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Dear Wendigo I feel for you I was diagnosed recently at age forty and my GP said he didn't think it would be MS as I was too old. OOpps was he wrong. I too inject myself every second night with Betaferon (same as Betaseron just different name in Australia). At first everything seems too much to deal...

Thanks Bob

However I do find it hard to take advice from Darth Vader LOL

I will try the different remedies and will not attempt to enter the Miss World contest well at least not the swimsuit entry till my welts disappear

Thanks again

Yep I can relate to the tired part but as I have only recently been dx am unsure if it is generally ms or relapses. I am on Betaferon shots and have got into the hang of it. I gave up on the auto injector and just do them myself. I was finding it hard to push the button. I know it sounds stupid and ...

I have noticed that if I take a couple of ibuprofen at the first hint of a headache, it never materializes. Have you tried that? Bob[/quote] I take Nurofen before my shot and a while later, however I think all is fine and then the headache appears. I am still at work but am feeling pretty ordinary a...

My Mum used to get migranes and she would be in bed for a day or two, these headaches aren't that bad they are just constant and at times get quite painful but not as disabling as what my Mum went through.

Have you talked to your doctor about the constant headaches? Did the headaches only start when you started taking Betaseron? Bob[/quote] I have had the headaches before I was diagnosed but at least before I started the injections I would have relief for a couple of days, now they are always around b...

Hello everyone. I was dx late September 2007 and have already started betaferon. It was a bit of a shock I had optic neuritus in 2003, double pneumonia in 2005 and then in September lost feeling in my left arm for a few days. I was referred to the neurologist and I was expecting to be told it was a ...