Hi everyone, I haven't chatted with any one for awhile. I used to come on here under msmommie. To bring you all up to speed, I made it my first year since I got dx without a flare up. November made a year, unfortunately I am heading into one now . I had to quit taking my copaxon last August because like the Avonex I had to many alergic reactions to it. So now I am going with the flow I guess you could say and hoping I don't get into to much trouble with my little demon. Take care all.

hi issa to NeuroTalk.

i hope this flare is a short and not bad one. or it just doesn't end up being one.

Hi Issa, glad to see another VA person here. You said you have gone a year without a flareup. How long ago were you diagnosed? Did you continue to have symptoms during that year or have any progression? I know it is different for everyone, but I am at the middle of the beginning. By that I mean that I think I have had 2 or more mild exacerbations, but didn't recognize them and have had symptoms for years. I was just wondering how you have progressed.

Hi, Issa. I have finally been dx with MS, and am waiting on the trainer to show me how to use the Copacone autoinjectables. I believe I am finally beginning to come out of a flare-up type of thing that I have had since August, and am looking forward to doing something besides curling up in my recliner. I am so sorry to hear that you are going into one. Hope it doesn't last long. Welcome back to this site. We could all use another friend.

sallyb

Hello Issa,
Glad to meet you. Welcome to NeuroTalk. I hope you begin to feel better in a jiffy.

All the best,
Chris

Hi Issa, welcome! Hope you turn out to be wrong about the flare. Just maybe you will be. I have guessed wrong both ways before.

Good Luck,
Virginia

Sorry I have been a little late getting back with you all on your post but this has been a long week. I spent this whole week getting 1000 mgs of steroids by IV for the last 5 days. I know it is suppose to help but I think that it makes you feel just as bad going through it. I was dx in 2002 and have had a flare up every year except for 2005 (which I don't know how I did that without being on ABC meds.) I am not currently taking anything right now, most everything I have tried makes me really sick or I become allergic to it. I am hoping my recovery will be swift and I can get back to feeling like my old self again what ever that may be. Take care and thanks for saying hi.