Hello friends --This week has FLOWN by - in large part because I'm soooo busy trying to get ready for VACATION!!!  Yep - I'm heading out next week. I'm heading UP NORTH - to northern Minnesota - to sit on the side of a lake and think. Or drink. Whatever! That means no Friday Night 6-Pack next week. So sorry. I need this desperately though. I feel a tinge of burnout and need to unplug for a week. I'll be back with renewed energy and vigor. And tales of my vacation!!  Stay tuned!Let's see what happened this week in the land of MS:1. If you've been listening to the International Series I did for the FUMS Podcast Show - you've heard my 5 interviews with people from different countries telling their diagnosis and treatment stories - and explaining how the healthcare system in their country works. It's been fascinating - and maddening!  This week, my friend and podcast editor (and the first to be interviewed in the series) Steve Woodward turns the tables and INTERVIEWS ME!!!  It's the wrap up (at least for now) of this series and you can hear it right here:  Int'l Series Wrap Up2.  RA is a common co-disease to MS. As if MS wasn't enough. So - here's some info on RA. #FURA and #FUMS - Vagus Baby (the nerve!!)3.  Happy belated bday to Selma Blair - the latest patron saint of #MS!! Thanks for sharing the reality of this disease! 47 and Saying FUMS!!4.  Who here drinks Matcha Tea? Have you noticed that it helps with energy and focus?? I KNOW we can ALL use some more of that!!! Gotcha Matcha 5.  My heart breaks for kids with this stupid disease. Read more: FUMS - Leave The Kids Alone6.  UGH. I think most of us can relate to this. Do you have a plan for when you see it (depression) creeping in? I have to stay stupid busy and keep my mind always occupied - or the what ifs and the depression sneak in. Read more here: Climbing Out of the Dark HoleThat's all folks. Please hit "reply" and let me know if this Friday Night 6-Pack is valuable to you or not. Would you miss it if I didn't do it anymore??  If there is anything I can do to help you with anything, please, 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"