This is the first of three episodes where we track the whole course from diagnosis to final treatment jump, jumping between a couple of hospitals and lots and lots of special specialists to find an answer. In this episode, we cover the initial diagnosis which fortunately turned out to be wrong and we discuss  how  to navigate the medical profession when it's not making its best judgments or decision decisions.

If you know anyone going through this, please pass this episode onto them. It could help a lot.  

We talk about what optic neuritis is, where it comes from what its possible causes.

We also discuss some other advice about things that you should know from the outset and maybe some good habits you can develop from the beginning that will help you much much later on if the disease turns out to be not just a simple case.  

A brief introduction to the podcast and the two presenters: Brendan Bouffler (the patient) and Dr Joanna Gould (our captive scientist).