Dr Cora Sargeant

Gather your party and Roll for Initiative

About Cora’s writing

Cora is an educational psychologist, a Senior Teaching Fellow, and a writer and podcaster. When she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis as a transgender woman intersectionality hit her like a bus. Now, Cora tries to understand how people thrive with chronic illness, and she goes from a victim of an incurable, degenerative disease to Rolling for Initiative.

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Cora smiling on the beach beside her wheelchair

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The Valley of Rocks
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Wetting myself laughing
Wetting myself laughing

Generally my symptom profile has become fairly manageable. I catheterise to pee so I can empty fully regularly, and while I get bladder spasms I have the pelvic control of an olympic gymnast and I can fight…

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‘You’re a gender reassignment patient’
‘You’re a gender reassignment patient’

I woke up in the middle of the night last night with all the urgency of a fire alarm. My personal sprinkler system was at considerable risk of going off under the bedcovers and I needed to…

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Learning not to walk
Learning not to walk

We were staying in Devon in a little air BNB, The Rogue and I, just a few short years ago. We went to little pubs nearby, restaurants, sightseeing.

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Sciencing The S**t Out of MS Podcast - Latest Episodes

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Community
Community
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Exercise
Exercise
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Accommodation
Accommodation
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