Hi I am an Australian woman living on a farm on the coast of Victoria. I am 55 , a mother of 6 grown children and was diagnosed in 2012 with MS.
I was working atm and had suffered severe vertigo, fatigue and just total weakness. I was in hospital for 5 weeks as they thought I had had a stroke and left without a diagnosis. My GP put me onto a wonderful neurologist that diagnosed me.
On analysing many unexplained issues i had had in my past i realised i may have had MS for much longer than this, possibly even 15 years. I started on Betaforen injections. After 6 months I was taken off those as my relapses were still occurring and put on Gilenya. It was so less invasive as it was only a tablet a day.
Recently I was found a suspicious mole on my arm which turned out to be melanoma. It was removed and i had a further excision and sentinel node biopsy 5 days ago. I was taken off the Gilenya 3 weeks ago because of this as there has been some reports of Gilenya causing Melanomas.
It is disappointing as I now have to look forward to injecting myself with Copaxone. I am now awaiting on the results of my biopsy whether the cancer has spread. I NEVER thought I would have to deal with cancer as well as my MS. It is frightening. I am feeling quite horrid since surgery and worried about a relapse .
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
I was working atm and had suffered severe vertigo, fatigue and just total weakness. I was in hospital for 5 weeks as they thought I had had a stroke and left without a diagnosis. My GP put me onto a wonderful neurologist that diagnosed me.
On analysing many unexplained issues i had had in my past i realised i may have had MS for much longer than this, possibly even 15 years. I started on Betaforen injections. After 6 months I was taken off those as my relapses were still occurring and put on Gilenya. It was so less invasive as it was only a tablet a day.
Recently I was found a suspicious mole on my arm which turned out to be melanoma. It was removed and i had a further excision and sentinel node biopsy 5 days ago. I was taken off the Gilenya 3 weeks ago because of this as there has been some reports of Gilenya causing Melanomas.
It is disappointing as I now have to look forward to injecting myself with Copaxone. I am now awaiting on the results of my biopsy whether the cancer has spread. I NEVER thought I would have to deal with cancer as well as my MS. It is frightening. I am feeling quite horrid since surgery and worried about a relapse .
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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