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Tonight, 12/12 @7 PM Central, New to MS: Navigating Your Journey (virtual)

For People Newly Diagnosed With MS.

Connect and learn with others who are new to multiple sclerosis and navigating their own journeys. This program offers information about MS and its symptoms and advice on how to manage your MS. You'll also have the chance to engage with other attendees, ask questions of a healthcare professional and a volunteer living with MS, and share your own experiences.This program is offered virtually and in-person. The virtual program meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday. See below for in-person meeting times and locations. The program content will be the same for each program.

Sign up: secure.nationalmssociety.org/site/Calendar

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

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Studies find anti-inflammation and symptom improvement from simple, safe OTC supplement.

Studies showed that oral N-acetylglucosamine produced benefits for remitting-relapsing, primary progressive and secondary progressive types of MS. After one month of supplements, nearly 1/3 of subjects reported less disability. No serious side effects were seen even after taking supplement for a long period of time. The National Institutes of Health is continuing the study, but as lead researcher Dr. Michael Demetriou (Univ. of Cal. Irvine) and WebMD point out, "anyone can get their hands on [it now] if they have $20."

Gimme.

Could Help Be Coming for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis?

Sugar molecule supplements may help ease inflammation in MS |...

Dietary supplement can help progressive MS on two fronts |...

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#glu cosamine #MultipleSclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

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Sugar molecule supplements may help ease inflammation in MS |...

Taking daily supplements of the sugar molecule GlcNAc was found to decrease markers of inflammation in MS patients in a small clinical trial.
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Song Lyrics- Papa Roach -“Leave a Light On - Talk Away The Dark” plus a guide on how to have a real convo about mental health to share with others

Dry bones rattle in a lonely soul
Slipped and fell into a deep black hole
I can tell you're lost, I'm here for you
Wildfires burning you down to stone
Blind eyes, turning from a world so cold
A million miles apart, within my reach
It's not like me to worry
But when I see you fading in the dark
I'll leave a light on for you
Through the long nights, I will be right
There for you if you drift too far
I'll leave a light on for you, you, you
The rain comes following an endless drought
To wash away the remnants of all your doubt
I hope that you'll see me looking out…….”

Please 🙏 go to this link below for a Guide to having a Real Conversation about mental health and pass this on, share it with everyone and anyone that you need to be there for you, and they just don’t know how they can help you.

I have found out myself within the past year with an old friend of mine that she just needed my guidance on how she could be a better and supportive friend through my dark which is only a part, but still a part of who I genuinely am. And she realizes now that to be my friend is to know about all of me. And, she has actually become really great at giving me the support I need without me asking for it too. And, our friendship has grown stronger from the honesty and true empathy.

On their website in their real convo guide they start by saying this that people do not know and they get wrong — “you don’t need special training to have an open, authentic conversation about mental health – and often, just talking about it can be the first important step in understanding where someone is with their mental health.”

How to Start and Continue a Convo About Mental Health | AFSP

At the beginning of the song’s video there is silence with a black screen and these words in white:
“Suicide is a topic that hides in the shadows.
It’s Time we talk away the dark.
We can all play a role in keeping ourselves, and the people in our lives (and community) safe.
Let’s leave a light on for each other by learning how to Talk Away the dark.

The song’s royalties will directly benefit the AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) for the rest of it’s existence. Suicide has impacted almost everyone and it’s so important to “Talk Away The Dark” and teach all how to have a conversation that could safe a life.

The lyrics also exist as a shoulder to lean on for those who feel alone in times of mental turmoil.

Frontman Jacoby Shaddix emphasized that mental health is not an individual struggle, but rather a serious issue that "affects all of us."

Finally, the critical message is starting to get out there that We All have a role in preventing suicide and supporting each other’s mental health.

#MightyMusic #Music #musictherapy #Songs #Lyrics #MentalHealth #Depression #Grief #Loneliness #Anxiety #Caregiving #PTSD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #Trauma #BipolarDisorder #MajorDepressiveDisorder #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Addiction #AddictionRecovery #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDepression #Disability #CerebralPalsy #RareDisease #Selfharm #SuicidalIdeation #SuicidalThoughts #MoodDisorders #MotorDisorders #ChronicFatigue #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #DepressiveDisorders #PersistentDepressiveDisorder #IfYouFeelHopeless #MightyTogether #AnorexiaNervosa #EatingDisorders #Fibromyalgia #ParkinsonsDisease #Migraine #Cancers #POTS #CheckInWithMe #FamilyAndFriends #Epilepsy #Autism #PanicAttacks #PanicDisorder

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Ouchy

My #BackPain just spiked to 7. I took 2 tramadol and 2 hydroxyzine. I just put on my heating pad. My partner isn't home so I can't get a norco.i don't know what time she's coming home. Which is a problem because I got into the chocolate chips. I require adult supervision almost all the time. I'm like an 8 year old with access to adult privileges. Like who's gonna tell me I can't eat cake for breakfast? Other than my partner, she's a big stupidhead. I'm hoping the hydroxyzine will calm me down cuz my anxiety is high.

#ChronicPain #Relationships #Caregiving

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Online MS communities offer support, info, resources and connections on the platform you want — and when you need them.

Our MS community is a million strong, just in the U.S. Find the subcommunity that speaks to you. Most are sponsored by the MS Society, some not, and most have trained volunteers.

www.nationalmssociety.org/resources/get-connected/online-communities

We are not alone. We can do this together.

#OnlineCommunities #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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Choose a bird and respond to the prompt that goes with it. 🦉🦚🦢

The Owl 🦉: I need support right now because...

The Peacock 🦚: Something challenging I'm learning to overcome this year is...

The Swan 🦢: Progress to me means...

I'll go first!

I choose the peacock. 🦚

Something challenging I’m learning to overcome this year is understanding my limits and recognizing that it’s okay to say "no." I’m also learning to be kinder and more patient with myself.

💌 Sending love to my Mighty family today!

#CheckInWithMe #MentalHealth #CheerMeOn #Depression #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia #Migraine #EatingDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ADHD #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #Disability #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Parenting #Caregiving

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Dinner tonight

We're cooking for each other tonight. I'm gonna make her a big bowl of cheesy scrambled eggs and she's making me pasta! I'm gonna put sundried tomato Alfredo sauce and some garlic Parmesan seasoning on my noodles. It's gonna be awesome.

#Relationships #Caregiving #foodieadventures

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Part of Judy Heumann's message was that each one of us can change the world. #InternationalDayofPersonsWithDisabilities

You can learn more about Judy by watching "Crip Camp": www.youtube.com/watch

Instagram @theheumannperspective.

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

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