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Cat, Side note: When people see me all gimpy with my cane, they usually ask, "what did you do to yourself?" This REALLY bothers me. I know that it's hard for people to digest that I'm 29 and handicapped, but why do they always have to assume that I did this to myself? It just pisses me off...

Depression can arise from many sources, in my case many. My upbringing was difficult- both my parents were alcoholics, I was molested, and I had to care for my dying mother and younger brother while I was in high school. Long before MS, I had plenty of reasons to be depressed (please spare me from t...

OMG, could there be a House thread in the works?! I can't wait to see how they start next season! If you guys are all obsessed with NatGeo, the SceienceChannel, and DiscoveryHealth, I'm in trouble!!! I wish I was a "cut throat bitch." I was hoping that I'd have a bad-ass scar from my neck ...

If it has been at least 24 hours, and you don't have a fever or any other signs of infection it could be a relapse even if it's a reappearance of old symptoms. I usually find myself sleeping around the clock, and unable to get out of bed before a relapse. My symptoms usually build insidiously after ...

Cat, I love House! I think it's my all-time favorite show! It sounds like you have a pretty good crew over at your house- do they all get along well now? Jimmylegs, I take a multivitamin (most days) and there's added Calcium in my benefiber. My MS specialist is the one who monitors my vitamin D leve...

Is the fact that your symptoms don't present in tight acute episodes the main factor for your N viewing the behavior as atypical? Hope you're doing well after the spine surgery -- that would complicate things -- sounds painful. Donna, I think the "atypical" part is that my relapse/s don't...

Constipation.... The Saga..... Well, I have been on the colonix now for a while with great results. However, tomorrow is my day off and I havent had a good'en (BM) in three days, even though I am still taking the colonix. So, my delima (sp) is this: I want to join some folks tomorrow for a three ho...

Hi him! What you're describing sounds like MS fatigue to me. I get the same feeling when I've been on my feet too long or have walked too much. Asking your PCP to test your vit/min levels is a good place to start. He/she can tell you what you need to start supplementing based on your results. Streng...

You recommended it as the less fluffy site, and here I am contributing nothing but fart jokes... Sorry! Constipation is one of the symptoms my wife has faced LONG before she had any idea that she would eventually be diagnosed with MS. Bob Nothing to be sorry about, Lyon. I was a RN student and a CN...

Progress:
Benefiber + colace + lactulose = BMs 2 days IN A ROW!!!

I'm so excited about this, I thought I'd call up everyone I know... and then I remembered they probably wouldn't appreciate that much.

notasperfectasyou wrote:This is exactly the brilliant kind of indepth study I feel separates TIMS from other MS messageboard sites..........

You recommended it as the less fluffy site, and here I am contributing nothing but fart jokes...
Sorry to let you down Ken!

Hi Kay, So you have MS and 3 cats...Hey me too! I hope you find everything you need here at TIMS. It has been my home for a while now and there are some fab people here. Cat My entourage: Rocky Balboa (3yo M), Buddy light (2yo M), and the new addition Dottie (1yo F). The only once my husband willin...

hi ken, you mean my latest go-round with my usual cholecalciferol product, i take it? well that's a funny story. should be interesting reading for OK since she is also dealing with D3 deficiency. My vitamin D was at "10" when it was first tested in April, my neuro said she wanted to see m...

notasperfectasyou wrote:Kay,
What kind of D are you taking and how much?

I'm taking 50,000iu (1.25 MG) of prescription D3 once a week. I took the same dose daily for a week as a loading dose.

Hi Karen. I guess I'm "atypical," too... I started off with a general neurologist and started Rebif right away. I kept having what seemed like a lot of relapses with very similar symptoms- gait problems, limb weakness, and sensory symptoms. I guess it was only 1-2 relapses that never resol...