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No problem, and you're welcome. This will make you vent a lot. So don't worry about it. Hope things look better now. I would have been lost without a doctor setting it up for me. See about programs for the uninsured. Or again, see about a public hospital in your area. Good luck!

hi coffee, if you can get a serum magnesium test, do. ensure levels minimum 0.90 mmol/L ('normal' range 0.70-1.10 so don't take 'your levels are normal' for an answer) i've posted lots recently on ways to get dietary, lifestyle, and supplemental magnesium. mag is required for the biochemistry of mu...

Congratulations! Had the same reaction with Avonex. Waiting to see if Copaxone does the same eventually. About a year and nothing major so far. Just wish Avonex hadn't had the mental side effects. I am just curious about the mental side effects you refer to...can you elaborate some? Sorry for the d...

Sorry to hear. The shots become afterthoughts after a while. I use a little auto-eject device to do the shot. Don't actually see a thing. I do miss the once a week shots of Avonex though. But it wasn't right for my mind. Or maybe my mind just wasn't right. Either way, on Copaxone now. Sorry about th...

Sorry to hear. Besides continuing to try with them, check to see if there's a public hospital near you that sees a number of patients who are poor or lack insurance. Or just any hospital period, that may have a program set up in their neuro clinic. They may be able to set you up with them again thro...

Hope things went well. With me, by the time the doctor finished going over all it could be, I felt like I had won something when the spinal tap and MRI caused them to rule it was MS.

Didn't know her, but she sounds nice and well loved. RIP

I know since having a lasting downturn in ms health, I have a low tolerance for frequent lung use (walking, running, talking too long, etc), and spasms come then, so I would imagine the connection exists. But before things got so nutty, I could take physical work with no issues. Hence my sometimes a...

Congratulations! Had the same reaction with Avonex. Waiting to see if Copaxone does the same eventually. About a year and nothing major so far. Just wish Avonex hadn't had the mental side effects.