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Julie Châtelain

Julie Châtelain

Radio host on Canal M (Mission Vision, Sourdes et courageuses), journalist at AMI télé, former éducatrice spécialisée, and accessibility advocate living with a degenerative visual condition.

Aug 7, 2026

3:59
[laughs]
4:00
Uh, we, my husband and I have been together for a, a very long time now, almost, well, over 40 years.
4:07
And luckily for us, when we're on these adventures, our down days are not on the same day.
4:14
And so if I'm having a bad time, I can feel confident that I'll, I'll get up again, and Simon helps me boost my morale a little bit or takes me out for ice cream or a nice meal, and he knows how to m- make me happy again.
4:28
So I think that's pretty much what we do, is we love and support each other, and we know the bad times, uh, finish at some point and we get the good times again.
7:47
I suspect there are more than a few, to put it mildly, but can you share an example that you're carrying with you of that hospitality or kindness that stands out from the last number of years and kilometers?
8:02
Absolutely.
8:03
I, I think we typically stand out 'cause we're, uh, our persona when we're walking is, is different than a, a, a regular person's persona, so people get curious.
73:09
Mais oui.
73:10
Parce que ça là, ça là, cette opération-là là, ben là, j'ai été sur-médicamentée, tellement sur-médicamentée avec des opiacés là, que j'ai dû faire un sevrage après ça pendant six mois de temps.
73:25
Et là, encore, perdre du poids, perdre du poids, perdre, perdre du poids au point que j'ai été hospitalisée À gastro colonoscopie parce que là, je pesais quatre-vingt-seize livres.
73:41
Et je, je ne suis plus capable de manger, je ne suis plus capable de...
73:44
Il y avait vraiment quelque chose dans mon corps.
73:46
Il y avait vraiment un état de choc dans mon corps.
73:50
On m'a donné tellement d'opiacés, on m'a donné tellement de, de médicaments poubelles.

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83:46
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