Hello friends --I hope this finds you and yours doing well.  I am! In fact, I'm PSYCHED!!  After trying for 5 years (and failing due to weird, crazy reasons), I FINALLY scored tickets to tour the White House all dressed up for Christmas!!  My family and I will be there Thursday morning - in what appears to be freezing ass cold and rainy weather - and I couldn't care less.  I'M GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE!!  And it's going to be beautiful and really kick off the holidays for me. I hope you have something to be excited about in your life.  Having something to look forward too is key.  OK - I'll quit dreaming about tea in the blue room and share this week's 6-pack:1.  I'm kicking this off by sharing a gift with you: a  7-day FREE TRIAL (no credit card required) of the Patients Getting Paid membership community.  This is where people with chronic illness learn how to find and create work that both accommodates their health and generates an income!  Work from anywhere and take care of yourself. We have accountability posts twice each week, a TON of condition-specific paying gigs posted each week, workshops and trainings, live coaching calls, coworkings and the most amazingly supportive, loving community I've ever been a part of.  Give it try - see if it fits!  Here's where to learn more and sign up:  PGP for FREE2.  GREAT NEWS:  Light Therapy Found to Relieve Fatigue Syndrome in Multiple Sclerosis.  Stay tuned. There is likely more to come of this type of research.  🤞🏻3.  More good news:  Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) may be able to reduce fatigue, spasticity, and pain, and improve quality of life in patients with MS, a new meta-analysis reports. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Can Ease Some MS Symptoms: Review4.  Shrinkage is real (nod to the Seinfeld show: the Shrinkage clip). In this case, we're talking about brain shrinkage.  Has your doctor talked to you about that extra fun part of MS??  ‘Time Is Brain’: Managing Brain Atrophy With MS  Early intervention is key to reducing brain shrinkage.  *Talk to your doc!

5.  In her first TV appearance since her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, Christina Applegate said, "People had seen me as this other person for the last almost 40 years, and I'm different now."  Christina Applegate - Badass MS'er6. Recent research published in the journal Heliyon suggests that the usage of diabetes drugs like insulin and metformin could potentially help reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS).  Weird, right??  Diabetes Drugs and MS: What to Know About Potential Risks, BenefitsThat's all folks.  Hope you learned something helpful in this little newsletter o'mine!  Is there anything I can help you with??  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#FUMSP.S.  Still need some gift ideas?? I got choo!!  Check out the 11th Annual FUMS Holiday Gift Guide 

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