Hello friends --How's things???  My youngest (Reagan) just graduated from high school last Wednesday and I got through it!!!  YIPPEE!!  I did cry - but not the sobbing 😭I feared might ensue!  I'll be good now until August when she leaves for college at JMU.  Then I'm going to need your support and a glass (bottle) of wine!!  🍷Onward friends.  Here's what's going on in the world of MS:1.  Constipation is one of the most common issues in MS.  You know about what a HUGE difference a Squatty Potty can make right??  Get the kink out of your colon!!  Open up, relax and release!!  Just getting into the "squat" that we originally used can make all the difference.  Get yours now - here:  Squatty Potty2.  EXCITING NEWS: The enzyme TET1, which is progressively lost with age, is essential to activate genes needed to repair myelin — the sheath around nerve cells that is damaged in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) — a study in mice has found.The scientists said their discovery supports further research to find ways to reverse TET1 decline, repair myelin damage, and slow MS progression.  Scientists Discover Enzyme Needed for Activating Myelin Repair3.  Anxiety: it's VERY common in #MS.  A lot of people are finding that weighted blankets can help.  Seems like a simple answer, right?? Learn more here:  Weighted Blanket for Anxiety4.  Have you dealt with the MS hug?? Maybe you have and you didn't know that's what it was called!  Here's a great article defining and explaining this most uncomfortable and painful #MS symptom:  Not Really a Hug!!5.  In the good news department, children born to women with #ms  are not at a higher risk of brain disorders than are children whose mothers don't have this disease, an observational study reported.  MS Does Not Raise Woman’s Risk of Child With Brain Disorder6.  WHOA - this sounds VERY interesting .  . . NurOwn involves a first step in which mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — stem cells that can generate a variety of other cell types — are collected from a patient's own bone marrow. MSCs are then grown and matured, under patented conditions. into cells that produce high levels of neurotrophic factors (NTF), which are molecules that promote nerve cell growth and survival.

Finally, the mature cells, called MSC-NTF cells, are injected into the patient's spinal canal to reach the central nervous system (CNS, the brain and spinal cord) and exert their neuroprotective effects.  Stem Cell & MS

That's all folks.  I sure hope you learned something of interest and assistance today!If you know someone else with MS - please invite them to the FUMS Nation.  Let them know about the podcast, the merch, the ebook, this newsletter. My goal is to help as many people as possible.  I'd appreciate your help in spreading the word of FUMS.  Thank you.Warmly -- Kathy#FUMS

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