Yay! I've been off Avonex since my 3,000.00 deductible started over, and it's been awful. Yesterday I called them, crying, and offered them the money I have saved up for it. They are shipping it in time for my injection night tomorrow, and I'm SO HAPPY!!

Now I have to get ready for my old routine. Lots of Gatorade & ibuprofen. I'm curious as to whether or not my side effects will come back again full force. I had bad side effects until pretty much November, a year after I started it. No matter how sick I get though, I'm happy. I don't think I've been this thrilled since my wedding day! I just had to share my happy news.

April, congratulations on your good news! Another example that it sometimes it pays to be persistent!

I'm glad you got your Anonex back. Let us know about the side effects, I am curious to know as well. When I stopped Betaseron and was off it for a long while, then started Avonex, I got no side effects like I did with Betaseron although I was warned I would get them. I hope this happens for you as well and you don't get the side effects. Good luck.

I took Avonex for a year and a half and when I went off of it because of pregnancy I was worried about the side effects coming back, too.
When I started back on it my side effects didn't come back, I was so happy!

I'm on Tysabri now, no side effects but I still have 3 doses of Avonex sitting in my fridge... trying to figure out what to do with it.
Good luck!

Thanks for that, EthaNDomsMom! I am hoping the side effects won't be like they were in the beginning! But I'm so relieved to have Avonex again that I won't mind even if I get sick as a dog. It's good to hear your story though!

Yay! April for the win!! Glad you got your Avonex back hun!

Thanks Laura! I am so happy and RELIEVED that I can't even express it in words. I hate insurance companies!