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I AM MADELINE

marcia doherty AKA Madeline

A performer (actress, singer), leader, mentor, & community volunteer with her hands on a number of projects, Madeline(now fully public as Marcia)is a joy to know. She loves gardening & The Sound of Music. Her friends describe her as "effervescent." She"s one of more than 600,000 Canadians living with family of diseases twice as common as Multiple Sclerosis, little doctor education, strong correlation to viral infections, esp COVID-19. She & others face painful deadly deterioration

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00:46:42

Sinterklaas

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/12/05

where I talk about an op-ed I'm in the final edit stages (Yes I'll post it the minute it's up in a new episode) And I talk about Sinterklaas, celebration of the name day of St Nicholas, December 6th. He comes on the eve, December 5th, to bring presents to childrenhttps://www.dutchready.com/blog/traditions-in-the-netherlands-sinterklaas/ And here's the video I talked about *Marcia's Very Beary Folkfest Adventures* https://youtu.be/DBxf-osYOYI?si=tO6sLbhiAU04TK1O and the other video I mentioned that

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00:24:48

preparation is the better part of valor

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/12/01

to borrow part of a quote and replace discretion with preparation, hence preparation is the better part of valor when it comes to myalgic encephalomyelitis deterioration. So today I talk about some of those strategies and the pros and cons of the energy spent trying to figure them out at at the best price to factor in running out of money which is the whole reason I have to do the strategiesalso where I update you on what's been going on since the last couple of episodes I melted down.I mentioned

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00:14:15

part 2 One thing after another

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/11/09

I got in after doing part one and still had a lot to say and still have some pretty high level feelings about they're just being far too many one thing after the other levels of difficulty that keep coming at me

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00:08:14

part 1 One thing after another

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/11/09

Life is just kicking my rear with one thing after the other. I'm overcapacity and despair is definitely lapping around the edges

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00:55:27

Day of the Dead, Halloween, & Miracles

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/11/02

The photo is a small part of what I wore on Thursday pumpkin carving which I talk about along with my pumpkin prowl & a day of the Dead party. community connection fun and whimsy to help me navigate running out of money in Dec & now sharing petition in Jan, attempting to spread my story throughout Canada, and indeed the world, so that both I & people like me can have proper supports and the system can save oceans of money. recent gfm update with list of difficulties

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00:01:05

LifeAfter CBC Independent lens

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/10/30

I talk about this Sundance award-winning documentary a few episodes ago and it is now on CBC's Independent lens this coming Monday at 9:59 Pacific standard Time So check your listings and time zones so you can PVR it. I don't know if it'll be on CBC gym but you might want to check

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00:50:54

WHIMSY

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/10/30

where I talk about how I use whimsy as a survival tactic. I'll talk more specifically about what actually went down on a Halloween and the day of the Dead. But here I talk about how I've been using it as a survival to especially in light of what's going on for me right now and I talk about what's going on for me right now Links I mention recent GoFundMe update that has a breakdown of the difficulties https://gofund.me/6d981312petition which we are hoping to bring to the premier's office in December

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00:28:39

LifeAfter Sundance award-winning documentary

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/10/06

sorry I got the name wrong. I think I was saying in the episode afterlife but it's actually life after and here's the link https://mailchi.mp/multitudefilms/life-after-us-gathr?e=80ed2a920bAlso here's the petition that I mentioned in the podcast. If you haven't signed and or shared it yet then I would be so grateful https://bit.ly/Marcia_petitionAnd here's the Canary UK article I mentionedhttps://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/12/20/marcia-mecfs-canada/

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00:33:28

POWER

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/09/25

well I start talking about losing the help from a friend with laundry that I've had the past year or two but that support not existing anywhere even though it's medically prescribed along with housekeeping I think is about a larger conversation around power. So I talk about my views on power does he try to understand how the heck do I build a communication bridge to forms a power That exists within government and medicine and indeed often in journalism that I consider to be leaky and

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00:33:32

Hope Is Tricky Business

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/09/11

The Atlantic article link expired so here's a new one for you to be able to read (Or listen cuz it has a audio version at the top) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/09/canada-euthanasia-demand-maid-policy/683562/?gift=yKNFI6bZtyj8clr3yQtLYCSwFBjNIwPzg10Axz0GrTA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareAlso #GoFundMe link has that Atlantic link at the top in the latest update In case you want to share as you can't post news articles on Facebook or Instagram

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00:18:48

Disability Hate(And how I'm trying to keep afloat)

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/09/06

the link to the Atlantic article in the previous episode expired so here's a new link that lets you read the article https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/09/canada-euthanasia-demand-maid-policy/683562/?gift=yKNFI6bZtyj8clr3yQtLYCSwFBjNIwPzg10Axz0GrTA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharePetition https://bit.ly/Marcia_petitiongfm https://gofund.me/6d981312here's what I read from at the end of the episode

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00:19:16

Atlantic Readers welcome

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/08/19

The Atlantic article just came out https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/09/canada-euthanasia-demand-maid-policy/683562/?gift=yKNFI6bZtyj8clr3yQtLYEDZGa59P6EdVull-NTK1ioIf you can't read it please let me know and I will see about finding a way for you to be able to read itAs I mentioned in this podcast I'm going to include links to The petition where we accept worldwide signatures, the BC budget presentation and the GoFundMe where I do regular updates and also of course it's keeping me

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00:08:49

disability prejudice vomited on me by a neighbour, AGAIN

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/08/07

Not sure why I'm surprised, but same neighbour tried to do it to me again today as I was exiting my apt. I was so tired, my body was in such pain. What the heck. When are we going to start accessibility training so people understand that vomiting #disability prejudice is not okHere's the YouTube video I did of the first time it happened https://youtu.be/lHaw1OOujNY?si=HejtFuNZGxN4AE7x#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #healthcare #canpoli #disability #MyalgicE #pwME #MECFS #fibromyalgia #MEAction #Canada

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00:24:42

BANJO!

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/07/26

Where I talk about the fact I have a total thing about banjos, the recent folk festival that I went to and that I've been volunteering for for about 30 years. Also the difficulties and trying to find a balance between the things that Bouy my spirit and the things that need to get done but are also to Herculean and are destroying meThe photo on this episode is the vantage from my chair at South stage on Sunday at the folk festival as people are starting to set themselves up before the musicians come

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00:29:30

HEAT

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/07/09

where I talk about upcoming heat of 30° c and I still do not have a response from the crisis division of this ministry of social development of poverty reduction about a new air conditioner. And one that will not just handle the air situation more effectively which is a dual hose/inverter is on sale. 500 bucks and they normally cost way more like $800 or more. https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/danby-dual-hose-portable-air-conditioner-with-wi-fi-14000-btu-sacc-12000-btu-white/17539003The kindness

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00:23:51

Volunteering

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/06/26

purpose in this case volunteering helps me navigate difficulty eg things I've been talking about in the last few episodes

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00:10:23

Trauma Response

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/06/26

interesting aha moment i had around my body's reaction to being under such difficulty for so long.

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00:35:44

Under pressure

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/06/25

You know in that Star wars movie where they all end up in that trash compactor getting compressed? welcome to my evening

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00:28:19

Heat/Air/PESE Update

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/06/22

some of the links I talk about today Canary UK follow-up article June 2025https://www.thecanary.co/long-read/2025/06/17/assisted-dying-chronic-fatigue/Transcript of my bullet points for the BC budget presentationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLWh9vDEkw19LwB5JMlFmQyRRl6hXNiZOc-13cSRJfI/edit?usp=drivesdkMy audio recording of my BC budget presentation 2026https://open.spotify.com/show/0oNLwzI1qZvvZ51bau1aNigfmhttps://gofund.me/6d981312Petition https://bit.ly/Marcia_petitionreporters I speak about

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00:09:46

Everyone Breaks Under Torture Eventually

I AM MADELINE ·

2025/06/20

I think that sums it up. everyone breaks under torture eventually. these are the two articles I mentione in the podcast Maid chemical sensitivities applicationhttps://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-woman-in-final-stages-of-maid-application-after-nearly-a-decade-long-search-for-housing-1.6145487Maid chemical sensitivities death https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-chemical-sensitivities-chose-medically-assisted-death-after-failed-bid-to-get-better-housing-1.5860579

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