Babs Guthrie

Babs is our Editorial Manager. Her team looks after the content on our website and makes sure we're telling our MS community's stories the best way we can.

She likes meeting our local MS groups, gin, bullet points and stories that make you think. Got some feedback about our website or want to share your MS story? Drop us a message.

Blogs by Babs Guthrie

Filming (Un)Fit To Work - An interview with Ekow Otoo

We interview actor and advocate, Ekow Otoo on filming Yasmin Godo's short film (Un)Fit to Work.

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To celebrate we wanted to share some of the things we do to make our content accessible for everyone with MS.

We can't afford not to make cannabis available for medical use

Cannabis based drug worked wonders for Steve, who lives with MS. He shares his story.

I use a walking frame but only get the lower rate of PIP

If I had something the matter I would try to ignore it and it would go away. But eventually the problems wouldn’t go away.

The 20 metre rule is a pointless test

When I was re-assessed for PIP. I could walk okay, but MS is a complex condition. As a result I was downgraded after my assessment as I'm 'getting better'.

5 myths about smoking and MS

We know giving up smoking can be really hard whether you have MS or not. And there’s a lot of misinformation out there. So we’ve reviewed the evidence to bust the top 5 myths about smoking and MS.

I suspected a link between my MS and smoking

The link between smoking and MS is clearer than ever. For a lot of people this has come as a big shock, but not for me.