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I'm going to share seven tips for traveling abroad while living with multiple sclerosis. These are my do's and the don'ts of traveling to Europe. I live with MS in this video and blog I'm referencing my experience and learnings from traveling to Spain and Greece over seven years ago.

TIP SUMMARY 

Tip #1 - Don't bring too much luggage

Tip #2 - Do go to the bathroom before you have to

Tip #3 - Don't stay in your seat too long during the flight

Tip #4 -  Do take trips that are least three weeks long to adjust to jet lag

Tip #5 - Calm - Do take a cab to your accommodations so you don't get lost

Tip #6 - Calm - Don't assume your where you are staying has an elevator (or one that is big enough)

Tip #7 - Don't sleep all day when adjust to jet lag

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7 Tips for Travelling Abroad with Multiple Sclerosis

I'm going to share seven that's right, seven tips for travelin...

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Today I want to talk about forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness. interesting topic, right?

One of thing that is important when you live with MS and fatigue, like I do is finding a place of joy in our life and acceptance. Often this starts with forgiveness.

When we can allow ourselves to forgive ourselves. Now that sounds kind of heady, right? “Oh, I'm going to forgive myself for having MS and fatigue and all the other crap that comes with it.” Actually, we, are human beings, in general can be really hard on ourselves.

There are many times in my life, that I feel that I haven't handled the situation well, and it's because I've hit a wall of fatigue due to MS. It's like, boom, I'm right there with it and maybe I've been snappy right? It's not maybe I have been snapping. I did snap!

So recognizing that we're human, we're not perfect. Taking responsibility for that...

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In this video, I'm going to share with you five considerations on whether you might say YES or NO to MS drugs. But before I do I'm Jen DeTracey, I'm the founder of Women Thriving with MS. This is the Women Thriving with MS. YouTube channel, website, Facebook page and group. Be sure to click that subscribe button below hit that bell so that you can be notified of future videos.

Before I talk about saying yes or no to MS Drugs and the Five considerations, I want to state outright, I am not a doctor. I'm a woman that's been living with multiple sclerosis for over 11 years. I have my own experiences because I have been on two, two the disease modifying drugs for MS.

I've listened to many, many women talking about their experience and men too about whether they're on MS drugs and what's most important to know which you probably know already, but just in case you don't i...

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MS MRI Best 5 Tips to Release Stress and Anxiety

In this video, I'm going to be sharing with you about MS MRIs, the best five tips to release stress and anxiety when you have an MRI scan.

I want to lay the foundation first. First of all, it's normal to have anxiety. If you are possibly going to be considered diagnosed with MS. And you're having that MRI for the first time to see what's happening. And then you Google and you look up about MRIs and then you start, oh my God, I'm going to go into a tunnel. It's going to be horrible. And then you've got the layer of fear of the possibility of living with MS. That can be really scary.

So there can be lots of layers of stress. So you are not alone. If you live with MS and you're going through this and you're totally freaked out or claustrophobic about going through having an MRI process and getting the results.

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This is episode one of the Striving to Thrive Podcast [Women with MS].  Jen DeTracey tells her story about dealing with loss and MS. Then she shares a six step process on how to move through loss while living with Multiple Sclerosis. 

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6 Step Process - How to Deal with Loss and Letting Go [with MS]

1. Recognize the loss
2. Identify the feelings that arise. Allowing yourself to feel them fully.
3. Embracing the reality. i.e. no longer able to run
4. Accept the loss or change knowing, you don't have to like it
5. Asking what is possible instead? Inviting other ideas, option and alternatives?
6. Giving your brain the opportunity to provide you the answers.

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This is the women's Striving to Thrive with MS Podcast. And I'm Jen, DeTracey the founder of Women Thriving with MS. And today I'm going to tell you a story about how I've dealt with loss, as well as share with yo...