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Old 12-27-2008, 02:37 PM
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Everyone's so unique.

The 'hips' (I call them the bum cheeks) are my easiest place to inject. I go right for the fleshy fatty area. I don't follow the Copaxone 'grid' really that strictly for the area, because I find that the grid was not where I have the most padding. No problems since I started winging it.

My arms are the worst now, namely my left arm (I have my muscle spasm... it seems I have muscle spasms no matter where/how I inject there) and my stomach because the burn after is the most intense of any of the areas I do my shots.

I'll settle for the few minutes of pain every day over the idea of my disease potentially progressing quicker without this medication, but I also have not seen the allergic reaction side of the shots, or IPIR. I've been lucky.
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2004 to present - Trigeminal Neuralgia
2007 to present - Burning Mouth Syndrome
March 2008 - Multiple Sclerosis DX
05/2008 - Relapse
05/2008 to 02/2009 - Copaxone
10/2011 - Relapse - Optic Neuritis developed
9/2012 - Relapse - Balance issues 1 sided
8/2012 - Erythema Nodosum - diagnosed 10/2012, reaction to Topiramate (Topamax)
April 7/14 - Raynaud's Syndrome DX
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