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Welcome to all who visit this Blog whether you suffer from Multiple Sclerosis or have a loved one who does. Hopefully this will help all who read understand that they are not alone even though MS affects us all in very different ways. Maybe it can help open eyes of those around who do not know the unpredictability of daily life with MS.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Field Guide: Chapter 3 RRMS

Okay, so now you have a slight upswing in knowledge in kinda sort of what this MS thing is, but do you know that there are 4 different types that you can have.  Which one is you?????
The most common type is relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS).  Relapsing-remitting MS is characterized by flare-ups with a period of remission where you come back to normal or as near normal as you can ever be.  Some people go years without an exacerbation (flare-up) while others have more frequent exacerbations.  
Me, I happen to be the more frequent type.  When I ask the Doc why, there is no explanation.  
I suspect that RRMS is the cause for the my aunt's cousin's brother-in-law has MS and is doing just spiffy!!  Chances are they are one of the luckier people with RRMS who either have their relapses controlled with medication or by happenstance. So you see, it is possible that there is a group of people who have MS who are doing well.  Could be the medication is making a big difference in the frequency of exacerbations or maybe they were caught in the very early stages.
My Doc says that the number of lesions does not necessarily reflect the degree of disability in RRMS.  It depends on the location of the lesion.  This is why it is so unpredictable.
Well, that's all for today folks.  My brain is working overtime.  I start my next semester of school this Monday.  Yay (cough cough sarcasm).

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