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Originally Posted by barb02
My neuro called me last night at 6:00 in the evening to tell me that there was no sign of any active inflamation.  He did say that the radiologist thought that I perhaps had one more lesion than I did a year ago, but was not definite. He also seemed unsure,and was going to have the radiologists take another look at the images.
For those of you who go to a neuro that is some distance away, how do you handle it if you are in a flare and cannot get to your doctors? The closest MS specialists are in St. Louis and Indianapolis. |
First, congratulations on the good news!!! I think you probably knew things were better based on how you were feeling, but it is good to get the MRI to confirm it
My neuro is 120 miles from me and I live in a rural area... I have not had an exacerbation since my dx, lots of symptoms early on and I was always emailing him and he would call me and go over what was happening. We have a contingent plan that if I were in a flare, I would contact his office/him and he would call whatever ER I visited with instructions on how to treat my flare. All of my primary care physicians receive a report from him every 6 months when I see him, so all are aware of the MS and would give the orders for whatever he told them was needed.
hope that helps
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first flare 7/22/2000
Dx 8/3/2000 RRMS-- no relapses since
Betaseron 11/15/2000
Didn't miss a single injection the first 8 years. Now take about 6 shots off a year
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