My Health Experience: ‘I would be paralysed from the waist down if I didn’t have surgery’

It’s five months now since my second surgery and I still feel like I’ve been through the wars

My daughter’s juvenile arthritis: ‘Every time I stuck the needle in her, I knew I was poisoning her’

Elisha Dillon (10) has suffered from juvenile arthritis since she was a year old

My Health Experience: ‘Mental health has an impact on the whole family’

Looking after a mother who has stress disorder, Gina Delaney says more support should be given to families dealing with mental health issues

My Health Experience: ‘I was broken inside, but running gave me a purpose’

While exercise doesn’t take away the pain of grief, it can help you to come to terms with it

My Health Experience: ‘I was sceptical about the new treatment but it was painless’

Louise Kelly had her first varicose vein surgery when she was 16, leaving her black and blue for weeks

My Health Experience: ‘It’s all about the ability – not the disability’

Irish athlete and runner Michael McKillopp has a mild form of cerebral palsy and was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager. He won gold in the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics, and was recognised as the male athlete who best exemplified the spirit of the Paralympics

My Health Experience: ‘I like to focus on the positive things having diabetes has given me’

Over time, you learn to live with an illness – although it may sometimes be difficult or frustrating, life must go on

My health experience: ‘I was shy when my jaw overlapped - now I never stop talking’

I was nicknamed ‘Jaws’ in school, which upset me. The five-hour corrective surgery was hard but boosted my confidence

My Health Experience: ‘I can still move my arms enough to put them round my wife’

‘I feel extraordinarily lucky to have been diagnosed with haemochromatosis when I was’

My Health Experience: Former politician and academic Maurice Manning speaks about his experience of haemochromatosis

My Health Experience: ‘When our son was hospitalised with a heart problem, Croí charity couldn’t do enough for us’