Hello friends --WHOA! Half of the summer is GONE! I can't believe it. It's FLYING by this year. My oldest is getting ready to go off to college and as such, I thought this would be a really good time to envelope myself in a HUGE project.  I've been talking about the Patients Getting Paid digital course and membership community that I planned on creating for a while now. Well, I've taken the first steps.  I have an email list (Patients Getting Paid) and I started a Facebook Group this week (Patients Getting Paid Public Community Group). I hope you'll join me on this adventure! I'll be sharing what I'm working on throughout the creation of the course so everyone can have input and we can make it the most valuable, comprehensive training and community group possible. So - join us. It's going to be fun!OK - let's get to it:1. The above text was a BIT of a spoiler for this first post but - what the hey! I just posted an article I wrote all about my plans for Patients Getting Paid. I go a bit more into detail as to why I'm creating it, what will be in it, and who I hope to help with it. Read more here: Flexible Work for the Chronically Ill2.  Interesting article by Ardra Shephard - an awesome writer and MS advocate. This one is all about what she learned her first year post MS diagnosis. What did YOU learn??  My 1st Year With MS3.  “Restoring the myelin sheath around nerves, or remyelination, would be considered a ‘Holy Grail’ outcome in the treatment of MS,” Jim DeMesa, MD, Emerald’s CEO, said in a press release. YES - yes it would!  Cannabidiol Treatment Seen to Aid in Remyelination in Mice4.  Intermittent fasting is showing some promising results in folks with MS (among others). Ever tried it??  Here's more info: Intermittent Fasting for MS5.  This one seriously scares me - and I don't scare easily (hence #FUMS). Study Examines Gadolinium Deposits in MS Patients’ Brains6.  Space, microgravity, and MS? Oh my!!  3-D Brain Models of PPMS and Parkinson’s Off to Space Station for Research in MicrogravityThat's all folks. Hope you gain some value from this little weekly newsletter! **It's hotter than hell out there. Please be careful!  Aside from all the fun the heat can bring for our MS symptom, heat stroke ain't no joke. Hydrate and stay in the AC!! Anything I can help you with? Drop me an email and at [email protected] or meet me over in the FUMS Facebook community and let's chat! Thanks.Warmly -- Kathy#FUMS

Sometimes it helps the stress, just to say "F-U-M-S"