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coffeeandpie wrote: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?

I am in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the "city" of which I am referring to. It is called the MS Center of Excellence.

Stanford University?!!! Wow, I am from the East Bay, Concord...born & raised there. How cool!

Hey Rog, my name is Nicole. I too, have recently been diagnosed. Your wicked sense of humor makes me smile, so...

Never shut up! We all need to be heard. ROCK ON dude!!!

Hi Jen! My name is Nicole. It looks as though you, LisaO & I all joined within a few days of each other! Kinda cool to know that I am NOT alone in all of this. I was diagnosed 3 months ago. Started Copaxone last night. I was scared to death, but I ROCKED that injection! I had read some of the po...

Howdy all! I am new here, but not to MS. It has been in my life in some way for about 30 years now; i.e. friends, neighbors, mother... I have recently been diagnosed myself & had my first injection of Copaxone last night. The nurse teaching me the procedure, discussed with me my issues with find...

What are the chances, right? After seeing all the effects that MS has had on my mom, I have cursed this disease for years...now the MonSter is attacking me. So NOT fair. I found out by a total fluke... The first neurologist I saw was extremely hard to understand; he was Bolivian, with a thick accent...