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4/20 for MS & Chronic Illness/Conditions: How has it or CBD helped you?

It helps me sleep, with my kicking, cramping legs, and anxiety.

Dedicated to my dear, late friend Marcia, who got hooked on opioids trying to escape MS-related pain.

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

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Why Friends Abandon You When You’re Sick (And How to Cope)

Chronic illness made me tough. But there's one friend breakup that still messes with my head, 20+ years later.

"Losing friends during illness is a painful and often unexpected experience. When you're struggling with chronic illness, disability, or long-term recovery, the people you once counted on may disappear. But why do friends abandon you when you're sick? Is it discomfort, avoidance, or something deeper?"

Why Friends Abandon You During Illness | Chronic Illness & Friendship

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Why Friends Abandon You During Illness | Chronic Illness & Friendship

Why do friends abandon you when you're sick? Explore the emotional impact of losing friendships during chronic illness and how to cope with abandonment.
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Why Friends Abandon You When You’re Sick (And How to Cope)

Chronic illness made me tough. But there's one friend breakup that still messes with my head, 20+ years later.

"Losing friends during illness is a painful and often unexpected experience. When you're struggling with chronic illness, disability, or long-term recovery, the people you once counted on may disappear. But why do friends abandon you when you're sick? Is it discomfort, avoidance, or something deeper?"

Why Friends Abandon You During Illness | Chronic Illness & Friendship

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

Why Friends Abandon You During Illness | Chronic Illness & Friendship

Why do friends abandon you when you're sick? Explore the emotional impact of losing friendships during chronic illness and how to cope with abandonment.
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“I wake up every day and feel as if I were hit by a bus,” says Rory Kandel, who owns Rory's Bakehouse in Napa, CA, and was diagnosed with MS in 2023.

Rory's sells frozen treats for pickup and ships Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies nationwide. Kandel shared her challenges and her love of baking on Christina Applegate's and Jamie-Lynn Sigler's podcast. Since then, people have been reaching out to her with their own MS stories and she feels “much less alone” in her battle with the disease.

“I had the decision to make whether I was going to hide or be open (about MS),” she said. “I worried about how it was going to affect my business, and all it’s done is create a sense of support I never could have imagined I would have."

Excerpts and story from The Press Democrat (Sonoma), photo Emma K Creative, Local baker appears on celebrity podcast to talk about living with MS

MeSsy podcast with Rory Kandel, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-beauty-of-the-invisible-di...

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The Beauty of the Invisible Disease with Rory Kandel

Podcast Episode · MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler · 11/05/2024 · 1h 5m
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MS is a disease of uncertainty — and that all starts during diagnosis.

But diagnosis times are generally decreasing and treatments getting more effective.

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We're unlocking some of the mysteries behind MS.

Here's a quick overview video from the MS Society showing some of the questions they're uncovering: Who gets affected by it? Plus ways to manage life with #MultipleSclerosis: probiotics/gut biome, diet, & more.

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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.

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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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