Episodes

Bread Moment My name is John, I have MS, I’m 38 years old and I started this podcast to share what I’m going through. Recap Episode 6 Episode 6: “Overwhelmed” was short but impactful the way short things can often be. Like Mike Tyson said, “Everybody has a plan, until they get hit in the mouth.” Last episode was basically nothing but a long recap, and then I got distracted telling how I made tomato sauce. I gave up and I just stopped the whole thing after like two and a half minutes. It’s v...

Overwhelmed In Episode 6 I get overwhelmed and hang up the headphones in the middle of the episode. On the one hand, it’s a pretty terrible episode because of that, but on the other hand, it is good to know that I can feel bad and recover. I certainly don’t feel this way anymore. It’s hard to slur your words on the mic. Books / Can’t do what your parents do A listener wrote in to correct me about some books that I touched on in the last episode and I took this opportunity to set the record st...

Welcome back to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast for Episode 5: Gallows Humor In this episode, I have bad reaction to an MRI, suffering fever and headaches for days. I come through it with the help of my wife. Recap Ep. 4 Recap – last episode, I tried to wrap my head around the idea of asking for and receiving help. A listener wrote in to tell me that asking for help increases effectiveness. We talked about the determination to continue despite the demoralizing nature of the therapy pro...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I continue to think about how to ask for help with the shower safety changes that I need, do some physical therapy, and finally pick up the phone and ask for help. Recap Ep. 3 Recap – last episode was about asking for help. It was hard to record because I didn’t know that’s what I needed to do before I began recording. I figured out while I was on talking about it that so many of my great friends and family would ...

Welcome to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 3: Asking for Help Recap – last episode we talked about being in control of my emotions. Episode 3 revolves around asking for help to install shower handles so I can get in and out of the shower. The are a lot of complicated feelings that go with that. I need help, but I don’t want to ask, and I especially don’t want to ask my Mom for help. Transcript JOHN HOPPIN: Back to Business, episode three. Last episode, we talked about stuff i...

Welcome to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 2. In this episode, I struggle to control my emotions due to damage in my brain stem. What’s The Matter With Me? is a podcast about multiple sclerosios, and many other things. Recap – should I be on disability? My philosophy. I said I can’t – in violation of my philosophy, which is that I generally can do things. I can work. This podcast is about trying, and I’m not afraid to try and succeed and achieve. I believe that I can achieve r...

Trying What’s The Matter With Me? is a podcast about Multiple Sclerosis and many other things. In this episode, it’s the month of Mayhem at KFJC, and I go to in for an Occupational Therapist Visit, where I share about Hot Sauce R&D and my Workforce Vision. Droll It’s the month of Mayhem at KFJC, and DJs do special programs all month long. Droll pre-empted my show to do a special about music in odd time signatures. Occupational Therapist Julie I went to Stanford to visit the occupational the...