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by BeckyLA
Sat May 07, 2005 11:17 am
Forum: Avonex
Topic: avonex and hair loss
Replies: 7
Views: 6656

I've always shed quite a bit of hair, but lately it seems I'm loosing more. I've only been on Rebif for about 4 1/2 months, so I guess It might be awhile before I know for sure, but that would suck. A 24 yar-old woman going bald?
by BeckyLA
Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can MS lead to Alzheimers or are they associated in any way?
Replies: 7
Views: 3401

It is vey scary. I've always been a bit of a klutz, so getting even clumsier is only frustrating. The cognitive stuff though...my intelligence is where I get all my self-confidence. I've only been diagnosed six months, but I have been having more and more problems lately staying focused on things. I...
by BeckyLA
Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MS walk/bike
Replies: 11
Views: 4069

I had a nice moment at work last week as well. I was at our corporate office in Houston for a meeting and I noticed some ladies with the company setting up a bakesale in the lobby. I asked them what it was for and they told me that they were raising money because every year we and another large oilf...
by BeckyLA
Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what do you call this symptom?
Replies: 8
Views: 3655

sorry to barge in on Jason's thread, but I've been wondering about my own symptoms (?) for awhile and it hadn't occured to me that you guys could probably tell me if this is anything. I have cramping in my legs and feet when I sit down. Also, rather than having constant numbness like my mother, I al...
by BeckyLA
Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MS walk/bike
Replies: 11
Views: 4069

Cathy, That really sucks that they don't want to get involved, but I have two thoughts for you: 1) Maybe if you're really pushing, and I don't mean to imply that you are, they are resentful of you expecting it of them. Maybe if you talked about the event in a really positive way (how much fun it is,...
by BeckyLA
Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:17 pm
Forum: Rebif
Topic: autoinjector
Replies: 10
Views: 5996

I've been on Rebif for a couple months now and I think I'm about used to the stuff. I had flu-like symptoms for the first month and a half, but It's slacked off. I tried the autoinject, but I like manual better because I can control how fast the meds are injected.
by BeckyLA
Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: College Freshman's Article Made Me Smile
Replies: 0
Views: 2229

College Freshman's Article Made Me Smile

Hey all, I know everybody's really bum'd this week about the Tysabri and now the Amspro news, but I was surfing around this morning and saw this article that a college freshman had written. His name is Ryan Stumpf and he goes to Millersville University in Pennsylvania. His article made me smile beca...
by BeckyLA
Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heaviness in legs? I'm scared....
Replies: 2
Views: 2525

My second attack came in the form of a heavy right leg that burned when I tried to use it. I was even having trouble driving. My doctor sent me to the infusion center for a cortosteroid infusion. The infusion was an hour a day for five days, but by the third day, I'd almost regained the full use of ...
by BeckyLA
Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:35 am
Forum: Rebif
Topic: Rebif and Backaches
Replies: 1
Views: 3671

Rebif and Backaches

I just started Refib two weeks ago and things have been going really well. I don't seem to be having any real flu-like symptoms and the shots are much easier to deal with than I thought they would be. However, I'm waking up the day after the injections with a backache that won't go away with ibuprof...
by BeckyLA
Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:09 pm
Forum: Rebif
Topic: Rebif and depression
Replies: 11
Views: 10604

I've been getting depressed lately too, but it can't be the Rebif because I just started today. I'm pretty sure my depression is related to the fatigue I've been battleing. I'm only 24 and used to being able to do everything I want to. I've changed my diet and started exercising more (I think the ex...
by BeckyLA
Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Concern with the FDA
Replies: 1
Views: 2223

I don't know if it would work, but has anyone ever considered privatising most of the FDA? Think about it - several companies competing with each other. They get a big governement contract and if they have a Viox sort of snafu, they lose it. Each company would have to be incredibly careful. The prob...
by BeckyLA
Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: did you tell everyone?
Replies: 11
Views: 4015

Just about everyone in my family, all my friends, and everyone I work with knows. I didn't really plan it that way, but my second relapse caused me to drag my right leg around for a few days, and the then I went on solumedrol treatments to fix that, so I had IV access on my right hand. Being pretty ...
by BeckyLA
Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:58 am
Forum: Under 25 with MS
Topic: Hi there
Replies: 14
Views: 8721

I tried talking my boss into transfering me to Cancun. He offered me Trinidad but its not the same.
by BeckyLA
Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:49 am
Forum: Under 25 with MS
Topic: Hi there
Replies: 14
Views: 8721

I refuse to believe that it's just a coincidence. My family is from Wisconsin and my parents moved me and my two sisters down to Houston when I was 14. My mother's paternal uncle was diagnosed with MS shortly after we moved. He is now in a nursing home in Madison. My mother was diagnosed five years ...
by BeckyLA
Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:43 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Diagnosed Today
Replies: 3
Views: 2727

I already love this site. I check the forums every day and you guys are amazing. It's really hard for me to get down about this when the attitudes of most of the people posting are so positive.

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