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I have found my pets to be one of my greatest comforts during the ups and downs of MS. Even during deep fatigue, when I can't even listen to the hum of the floor lamp (much less the TV), my little female lovebird curls up on my chest and takes a nap with me. (We're on a reclining chair, so it's safe...

Hi; I've been on Copaxone for close to nine months and haven't had a repeat MRI yet. The MRI I had while on Betaseron was not encouraging! Very luckily, I have very little site reaction from Copax -- not nearly as much as I had from Beta! When I was on B., an OTC 5% cortizone cream (Cortaid) helped ...

If I was going to try a drug therapy that was different from the CRAB drugs, I think I would like to try a statin -- you know, a cholesteral modifying drug. Something about us all having "sticky platelets" isn't good for MS, or something like that. The cost would be considerably lower than...

These days fatigue is the worst. However, I feel fortunate that the ON is pretty quiet. And anything involving pain is nasty! TN makes me run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Have you tried any fatigue meds? I'm on Provigil.

Hi Bonnie, thanks for the warm welcome! Indoors or outdoors, birds remain wild. I think that's the most interesting thing about them, and it's the thing that people are most likely to forget. They haven't lived with us long enough to be domesticated. The lovebirds have been an absolute trip! :lol: T...

Hi folks; I'm Anne, in my 40s *smile*, diagnosed with RRMS in spring of 1999. My symptom at diagnosis was optic neuritis in one eye (central scotoma). I think I had exacerbations twice before in my right arm (spasticity) and right leg (foot drop). I didn't seek serious treatment until ON, though. No...