Hello everyone,
I’m very glad to have found this site! I wanted to introduce myself before I posted on any threads elsewhere. I think I can keep it short and “sweet.”
I am a 30-something female living in the mid-Atlantic region. I have a partner of 10 years and a daughter who just turned 2! We recently bought our first house this past summer, and I’m in the process of finishing up my PhD in Epidemiology (hoping to finish officially in July 2015). Working hard on my dissertation and also keeping an eye out for positions for afterwards.
I was dx RRMS just over 4 yrs ago. My mom, maternal aunt, and paternal aunt also all have MS, with varying degrees of disability. I have been lucky so far in that clinically I am basically fine. Have had a few relapses but nothing even requiring steroid treatment or any serious intervention. I originally took Copaxone after diagnosis, then stopped for pregnancy. Started Tecfidera after giving birth and tried to stick with it for 6 months but then I couldn’t take the side effects any more (flushing was severe/painful/embarrassing! and occurred after almost every dose no matter what), so I switched back to Copaxone when it became the 3x/week formulation. Lately my MRIs are okay (some new lesions in Oct but basically stable in March) – clinically, I am stable. My main issue is paresthesias and fatigue, plus a little bit of spasticity, but when I “remit” I feel pretty normal, so again, I feel lucky.
I guess this was not so short! I really just wanted to say hi, and give a little bit of history on who I am. Looking forward to meeting some of you and learning a lot!
-Alice
I’m very glad to have found this site! I wanted to introduce myself before I posted on any threads elsewhere. I think I can keep it short and “sweet.”
I am a 30-something female living in the mid-Atlantic region. I have a partner of 10 years and a daughter who just turned 2! We recently bought our first house this past summer, and I’m in the process of finishing up my PhD in Epidemiology (hoping to finish officially in July 2015). Working hard on my dissertation and also keeping an eye out for positions for afterwards.
I was dx RRMS just over 4 yrs ago. My mom, maternal aunt, and paternal aunt also all have MS, with varying degrees of disability. I have been lucky so far in that clinically I am basically fine. Have had a few relapses but nothing even requiring steroid treatment or any serious intervention. I originally took Copaxone after diagnosis, then stopped for pregnancy. Started Tecfidera after giving birth and tried to stick with it for 6 months but then I couldn’t take the side effects any more (flushing was severe/painful/embarrassing! and occurred after almost every dose no matter what), so I switched back to Copaxone when it became the 3x/week formulation. Lately my MRIs are okay (some new lesions in Oct but basically stable in March) – clinically, I am stable. My main issue is paresthesias and fatigue, plus a little bit of spasticity, but when I “remit” I feel pretty normal, so again, I feel lucky.
I guess this was not so short! I really just wanted to say hi, and give a little bit of history on who I am. Looking forward to meeting some of you and learning a lot!
-Alice
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