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I really wish I didn't have to get out of bed sometimes, but I have another whocounts on me every day. Thank God for that, or I might not even be here. #Caregiving #Depression #Dementia #AlzheimersDisease

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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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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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SMI and caregiving for parents

Is anyone else trying to mange their own mental illness while caring for elderly parents? Both my parents need help, but my dad has Parkinson’s and as it worsens, his needs increase. I’m the only one in the household physically capable of caring for him but he needs help getting out of chairs, going to the bathroom, dressing, and preparing food. I can’t even get a full night’s sleep anymore because he needs me so often in the middle of the night to help him go to the bathroom. We’re not poor enough to qualify for financial help with caregiving nor are we rich enough to afford assisted living. I’m the plan, the only plan. If I get sick, too bad. If I need a mental health day, too bad. We are researching options. We have caregivers come in a few hours each week. But I need more. My family doesn’t understand why this causes me to be emotional so often even though they know I’ve been hospitalized so many times for psychiatric problems and I’m on disability for it. I don’t see why they can’t understand. #Caregiving #Bipolar1 #ParkinsonsDisease

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