Hello friends --How's everybody doing??  I'm really tired. I'm working as hard as I can on this "Patients Getting Paid" course along with the FUMS stuff and the mom and wife gig I have (trying not to lose that gig!).  There is so damned much going in the MS world these days - there's no rest for the weary.  What's going on, you ask? Here you go:1.  I just pushed "publish" on a new podcast episode. This one is an interview I did with M'Kayl Lewis, Vice President of Member Services at Pack Health, a wonderful digital health coaching platform for chronic disease management, which partners patients with their own personal health advisor. Through weekly coaching sessions, as well as personalized follow-ups online, over the phone and via text, Pack Health aims to enable anyone who has or is at risk for a chronic condition to live their healthiest, happiest life. It's a GREAT program - and - M'Kayl brought some *FREE* coaching packs along with her to give to FUMS'ers!  Listen to the podcast here - and then JUMP ON signing up for YOUR free health coach!  Pack Health 2.  So - it's MS Awareness Month and next week is MS Awareness Week. I'm aware. Are you? Bet you are. But - it's those other bastards that we need to set straight. We can't have them confusing us for Jerry's Kids (my brother seriously did that!). It's important that people understand how weird and unpredictable and shitty this disease is - so they can begin to understand and support us - and - donate MOLA to help find the cure! Do you do anything special for MS Awareness Month??  Here's a link to an article to suggest ways you can participate in spreading awareness. MS Awareness3.  Long Term Care Insurance - If you didn't have long-term care insurance in place pre-dx, chances are you either can't get it or it's cost-prohibitive now. Here's an article about it. Wish I would have purchased before I heard those fateful words: "you have MS"  Long Term Care Insurance4.  I get this - do you?? "Kaleidoscope Vision" - remember the toy when you were a kid? That's what I see. It's weird - and a little bit cool (now that I know it's not scary). How many of us experience this?? Another Weird MS Symptom5.  Got a question about #MS?? Ask it on this site: "This Virtual MS Community Center has been created by some of the leading MS specialists in the world so that MS patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers can get information to help manage MS and its symptoms."  HealthCare Journey6.  Two-fer - while looking for a way to help cancer patients fight the Epstein-Barr Virus - they may have found a way to shut it down in #MS patients too!! Researchers believe the EBV may trigger MS. Read more here:  Two-FerSo - that's all folks. Hope you find helpful information in this weekly email, the bi-monthly podcast episodes, the bi-monthly blog posts, and the daily Facebook posts. If so - please share FUMS with your MS friends. I'd really appreciate your help spreading the word about FUMS!!  Thanks in advance.If you have other ideas of topics you'd like me to cover or people you'd like me to interview - maybe even YOU - 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

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