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<blockquote data-quote="News" data-source="post: 757293" data-attributes="member: 17163">A native of Scotland, she loves “wild” (in other words non-pool) swimming in nearby lakes (including Loch Ness) with friends and family. In the winter, she uses a wetsuit, but she doesn’t need to wear braces or tape in the cold water, which soothes her joints. Mountain hikes are also part of her routine – though her backpack comes with a feeding tube. She’s also six months out of medical school, doing a vascular surgery rotation as a junior doctor (the equivalent of a medical residency program in the U.S.). She intends to pursue a career as a pediatric physician. “In pediatrics it’s very much about helping children live with what they have,” she says. “It’s about getting their symptoms controlled to a point where they can do the things they want to do.” This is a philosophy that also drives her own approach to the disease she lives with. She has never met anyone in person who also has this rare disease – though she had perused some online support forums – but recently she connected with a teenager in the U.S. who is also living with Ehlers-Danlos. They star in “Beyond Xbox: A Player Like Me,” the next film in the Xbox “Beyond” series, which began with “<a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/12/18/xbox-launches-xbox-beyond-generations/" target="_blank">Beyond Generations</a>.”Read more about their connection on <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/?post_type=features&amp;p=445657" target="_blank">Microsoft Stories</a>.<a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/03/28/gaming-similar-passions-and-rare-disease-connect-two-people-separated-by-an-ocean/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="News, post: 757293, member: 17163"] A native of Scotland, she loves “wild” (in other words non-pool) swimming in nearby lakes (including Loch Ness) with friends and family. In the winter, she uses a wetsuit, but she doesn’t need to wear braces or tape in the cold water, which soothes her joints. Mountain hikes are also part of her routine – though her backpack comes with a feeding tube. She’s also six months out of medical school, doing a vascular surgery rotation as a junior doctor (the equivalent of a medical residency program in the U.S.). She intends to pursue a career as a pediatric physician. “In pediatrics it’s very much about helping children live with what they have,” she says. “It’s about getting their symptoms controlled to a point where they can do the things they want to do.” This is a philosophy that also drives her own approach to the disease she lives with. She has never met anyone in person who also has this rare disease – though she had perused some online support forums – but recently she connected with a teenager in the U.S. who is also living with Ehlers-Danlos. They star in “Beyond Xbox: A Player Like Me,” the next film in the Xbox “Beyond” series, which began with “[URL='https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/12/18/xbox-launches-xbox-beyond-generations/']Beyond Generations[/URL].” Read more about their connection on [URL='https://news.microsoft.com/?post_type=features&p=445657']Microsoft Stories[/URL]. [url="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/03/28/gaming-similar-passions-and-rare-disease-connect-two-people-separated-by-an-ocean/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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