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    Newly diagnosed

    Hello, everyone!
    I am brand new here. I was just diagnosed with MS last week. As of right now, my symptoms are pretty minimal. (eye twitching and a numb spot on my abdomen)
    I had a bout of double vision around 5 years ago where I had an MRI that showed a few non specific white spots. My neurologist looked at the images and mentioned MS, but wasn't entirely convinced. He said that we could do further testing or take a wait and see approach. At the time, he seemed really ambivalent about it being MS, so I opted to wait.
    Fast forward to now, another MRI with increased lesions that were "classic" MS according to the neurologist. And a spine MRI with a lesion.
    Now I'm in the decision making process about medications. I would love some input regarding this. Right now, I'm just trying to wrap my head around all of the information and options.
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    Sorry that we have to "welcome" you to our club. It's not one we wish to have to belong to, is it?

    Here is a place to start -- our Medications and Treatments forum. http://www.msworld.org/forum/forumdi...amp-Treatments

    Use it any way that seems to be the most helpful to you:
    • You might want to start by scrolling past the sub-forums and choosing some of the "Stickies" to read.
      • Kimba22 has listed links to some informative sites that educate about the DMD's (disease modifying medications). Or some people call them DMT's (disease modifying treatments).
      • Marco's post gives some good basic initial information and suggests some questions to ask yourself when selecting a drug

    • If you have a specific question about one of the meds, choosing the appropriate sub-forum is a great place to post that. Hopefully, you'll receive some helpful responses from some of our members.
    ~ Faith
    MSWorld Volunteer -- Moderator since JUN2012
    (now a Mimibug)

    Symptoms began in JAN02
    - Dx with RRMS in OCT03, following 21 months of limbo, ruling out lots of other dx, and some "probable stroke" and "probable CNS" dx for awhile.
    - In 2008, I was back in limbo briefly, then re-dx w/ MS: JUL08    .
    - Betaseron NOV03-AUG08; Copaxone20 SEPT08-APR15; Copaxone40 APR15-present
    - Began receiving SSDI / LTD NOV08. Not employed. I volunteer in my church and community.

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      WELCOME TO MS WORLD DENILY! please look around and become familiar with all we have to offer. If you are inclined, we have a chat room that is open 24/7. Sometimes there is nobody around and other times it is extremely busy. There is also a scheduled chat every night at 8 PM EST.

      I cannot do anything but what has already been mentioned, so all I will say is good luck.
      hunterd/HuntOP/Dave
      volunteer
      MS World
      hunterd@msworld.org
      PPMS DX 2001

      "ADAPT AND OVERCOME" - MY COUSIN

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