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“I was a new mum and very protective of my baby. I wanted to be strong for him, yet there were feeling of being stressed, raw and worried about the future,” explains Mulhern, who had a relapse three months after Finn was born. “I was lost when I was first diagnosed. I didn’t know anyone with MS. Many people don’t talk about it because they don’t want people to feel sorry for them or think that they aren’t able to do their work,” she explains.Mulhern says that when she first started looking up MS online, she came across a lot of negative stuff. “A lot of blogs and online posts are a cry for help.
Working as a branding specialist for the clothing company Magee 1866, she says her employers have been very supportive of her. Since her relapse at the end of 2020/start of 2021, she has been keeping well and enjoying life. Hennelly’s artwork is a 3D printed bust of herself. “From the front, I look pretty ordinary, but the back is exposed to the brain and spinal cord to show that there is a little more going on,” adds Hennelly, who will show the piece at the NCAD graduate show from June 8th-14th following the exhibition at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. She says that it can be hard when you explain to people that you have MS and they tell you upsetting things.