it doesn't work like that for me...

stress is cumulative, and sometimes it takes a while to show up as symptoms.

for me, it was a *month* after major surgery until a debilitating flare, and likewise for a death in my family...

Stress link to multiple sclerosis

Stressful life events seem to make the symptoms of multiple sclerosis worse, a British Medical Journal study suggests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3118758.stm

it's great that the IVSM worked for you, to calm down the lesion inflammation but sometimes a little bit is left over, and rears its ugly head after the treatment is finished.

even 'drunken monkeys' need extra rest afterwards, so don't try to get back in the swing to quickly after a flare... that can make it POP back up again, unfortunately.