUMS 117 - Mind, Mood, and Memory in Multiple Sclerosis w/ Dr. Anthony Feinstein
FUMS 116 - Managing Daily Life as MS Progresses w/Jenn Powell
FUMS 115 - MSer Sue Casey says "Grab The Happy!"
FUMS 114 - The Art of Rebellion With Kick-Ass MSer Lydia Emily
FUMS 113 - An Invitation From Dr. Terry Wahls To Be Part of Her Latest Study
FUMS 112 - Using Pilates to Combat MS with Mariska Breland
FUMS 111 - The Owner's Manual for MS with Author Debbie Petrina
FUMS 110 - Using Intermittent Fasting to Manage Your MS with Cynthia Thurlow
FUMS 109 - Real Talk About MS with Jon Strum
FUMS 108 - A Cause for MS Has Been Found
FUMS 106 - Caring for Caregivers with Elizabeth Miller
FUMS 105 - Finding "Grace" in MS with Novelist Delaney Parker
FUMS 104 - Trauma and EBV as the Trigger for MS w/Tammy and Terry of Twins Coast 2 Coast
FUMS 103 - Diet and Lifestyle to Halt Your MS w/Dr. Terry Wahls
FUMS 102 - GYST: Estate Planning with MS part 2
FUMS 101 - GYST: Estate Planning with MS part 1
FUMS 100 - The 100th Episode!
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