Now, please stop reading if you are new to the game.
I'm sure dmds do what it says on the box, and it seems to be mainly about reducing the number of flares, not slowing progression.
When I was first diagnosed, the neurologist said based on my initial symptoms (sensory not motor), I could expect 10 'good' years.
This was 13 years ago, when Copaxone had just come out.
She wasn't necessarily basing that forecast on whether I took dmds or not.
I took beta from day one, then Copaxone.
She was absolutely right. Ten good years, a few sensory flares and that was all, and then bang.
Three nasty flares, and not much recovery.
Walking without thinking about every step in detail? What was that like?
I can't even remember.
I feel like I'm in a permanent flare, but maybe this is the way things are when you've had MS for a long time.
I'm wondering whether this is par for the course. Maybe this is just progression.
In which case, I'd rather have stopped the progression than 30% of those nice little sensory flares in the early days.
I'm sure dmds do what it says on the box, and it seems to be mainly about reducing the number of flares, not slowing progression.
When I was first diagnosed, the neurologist said based on my initial symptoms (sensory not motor), I could expect 10 'good' years.
This was 13 years ago, when Copaxone had just come out.
She wasn't necessarily basing that forecast on whether I took dmds or not.
I took beta from day one, then Copaxone.
She was absolutely right. Ten good years, a few sensory flares and that was all, and then bang.
Three nasty flares, and not much recovery.
Walking without thinking about every step in detail? What was that like?
I can't even remember.
I feel like I'm in a permanent flare, but maybe this is the way things are when you've had MS for a long time.
I'm wondering whether this is par for the course. Maybe this is just progression.
In which case, I'd rather have stopped the progression than 30% of those nice little sensory flares in the early days.
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