He finally made his decision. It's been a little over a month since he stopped Betaseron and he feels much better. He really didn't stop, but was taking time off because he wasn't doing well weening off the Dantrolene. But we talked about it and he said he's done with it. He will give it one year and then have a MRI done and if it shows no new lesions he will stay off the shot. It took him a long time to make this decision and it had to be on his own. Yes, there are risks because maybe it is working, but there's also a chance it's not. We may request the antibody testing to be done in the spring just to be more sure.

The good news is now he can ween off Zoloft since it was the Beta causing his depression. Next week we go down to Springfield to hopefully get our medical cannabis bill passed. If that happens Jim may be able to get off almost all his medications! He hates the Methadone.

So that's Jim's update. If anyone is interested in watching our bill get pulled for a vote you can go to ILGA.gov and watch it live in the House. Our sponsor Rep Lang plans to introduce patients and Jim is one of them.