I was diagnosed with MS about a year and a half ago and was suffering with awful and mysterious symptoms for a while before the diagnosis. At the time of...
Good Morning. I was diagnosed in 1989 (at age 40+) and constantly search for other MSers who have been diagnosed to share our experiences. This group is a...
I have been a member of this group for awhile but have never really posted anything. I have had MS for a year and a half, it will be 2 years in April. When I...
Thanks for accepting me into your fold. I Am thankful to find a group again, to share in this confusing health problem that I seem to have. The reason why I...
What: Fundraiser for The Montel Williams MS Foundation Information: 1-(888)-33GOWNS Melissa McFarlin had just about had it. Every day she woke up with a new ...
An all too familiar motto - "We have MS, but MS doesn't have us." Some days I feel like it does, but fight hard not to let the depression set in. My husband is...
Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have identified a fibrin- derived peptide that inhibits this specific inflammation process in mouse models of...
Greetings: The National MS Society has asked that I help in identifying veterans who will assist in advocating for a recent appropriation for DoD research...
Hello to everyone. I've got a couple of questions, here goes: 1) I tried to take Avonex a few years ago. Really gave me trouble with my liver. My doctors...
Two ideas. First, if you know the reactions to Copaxone are temporary and not serious can you put up with them? I've had a few of these and have learned not...
I recently had a blood test. My MD stopped my Avonex usage (I've been on it for 7 years) because my white blood count was 2300. She was even more concerned...
I also have had reactions to Copaxone, however I know that it will pass, so I distract myself by putting on a movie, listen to some music that I love, put a...
I make it through the reactions OK, don't panic etc. I'm just wondering what this is doing to my body. I'm 45, don't like the feeling of "heart attack"...
She had to go to the Nursing Home because she was falling so much at at home but the nursing staff just has her in a holding pattern. Her hubby has to see...
I can vouch for the Novantrone. I had two years of quarterly treatments of Novantrone, and had no problems while on it. Now that I'm off it, we're trying to...
I'm waiting to have "angina type attacks" checked but they're not rushing because the cardio thinks it's my MS. I don't sweat or pass out is his reasoning. I...
mummyratnz
Apr 9, 2007 10:02 am
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Hi Sherry, I sure understand your reluctance to take these meds--all of them. They all have a shotgun effect and who know what all they do in your body....
Several years ago, I started having a, "fibrulating" heart. When it fibrulates, it seems to flutter or beat really fast for short time and I tend to feel light...
Hello Everyone, My name is Freda and I want to thank you for taking the time to read my story. I'm not sure if I'm in the right place but if I'm not, I hope I...
I went thru a similar process as you and didn't really think about all of the symptoms I had over the years until I read about MS. I then began to really think...
I have a lot of the same symptoms you described - the blurred vision, slurring words, general clumsiness. I just put it down the getting older...and never...
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Good Morning - I have a question regarding side affect linked to Copaxone injections. I have been using Copaxone for more than a year and have had only one...
I am conducting a research project on depression in multiple sclerosis at the University of Sheffield. We are interested in whether depressive symptoms in MS...
