Hello friends --I'm sitting in the inpatient surgery family waiting room at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital right now because my husband had his nephrectomy (kidney removal) today. The doctor just updated me that he did well and the kidney - along with the cancer - is gone!!  YIPPEE!!  Thanks for all of the notes of encouragement and support.  I love this community.Enough  blabbing, lady, let's get to it:1. This morning, I published the latest FUMS Podcast episode. This one is with the amazing Holly Bertone - a breast cancer and Hashimoto's disease survivor and thriver.  She was discriminated against in the workplace due to her health issues - so she got busy, got educated, and wrote a book to help others with autoimmune disease protect themselves the discrimination that she experienced.  That book is called  Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce Stress. You can listen to the podcast right here: Autoimmune Disease IS a Legal Disability2.  Are you nervous about the Coronavirus? Be careful out there!!  What Does Covid-19 Mean for People With MS?3.  Same subject - different meesenger. Here's a video by the highly esteemed MS specialist Dr. Aaron Boster - about the #Coronavirus and #MS.   https://youtu.be/_NpQOR7eXF84.  Too much of a good thing - can actually be a bad thing. A new study shows that high dose Vitamin D can actually worsen MS. Now that's news you can use!!! Are you taking Vit D?? How much??  Vitamin D at a High Dose Can Worsen MS5.  This badass MS'er went from using a walker to competing in 3 Crossfit competitions!!  WHAT!!??! Read about it here: Kicking Ass and Taking Names6.  When your brain is injured or damaged, it has a natural ability to adapt and continue functioning. Pretty cool, right?  Read more about it right here:  Neurological reserve: How the brain can adapt to MS damageSo - that's all folks. Hope you get some serious value out of this weekly newsletter. If you would like to support FUMS to help ensure it can continue AND get some nifty "rewards" for your contribution - check out the FUMS Patreon Page.Warmly -- Kathy#FUMS

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