Hello friends --Thanksgiving is next week. How is that even possible? It's dark at 5 pm and I just want to hibernate - how about you?? DON'T DO IT.  KEEP MOVING. It's tempting as the days get shorter and it's colder out - to just sit, or lay down. But we HAVE TO keep moving. If we want to stay moving, we must keep moving. Start small - whatever you can do - and build from there. I just started working with weights last week. WOW. That was humbling - and very painful the next day! MS takes so much from us. Let's not let it take one more thing than it already does. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.  🥊OK - ready for some MS news??  Here you go:1.  I put out the MS Holiday Gift Guide every year. This is the 12th year I'm doing it! This year - I'm changing it up. I'm building an Amazon storefront linking to all the products I use and that others in the FUMS community have recommended over the years. I'll post the link to that storefront as soon as I finish it. Meanwhile - here is a link to LAST YEAR's holiday gift guide. Please do me a favor: have a look at it then hit reply to this email or email me at [email protected] -  and let me know what's missing or what you would include. I'd really appreciate the assistance. Thanks so much. Here's the link:  FUMS Holiday Gift Guide2.  Dear Doctor - I told you so.     Central neuropathic pain — the kind resulting from damage to the brain and spinal cord — appears to be more severe and widespread and to cause more emotional burden in people with MS than pain in muscles and joints, according to a recent study. These MS patients have more areas with chronic pain and higher anxiety.   Study ties central neuropathic pain to more severe emotional burden3.  This is interesting. This study showed "significant" reductions in fatigue. HALLELUJAH.  Don't we ALL need that??  Less restrictive low-fat diet seen to lessen fatigue in MS4.  “Prognosis and outcomes for MS patients are much better than they used to be,” says Cole Harrington, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine in Columbus, OH. “Life expectancy, in general, is about eight years or so less than a healthy person. The vast majority of people with MS tend to pass away from other things.”  MS Prognosis and Life Expectancy5.  There really are no limits to what MS can affect. While its main target is the central nervous system, MS can also impact your skin in a few different ways. Here’s what’s going on, and how to get help. How Multiple Sclerosis Can Affect Your Skin6.  The FDA granted breakthrough device designation to Roche for its Elecsys Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) test as a potential tool for the detection of disease activity in patients with MS.  Read all about it - here:  Elecsys Neurofilament Light Test Gains Breakthrough Device Designation as Way to Track MS Disease ActivityWell - that's all folks. Hope you found this edition of the FUMS 6-Pack valuable. Please share with whomever else in your life might find it helpful too.  Warmly -- Kathy#FUMSP.S. I continue to add new products to the FUMS merch shop. Be sure to check it out - and please - if you have ideas for other products, let me know. I'd be happy to see if I can make that happen!!  FUMS Merch Shop 

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