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Hi Cindi, Thanks for the welcome. Getting the 2nd diagnoses was actually a relief, sort of like the first one was. At least the reasons for what I feel are real and have a name. I started with symptoms back when I was 15 yrs old - that was the first time I was tested for RA. Sorry that you wound up ...

I reveived 8 of the 12 allowable Novantrone treatments after little success with ABCR. During my treatments I finally stopped producing new lesions and several MS symptoms began to abate. I was scared and intimidated by the "chem" label, but had barely any side effects at all. I stayed at ...

Hi, I'm new to TIMS, but not to MS or other boards. I was dx'd 9 yrs ago with MS. Have tried ABCR and Novantrone, the latter being the only effective in slowing progression. Still, I had lots of other symptoms that couldn't be explained away by MS. My GP is both MD and naturopath with the added virt...

I weighed in at 9. Nine! Doc said I was close to ricketts, LOL. I started 1000 mcg/day, slowly upped to 5000 mcg/day. Last bloodwork saw me at 20. Hoping for 50 this time .......