Hi Jenn

Nice to meet you. I was diagnosed in 2001. I started out really aggressively (that is to say, my MS had probably been around for quite some time and I ignored it because it came and went, but when I was diagnosed, I had lots of lesions and it smacked me around pretty hard).

My neuro didn't really give me a choice of whether I should or shouldn't go on one of the injectables - I just had to choose which one - which was a good thing, because it really put the brakes on what the doctor thought was going to be a very speedy and nasty disease process. So, nearly 8 years on Betaferon and three and a half on Tysabri when Beta got to hard to live with.

Now, eleven years on, I am still mobile and still doing the majority of things I like to do. Who knows, I may have been doing it without the drugs....but somehow, I don't think so.

Everyones disease is different, and everyones course is different - it is a hard choice for many, but is was a relatively easy one for me.

Cheers

Lyn