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Message |
Topic: Miscarriage |
Nenu
Replies: 9
Views: 485
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:18 pm Subject: Miscarriage |
| Hugs Punchy. Sorry to hear about this. |
Topic: 1 large bump for 24 hours on 1 injection site |
Nenu
Replies: 3
Views: 549
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Forum: Copaxone Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:29 am Subject: 1 large bump for 24 hours on 1 injection site |
Well, I learned my trick that helps.
Pressing with the cotton ball for 30 seconds after injection. No more gigantic bump afterwards! |
Topic: caffeine |
Nenu
Replies: 28
Views: 2377
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:28 am Subject: caffeine |
I don't know about preventing it, seeing as how I've drank coffee since I was 10 years old, and at 31 dx'ed with MS.
I have lived off the stuff since around the age of 19, prior to that I had maybe ... |
Topic: I've been copaxoned! |
Nenu
Replies: 5
Views: 433
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:33 pm Subject: I've been copaxoned! |
Whole day? Ouch! I have never had that happen for that long personally.
I always make sure the area is super dry after the alcohol wipe too, that reduces the stinging a bit  |
Topic: I'm Pregnant! |
Nenu
Replies: 19
Views: 967
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:14 pm Subject: I'm Pregnant! |
Congrats!  |
Topic: I've been copaxoned! |
Nenu
Replies: 5
Views: 433
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:30 am Subject: I've been copaxoned! |
| Good stuff! One tip that I found is really helpful (not sure if the nurse showed you) is to press with the cotton ball on the injection site for 30 seconds after the injection. It reduced my welts tha ... |
Topic: MS Difficult to Spot for Many Physicians |
Nenu
Replies: 1
Views: 289
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:27 am Subject: MS Difficult to Spot for Many Physicians |
| Well, to be fair, this isn't surprising. MS can mimic so many different conditions, and so many different conditions can mimic MS. MS is not a diagnosis or suspicion that GPs are probably wanting to j ... |
Topic: Chances of me getting MS? |
Nenu
Replies: 13
Views: 686
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:52 am Subject: Chances of me getting MS? |
I'd say slim to none at this stage.
If you develop symptoms of neurological nature, and have been checked out and a doctor can find no other explainable cause for the symptoms, and these symptoms l ... |
Topic: Pictures |
Nenu
Replies: 554
Views: 30745
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:25 pm Subject: Pictures |
| That really is a beautiful picture. God bless. |
Topic: Brain stem lesions |
Nenu
Replies: 14
Views: 1050
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:06 pm Subject: Brain stem lesions |
Nenu,
I am fascinated to read about your burning mouth. Mine too burns so bad and i feel like an idiot trying to explain this to other people. I have experienced the inside of my mouth peeling a ... |
Topic: Brain stem lesions |
Nenu
Replies: 14
Views: 1050
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:30 am Subject: Brain stem lesions |
| Yes, I've done the IV steroids twice now. It does get better after the steroids (as do other symptoms I have), however it never completely goes away, and when I have stress/anxiety it comes back prett ... |
Topic: Pictures |
Nenu
Replies: 554
Views: 30745
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:18 pm Subject: Pictures |
| Dang, that's nicer than my house lol! |
Topic: Messing with my medication |
Nenu
Replies: 3
Views: 336
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:17 pm Subject: Messing with my medication |
Gabapentin takes quite a while for the benefits to be felt.
If you've taken something like Percocet for pain before, it's not at all like that. No immediate relief.
By quite a while, I can't giv ... |
Topic: Brain stem lesions |
Nenu
Replies: 14
Views: 1050
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:14 pm Subject: Brain stem lesions |
Thanks folks! Move's in less than 2 weeks. I'm so excited!  |
Topic: Brain stem lesions |
Nenu
Replies: 14
Views: 1050
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:33 pm Subject: Brain stem lesions |
Oh, a follow up to this message...
So I did talk to my neuro, who's very familiar with burning mouth syndrome, and said he treats other MS'ers with it.
He put me on Neurontin/Amitriptyline, a ... |
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