Hello friends --Hope you're doing well.  I am doing EXTREMELY well because my daughters talked me into leaving after work yesterday and driving up to Bethany Beach, Delaware to stay at a friend's beach house.  WOW!!  I'm working - but I'm looking at the ocean. 🌊 My office got a serious upgrade today!!So - what's happening in MS this week?  Let's see 👀1.  I just pushed "publish" on a fantastic FUMS Podcast interview of Debbie Petrina - an MS warrior that has literally "written the book on MS"!!  It's an excellent resource.  Here's a link to listen in right here:  Debbie Petrina   AND - here's a link to her book:  Managing MS: A Roadmap to Navigate Multiple Sclerosis.2.  For those of you wondering if exercise can make a difference in MS - ummmmmm - YEAH it can - and here's proof:  Exercise in Early MS May Ease Mood Disorders via Immune Alterations3.  This one had my jaw literally dropping.  Soooooo interesting. Most available studies suggest a connection between childhood trauma and MS, from earlier symptom onset to potentially poorer outcomes. 😳  Review Gives ‘Cautious Support’ to Childhood Trauma as MS Risk Factor4.  Stop it right now. 🛑  LOVE when a drug can be repurposed!!  Digoxin, an approved medication for certain heart conditions, promoted the repair of myelin — the protective sheath around nerve fibers that is progressively lost in multiple sclerosis — in mouse models of the disease, a study reports.  Heart Medication Digoxin Helps With Remyelination in Early Study5.  Gut health is proving to be more and more important in everything from management to potential prevention of diseases (MS included).  Super interesting stuff.  Want to learn more.  Here you go: Can Gut Health Affect Multiple Sclerosis?6.  Should You Get a Tdap Vaccine if You Have Multiple Sclerosis?  Spoiler alert: YES 😉That's all folks. Hope you found something in my 6-pack that you could drink down and find value in!! 🍻Can I help you with anything??  Drop me an email and let me know 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" 

P.S.  I had a Demo Day last week for the Patients Getting Paid membership community - just a little looksee at the inside of the community - the workshops, coaching sessions, weekly condition-specific gigs, the coworkings, various community spaces - and it was a HIT!  I heard from a lot of people that they just really needed to look under the hood to decide to join.  If that describes YOU, let me know and I'll put you on the list for the next PGP Demo Day.  Here's where to go for more info on PGP:  Patients Getting Paid