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Restore funding to our service members and vets with MS. "We owe those who serve more than just words; we owe action.”

Folks in the military get MS at higher rates than the rest of the public. The Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) is the only federal funding for MS research and provides help to this military population — supporting the 70,000 US vets with MS.

The proposed funding in the Congressional Resolution cuts back the MSRP. Call your congressman through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to restore funding.

Or join the MS Activist Network and make a difference on a number of MS-related issues. www.nationalmssociety.org/how-you-can-help/get-involved/advo...

The photo is of my great friend and person with MS, Dave Perez, lookin' sharp in 1986.

#multiplesclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

Empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists because there are people with MS. Our vision is a world free of MS.
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I Have a Disease Called Relapsing Polychondritus , nice to say 👋 Helllo #autoimmune

I watched my dad have symptoms of Relapsing Polychondritus when I was a kid. No one in the family has ever heard of it . They don’t think dad had symptoms.
#RareDisease

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For me, going on disability for was a two-sided coin: It helped heal my body but the social isolation was a bear!

On the MS Society Momentum blog, I tell how SSDI was a lifesaving option for me, but it began my plunge into depression.

Isolation is a killer. Can anyone out there share similar stories?

www.nationalmssociety.org/news-and-magazine/momentum-magazin...

#loneliness #Isolation #MultipleSclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

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Empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists because there are people with MS. Our vision is a world free of MS.
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Not so new but new here.

👋 all I have been a part of the mighty since early 2017 when I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation type 1 and Syringomylia. Rheumatoid, and hyper Thyroid issues run in the family along with other autoimmune disorders, dupitrins contractions and planter fashitis (pretty thats mispelked). We also have Mental health or personality disorders as well.

I didn't ever really come on here till now. After having my son in 2021 I developed severe postpartum depression. It eventually disappeared on its own kinda, it just lessened to depression.I was battleing addiction that had started because of my Chiari diagnosis and decompression surgery. In summer of 2022 i got clean and stayed clean. I went to a psychologist who was in the company of my rehab/general therapist. I was diagnosed with general anxiety, social anxiety, depression, bipolar, and having borderline personality disorder traits. I have recently VERY recently got away from trauma and abuse. I am almost 💯sure I have C-PTSD. Are there other forms of trauma bonding, abuse, PTSD out there what are common symptoms? I have something really weird going on and I dont even know how to really explain it . It i don't know if it's a symptoms concerning my Chiari and surgery site or if its a mental, psychological issue from the trauma. Any similar backgrounds out there? Even not general answers would be appreciated as well. Thnx everyone.

#ArnoldChiariMalformation , #ChiariMalformation , #Syringomyelia #autoimmune Disorders #MentalHealth #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #DepressiveDisorders #BipolarDepression #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #behavioralhealth #Trauma #symptoms #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PTSD #mental #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder ##Nightmares #MoodDisorders #SocialAnxiety #OtherMentalHealth #neuro

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MS Awareness Week - MS Ends With Us!

The National MS Society is proudly supporting MS Awareness Week. Help spread awareness of MS within your own network. Wear orange this week and share a selfie of you in orange, or post something related to MS. MS Ends With Us!

#MultipleSclerosis #msendswithus #MightyTogether #newlydiagnosed #autoimmune

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For ANYTHING MS-related, the Navigators are here to help.

A free service provided to you by the National #MSSociety.

#multiplesclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

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