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I have been writing a blog to discuss various things. Some are MS related some are not, but its just been a really good way for me to express myself with this disease. Please check it out, feel free to follow, and post yours if you have one! Thanks Chris http://mywalkdownlifeswindingpath.blogspot.com/

I have had 19 doses of tysabri. The first 6 months or so were much like when I was first diagnosed with MS. Very little problems, everything seemed fairly normal. However after that things started going downhill. I have been sick pretty much continously since taking it. I do have two school age chil...

Well I received my second dose, and again ive had the same stomach issues to include throwing up etc. That and im pretty sure from reading around that my MS symptoms are just coninuing to worsen not get better. The doctors keep telling me to hold out for the 3rd treatment but this is starting to get...

Hi my name is Chris, I am new to the forum. I was diagnosed with MS back in may of 2008 however the doctors suspect now that I probably had it as far back as 2002/2003 due to some of the odd incidents that occurred to me back then. They diagnosed me as having RRMS, though the impression I was given ...

To be honest no, while they were very sympathetic that acted like it was something they had never heard of before. My stomach is a roiling mess and to top it off I had tp get a 5 day course of solu medrol which does wonders for my blood sugars. To make matters worse my regular physician seems to get...

I go in on tuesday the 18th of august for a appointment with the physicians assistant for my doctor, Doctor Vollmer. With as much work as this is causing me to miss while I already have FLMA im going to probably have to do short term disability. Atleast until I know for sure how I am going to tolera...

Well here is a cut and paste of my first treatment costs this is just for 1 visit getting the iv placed and gimping out the door 2.5 hours later. I know its hard to make out what is what so ill simplfy it. The hospitals charge to me $7,644.44 aetna negotiated it down to $4,968.69 of which I owed $0....

Well I have tryed avonex which left me in the restroom sick about 4 days out of each week and never relented, and copaxone which left huge welts no matter how i prepped they even brought a home health nurse to give me an injection once because the doctor though I was not prepping the area properly (...