Starla Teddergreen on racing with Multiple Sclerosis

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Starla Teddergreen had an extensive professional cycling career behind her and a spot in the Life Time Grand Prix when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2022. Despite dropping out of the series due to the diagnosis, she reapplied in 2023 and completed the series. Starla sat down with Payson this week to discuss the confusing mix of symptoms she began feeling during the pandemic and the skepticism and dismissal she received from doctors before finally receiving an MS diagnosis....

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0:00.0	When I was leaving the hospital, they were like, we don't know if you're ever going to be able to ride your bike again, because one, you're at risk of if you fall, being on the blood thinners, you could have something happen catastrophically. We also don't know what your recovery is going to look like. We don't know what your leg control or arm control is going to look like.
0:23.7	So it's just a whole lot of trying to internalize that everything that at that point really defined me
0:32.6	was being taken away from me.
0:35.6	It's showtime, everybody.
0:37.7	Showtime!
0:40.4	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:44.1	This is the world as it exists today.
0:49.0	Life moves pretty fast.
0:51.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:53.9	You could miss it.
0:57.0	Listen, we're talking about practice.
1:00.0	Repeat on the dude's room. Donnie, you're out of your element. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you.
1:08.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:15.6	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:18.0	Hello, everyone.
1:18.7	Welcome back.
1:21.7	I'm really excited to bring you today's episode with Starlet Teddergreen.
1:24.9	The podcast that was pretty emotional at times.
1:30.4	I was a little bit pinched on time and was shooting for about a 40, 45 minute episode, but one of those conversations that you just really couldn't cut short. Starless,
1:38.8	someone whose name I was certainly familiar with seeing on results sheets. She was in the Lifetime Grand Prix this
1:45.0	past year, but not someone that I had really ever chatted to or gotten to know. There are so many
1:52.2	incredible people in this cycling world. And it's conversations like this that just continue to
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