I recieved a call from the Neurologist at work yesterday afternoon to let me know that he had reviewed all of my history, labs, MRI's, spinal tap etc, and said that he would like to have me start on a treatment plan. He said that he would like to talk with me in person, and then asked if I could come in that afternoon! Of course I said I would, as his office is about 6 miles from my job, so my husband and I were in his office within 30 minutes.

We sat down with him and he went through the pro's and con's of the medications and said that the two he would want me to consider are Rebif and Copaxone. He was leaning to Copaxone, but wanted me to make the decision. I decided that Copaxone would be the one.

His nurse will be ordering my copaxone on Monday, and once delivered to my home I will go in to see the nurse so she can teach me how to inject myself.

Now, quite honestly......I am feeling unusually relaxed about all of this. Maybe because I can finally just "get on" with it and stop all the worrying and wondering about what the next steps were going to be.

Yes, I feel that having a diagnosis of MS sucks and yes, I wish I didn't have to hear those words, but I also feel that I am extremely blessed to be doing as well as I am, especially with all of the suffering that is going on in the world.

I feel like my life has just made a complete "flip" since yesterday....I can't explain it, but I have such a strong conviction that this diagnosis is going to open my life up to a world of new opprtunities.....how does that happen? It was as if the light was turned on and I can see more clearly. I don't think I am in denial, because I understand what is going on, but I feel like I have just had a major "pardigm" shift.

I'd love to hear if anyone else has had this type of epiphany dealing with the diagnosis of MS?