LGMD

 

Transition from Children’s to Adult Services: Personal Perspective

Here Sarah Gregson, paediatric neuromuscular physiotherapist, is in conversation with Zoe Harrison. Zoe works at Alderhey Hospital, Liverpool and was once a patient of Sarah’s. Here they discuss Zoe’s personal experience of transition, living with LGMD and what helped when she was moving between services and how it could be improved to help others in the future.

Zoe has her own podcast series, Dystrophy Diaries. Check it out!

What is LGMD and what does the future hold for management?

Anna Mayhew in discussion with Professor Volker Straub, Harold Macmillan Professor of Medicine & Director, The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre. Deputy Dean, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, International Centre for Life.

They discuss how LGMD presents, how it progresses, important aspects around care and the future and hope for treatments. 

Living with LGMD 2B

Anna Mayhew chats to Annette Costello about living with LGMD 2B. Annette lives in Dublin and is part of a natural history study for this type of LGMD – Dysferlinopathy.  She discusses the benefits of being part of such a study as well as what is important about managing her condition.