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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.
The purpose of this blog is to offer support and inspiration. Please feel free to share any useful information that you have gathered along your journey and words of inspiration. It is hard to overcome all the obstacles we must face and it is nice to hear ways people have adapted. Inspirational stories and anectedotes are especially sought after.
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Copaxone

So I was sitting here thinking about what to blog about and all I could come up with was my very boring shot.  I was going to basically copy and paste information on what my shot is and what it is used for. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah  BORING.  So if you really are interested in that I will just paste the link and you can read that information for yourself.  I mean it is interesting on how theoretically it works and how many people it theoretically have had prolonged there relapse periods for.  People have done amazingly well on Copaxone.  If you like the technical aspect on which cells it works on in the body, it really is fascinating too.
The other day I was so bored, I was looking up celebrities with Multiple Sclerosis.  There are a few, not many.  I guess I was just curious to see if money and power can get you out of being afflicted too, but apparantly not.  Montel Williams, Annette Funnicello, Richard Pryor, Squiggy (from Laverne & Shirley) and Terri Garr oh and one of the Osmond brothers are the ones that I can remember off the top of my head.
I know that Richard Pryor passed away from complications and Annette is pretty much vegetative, everyone else seems to be doing okay.  Hopefully, life is looking up for them.
Well as for me, trying to keep my chin up.  Still increasing the dose weekly on my seizure medication.  Making me dopey, just like one of the seven dwarfs.  I am at 75mg twice daily with a goal of 100mg twice daily, so if my typing is off or goofy or dopey, just have a hearty laugh at my expense, believe me, I plan to revisit these pages later when I have stabilized to do the same thing.