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(laugh) oh, ok...i think that's mostly what i do, except i'm injecting more in the hip area.

god, wouldn't you luv to to just pop a pill? going on 8 years of daily injections. It's amazing what you can do when you have to.

ok, next question, now that i know what a sitz bone is...how it he world do you twist around to REACH that spot??

or would you sort of sit and lift your leg up???

you definitely wouldn't want anyone watching when you did this!!

OK, what are the sitzbones??

I agree, i think injecting manually is better cus you can control the speed and force of the injection. I actually inject fairly slowly.

The very best way to figure out the right answer is to try to communicate better with her. You may have no idea some of the thoughts swirling around in her head, and if you can draw those out from her, she may feel much better just having talked about it with you.

my experience with neuros has been that they like to do an MRI every year or every few years at least to monitor disease progression. I'm surprised yours would say "lesions come and go," as i would think that more lesions while being on therapy is not a good thing. I can't speak to Rebif a...

Well, you were asking several different questions, but the one i felt i must answer is that no, the insurance companies do not at all think you are hypochondriac. MS is a real disease with a range of widely variable symptoms. So they will cover your treatment. However, insurance companies are in the...

i would agree with others that the site of injection shouldn't affect efficacy. Just try to rotate the sites as much as possible. I stopped doing arms and legs years ago and now do just hips and belly. Guess i could try buttocks as i've felt concerned lately that i'm running out of spots and dont' w...

Catherine, it sounded like you might be talking about me becus i was one of the last people making a response to the original post, trying to help another person(s) make less painful injections with the Copaxone. There's nothing wrong with speaking your mind, but hopefully we can all do it in such a...

Catherine, i am sorry you are having such a bad time of it with the Copaxone injections, but i took offense at your suggesstion that I (or others?) are not who I say i am. I am exactly who i have said I am, and I'm not masquerading as anything else here. Your paranoia here is not exactly helpful to ...

Yeah, i took great pains to tell my internist' RPN that i wanted the ELIZA test the 2nd time as well, but when i got to the hospital, the results page said "RAST" on it. The nurse said they were one and the same.

Thanks for your thoughts, Nick. I may run them by the BF. Did i mention i've had MS for about 22 years now? Certainly i am not abandoning all sense of caution when it comes to the MS. I am taking 1,000 mg Vt. D daily as well as fish oil, turmeric, etc. I didn't spell out in the last post that my fir...

Hi, Phil. Thanks for that clarification. I'm sorry i didn't get to read your original follow-up to my post. I didn't mean to offend you by my 'doom and gloom' comment, and certainly everyone's MS experience is a highly personal one, so i'm in no position to judge. I think we agree on one thing, that...

Yes, do try to give your legs a break of even a week or two; maybe that will help. I always sort of feel a given area of my skin to see if it's hard before injecting. If it is, i search for another site that feels more pliable.

Good luck. Hugs.

I was responding to Brainteaser and his original post with its 6 recommendations.

In addiiton to all the good advice given by other posters, perhaps you can help this woman find a replacement interest/hobby/pursuit/cause to fill the void left by her inability to continue dance.