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@LAKola1213 

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I see a lot of comments about exercise. When I was first diagnosed I could not walk more than 5 feet. I was in great shape prior to my 7 week hospital stay. As time went on I got stronger by doing cardio with weights (no more than 10 pounds). I have access to a treadmill and now do a walk/run on the treadmill and it's actually my "pain medication of choice!" I do skip a day every 3 or 4 weeks to let my body recover and replenish. I also really watch my diet avoiding fats and salt which isn't good for you anyway. Id happily help any of my MS Sisters & Brothers with fitness. It gets into your mind and keeps the stress down. I work out first thing in the morning after I eat a high source of protein such as an egg or cottage cheese with fruit. After my workout I eat a serving of oatmeal with chia seeds and fruit. The chia seeds have a high source of protein and fiber which keeps you regular. Gimme a shout out!

Newark, United States
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@EleanorAdmin 

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Keeping you safe - a holiday update 🧑‍🎄

Hi everyone, We’ve been listening to your feedback about scammers on this app. We always want Shift.ms to be a safe, supportive and accepting environment. With that in mind, we’re making a few updates over the next few weeks to keep the app safe over the holidays while some of our staff are off. ...
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@evan83 

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All the time, a must do is keep your head up and your chest out....

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@Eltel 

Eltel

A lot of you guys are talking about dating with MS, it’s now been 6years since my last relationship, I miss the banter , the fun , the hugging , the intimacy with a woman. So due to the lack of activity in my sex life I’ve decided to become a Muslim. My Muslim name will be “Seldom Bin Laidon”. Having MS is not exciting or easy to live with but we have to keep going and hoping life might get a little better for us , we have to keep smiling guys

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@delki 

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delki

I am not getting any thoughts about my situation right now. I cannot comprehend on what’s happening. It’s just scary and frustrating. I am so lost and I feel like no one understands me. I just had another episode of ON nearly after a year. I am just scared. I am an international student in WA and it’s so expensive. The tests and everything. I cannot keep going. I am just so so so lost.

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@Billy28 

Billy28

Ocrevus looking for infoafterthree years on this I have decided to stop taking this as I am loosing so much ground and feel so sick all the time I wont keep going but any thoughts or suggestions would be nice.I have tried all other DMTs for ppms.

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@Blink 

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Blink

I'm having memory problems and I'm having bad tremors real bad and my legs keep giving out is anybody else having this problem lately if you what are you doing to help

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@Craigy 

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Craigy

Sick of this invisible person who keeps grabbing my wrist 😂😂

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@PumaPie 

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3:14•NEWSHEALTH & MEDICINEFinding immune cells that stop a body from attacking itself wins medicine NobelThe 2025 prize goes to 3 researchers who ID'd T-regs and their role in autoimmune diseaseMary Brunkow (left), Fred Ramsdell (middle) and Shimon Sakaguchi (right) have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering regulatory T cells, which keep the immune system from attacking the body.NIKLAS ELMEHED © NOBEL PRIZE OUTREACH 3:15Work on peacemakers in the immune system won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.The peacemakers are regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell that calms the immune system after it has finished fighting infection or healing a wound.These special T cells also prevent the immune system from attacking the body. If they fail in this mission, autoimmune disorders or damaging inflammation can result. These cells are also important to prevent rejection of the fetus during pregnancy.3:15•Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan first discovered these important cells, also known as T-regs, in 1995. Sakaguchi shares the prize, worth 11 million Swedish kronor (over $1.1 million), with Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle and Fred Ramsdell, a cofounder of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a company based in San Francisco and Seattle. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced the prize October 6.Brunkow and Ramsdell tracked down a mutation that caused a fatal autoimmune disease in male mouse pups while working at Celltech Chiroscience in Bothell, Wash., in the 1990s. The mutation turned out to disable a gene called FOXP3. That gene is important for T-reg development, Sakaguchi later discovered. Without it, there aren't enough T-regs to stop 3:15のthere aren't enough T-regs to stop wayward immune cells from causing harm in the body. Mutations in FOXP3 are also responsible for an autoimmune disease called IPEX in people, the American duo revealed in 2001.Scientists are learning to harness T-regs to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and treat autoimmune disorders, food allergies, cancer and other conditions in which the immune system is overactive or directed against the wrong thing.Questions or comments on this article? E-mail usat [email protected]/

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@PumaPie 

PumaPie

Finding immune cells that stop a body from attacking itself wins medicine NobelThe 2025 prize goes to 3 researchers who ID'd T-regs and their role in autoimmune diseaseMary Brunkow (left), Fred Ramsdell (middle) and Shimon Sakaguchi (right) have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering regulatory T cells, which keep the immune system from attacking the body.NIKLAS ELMEHED © NOBEL PRIZE 3:15Work on peacemakers in the immune system won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.The peacemakers are regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell that calms the immune system after it has finished fighting infection or healing a wound.These special T cells also prevent the immune system from attacking the body. If they fail in this mission, autoimmune disorders or damaging inflammation can result. These cells are also important to prevent rejection of the fetus during pregnancy.3:15•Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan first discovered these important cells, also known as T-regs, in 1995. Sakaguchi shares the prize, worth 11 million Swedish kronor (over $1.1 million), with Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle and Fred Ramsdell, a cofounder of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a company based in San Francisco and Seattle. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced the prize October 6.Brunkow and Ramsdell tracked down a mutation that caused a fatal autoimmune disease in male mouse pups while working at Celltech Chiroscience in Bothell, Wash., in the 1990s. The mutation turned out to disable a gene called FOXP3. That gene is important for T-reg development, Sakaguchi later discovered. Without it, there aren't enough T-regs to stop wayward immune cells from causing 3:15のthere aren't enough T-regs to stop wayward immune cells from causing harm in the body. Mutations in FOXP3 are also responsible for an autoimmune disease called IPEX in people, the American duo revealed in 2001.Scientists are learning to harness T-regs to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and treat autoimmune disorders, food allergies, cancer and other conditions in which the immune system is overactive or directed against the wrong thing.Questions or comments on this article? E-mail usat [email protected]/

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