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"Hence all the time I spend on and in bed, snuggled up against my heating pad."

"I don’t have patience for bullshit any more, for things that are meaningless or merely 'extra,'" Applegate writes in "You With the Sad Eyes: A Memoir," just published. She was diagnosed in 2021. "I’ve become an honesty missile. When your physical situation deteriorates, and your life shrinks to the size of a king-sized bed, suddenly all the things you thought were important shift, too."

These excerpts in the Guardian had me nodding my head: Christina Applegate on life with multiple sclerosis: ‘I won’...

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For our new members. When you need it, support is all around you.

Go to nationalmssociety.org/understanding-ms/newly-diagnosed

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When I was dxed in my early-20s I was clueless and dumbfounded about all the things happening to me, and most of my doctors then were no help. I had years of difficult learning ahead, but this week's Ask an MS Expert can give you shortcuts to becoming an empowered patient in a productive medical partnership with your health care pros.

The program is on 2/26/26 at 12-12:30 p.m. ET. It originally aired 1/11/24.

www.nationalmssociety.org/how-you-can-help/get-involved/cale...

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"Caregiver Panel: Bridging the Gap" shows many kinds of caregivers telling their powerful stories. From the United Spinal Care Working Group, a great monthly club for support, resources and advocacy. vimeo.com/1158497418

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Learn valuable ways to bridge language & cultural barriers. Strengthen communications between you and doctors. Make the most informed decision, by making the best TEAM together = you + your providers. With neurologist Dr. Luis G. Manrique-Trujillo. Program originally aired 3/21/24.

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Requested by a new member.

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Made quadriplegic after a motorbike accident, Jaimen's family encouraged him to try the drone that he was thinking about. At the nearby seacoast, he began capturing photos and videos of jumping, playing dolphins, and whales with their calves. Now he works with Netflix and PBS.

Want an instant pickmeup? Check out his Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaimenhudson

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Connect and learn with others who are new to multiple sclerosis and navigating their own journeys. This program offers info on MS and its symptoms, and advice on how to manage your case. Talk to attendees, ask questions of a health care professional and a volunteer who is living with MS, and share your own experiences.

Also find the New to MS Resource Guide on the same page, with info from the program. Note: This program repeats on the second Thursday of every month.

Sign up at www.nationalmssociety.org/Symptoms-Diagnosis/Newly-Diagnosed/New-to-MS

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