Thanks everyone for your previous supportive comments. I feel like a trespasser here because it seems that everyone knows each other so well! But I'm going to bother you with a newbie question. I've been on the copaxone for only 10 days now. Does it ever get any less stressful to inject (and of course this is daily). Will I eventually get mostly used to it? It just hurts so freakin bad-- it's like getting stung by a bee every day. And I think, oh my god I have to do this for the rest of my life. I thought I was doing okay the past few days...thinking this isn't too bad, I'm not having very intense reactions but then tonight it bled and left a huge nasty white welt surrounded by a red rash. Anyone know why it bleeds? I think the stress got to me and I just broke down sobbing. Every day the shot is just a reminder of the MS and maybe I really haven't adjusted to the diagnosis yet? Sometimes I ask why me? The general population has a .5% chance of getting MS. The odds are so SLIM yet here I got it. In the meantime, my husband is having a hard time adjusting too. After all we had only been married 3 months when all this came down. I'm sure he wasn't expecting to get such a raw deal (wife with chronic illness) in the bargain.