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We may lose some of our battles to MS but we will always win the war! muhahaha!

I'm sorry this disease is being so unfair to you and I'm sorry I have no advice to give.
BUT
I do have plenty of HUGS (the fun kind, not painful kind )

i really understand the work issue and how hard it can be to push at your job til you can't do it any better. i had to quit my nursing profession of 35 yrs in '05 after at least a yr of pushing til i thought my job was killing me. my BP was thru the roof from the physical effort of it all. it was just too physically demanding. and then there was the cognitive. that's when i really knew i had to leave.

try to look at each problem and see if you can find an answer to it. you will
probably have to do this with your dr.

checking the B vits and vit D is very important. can you take something for the fatigue? and there may even be something that might help your cognition.
is there anything that would help you that you could change at your job?
if your employer knows you have MS there might be some reasonable accommodation they could grant you to help. that's the law under the americans with disabilities act.

please let us know how you are.

Hi NurseNancy,

Yes maam, I take vit D but do not take B. What does B do for us? I already stopped private practice to reduce stress after all of the above but still I keep getting worse and worse. I've tried Provigil and Nuvigil and now I eat sunflower seeds to keep my awake. My new boss required me to work 40 hours so I added another day (10 hour days) and I saw a good number of private practice on my other day. I'd love to cut back to work less hours but if it's up to her, I doubt she'll agree to it. We can never know unless we ask but I'll tell you, she's doing everything she can to make it hard on me. My boss believe she is above the U.S. laws but I can't really tell you more about why she believes that. Things can get better. They can.

I'd find a new boss!!

As of yesterday I guess that boss has been terminated. I feel bad for her but feel SO much better at work right now.

Good things come to those who wait! I'm glad your source of stress has been "moved".

Me too Kitty.

and now you can develop a report with the new boss. When you feel comfortable, you can decide to let them know your need for accomodations (if you feel this is helpful to you)

Good luck and feel better, physically and emotionally.

I started taking B-12 several weeks ago and have noticed a HUGE difference in the way I feel, my ability to stay awake during the day and my stamina.

It's very important to take the Methylcobalamin (Methyl B-12). Here is a link where I purchase mine.....http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas...enges/117?at=0. Their instructions say to take one every 3 or 4 days but I take one tablet every morning. First thing before I eat or drink anything. It's very important to take this particular supplement on an empty stomach. It has helped me more than I even imagined it would. That along with the D3 is a great combination.