This is the second Articles episode!
Martin had his first tonic-clonic seizure when he was 10 years old, whilst playing a recorder in a music lesson. Since then, he has lived with epilepsy and seizures. In secondary school, he was told he could not go on a ski-trip because of this epilepsy - not once but twice.
But when Martin left school, a friend at work suggested that they should start travelling together. Now he had a travel-buddy, Martin could travel safely with epilepsy, and they went to Australia, Iceland and more. And Martin was excited to book a trip together to his dream destination - America!
But when his travel companion had to drop out of the trip, Martin had to decide - could he travel alone with epilepsy?
This article first appeared on Martin's blog:
https://epilepsytraveller.home.blog/
Frankie and I discuss the story from 9:25mins:
Fran and Frankie catch up and discuss the article
What they loved about the article
Admitting when something is difficult
Martin's great advice for travelling with epilepsy
How lovely Martin's friendship with his colleague was
Why encouragement from others makes all the difference
Why it's nice to hear a longer story from an Instagram persona!
How Fran has improved her epilepsy routine over the years
I had also had a short chat with Martin about his adventures with epilepsy, and travelling to American alone . The Q&A will be out in 2 week's time. But if you're a $10 Patron, you can listen early over on the Patron-only feed!
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