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Majority of my friends know. Also my family including 5th cousins twice removed, thanks to my mother. Once my mother found out she used it for her own sympathy ( I had to ask her to stop telling everyone), probably her way of coping. :roll: Anyway my mother's big mouth helped it spread and I still g...

June 13

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they are anti inflammatory and assist with swelling.. It is also a polyunstaurated oil (?) and therefore not hard at room temperature like saturated fats such as butter. :evil: It was once exlained to me that because it isn't hard at room temerature it is very flexble (myelin is made up of fats). Th...

Right leg foot drop ??? - ME TOO 8O I tripped over a couple of times whilst trekking in Nepal in 2000- it steadily got worse and I was dxd in 02. :? I've been on copaxone since. :? On a bad day I can trip over a flat piece of paper! Left leg is just fine - go figure. Tysabri isn't available here yet...

not sure if this is the correct place to post this :?: went to my neuro yesterday, whilst Tysabri is not available here yet (about 12-18 months away) my neuro told me that whereas the CRABs reduce relapse by 30% Tysabri is 50%, sounds too good to be true ? :roll: You guys will be the guinea pigs bef...

:mrgreen: Well hello there Karen I am so glad to hear that you are feeling much better, I hope your positive karma rubs off on the rest of us ! After 18months on copax. I seem to be only OK. At first I felt a lot better-but I was also very good with the Swank diet. Now my will power has slipped, my ...

Worse - heat, humidity, alcohol
Better - cool and if I knew of anything else I'd be doing it !

Take Care
Stoli

Thanks for the update. Lookin' good
Stoli

I really wish I had the energy to exercise more effectively :oops: I was very keen on Yoga, but my balance isn't much and I find it more frustrating than relaxing and useful. Swimming is about the only exercise I get any use out of. The pool is 30 minute drive away and by the time I get home from wo...

It took about 2 months for me to notice an improvement; that was abpout 18 months ago and all had been good up to about 3 weeks ago. Feeling like a great big sloth - very fatigued ! Hopefully it will pass quickly !
Good Luck
Stoli

Hi DaisyH

I've been on copaxone for 2 years. Tolerate it OK. Some side effects, such as lipoatrophy, injection site hardness, but nothing too drastic.
I also try and follow the Swank diet, which really seems to help...when I am good at following it !

Stoli

A friend of mine in the USA told me she pays about $100 for her copaxone, is this per week or month ? Either way OUCH !
In Australia we a fortunate for it to be government subsidised and it costs about $17US a month.
I was curious to know what we are all paying for this med ?

Stoli

Hi all

Just a little introduction, .dxd 02/02, Copaxone with reasonable ability to stick to Swank diet. Fatigue and gait problems among other charming symptoms which I won't go into here.

Glad to be eboard the MS forum !

Cheers
Stoli

I also suffer from this problem and I am relieved and disturbed to know that I am not alone. :?: I only have it on my right leg in an area where I haven't injected too often; so I don't think it is from injecting in the same area a lot. I now also get hives, but not in injection areas, generally nea...