Hi Laura,
I can empathize with you. Between both the Avonex weekly darts and then the Copaxone daily shots, I felt like I had so many holes in me if I drank water I could be the lawn sprinkler.

Seriously, I know the site reactions are not pleasant at all. I think a sadist decided MS treatments should be with either needles or infusions.

Laura, I don't know your history, or what you first exacerbation was, that led you to a dx. You have to make the decision (with Mom is good) about taking a break from Copaxone, for just now or forever. It is your body, you have to be in charge of what goes into it and how you feel.

It sounds like you made the decision to stop the "C" already. I hope you feel better and the welts go down.

Exercises is the best thing you can do for yourself. My first MS Specialist wrote a small fact sheet about the benefits of exercise and passed them out. He even did a video on Health-talk about it years ago.