I'm starting Ocrevus on Monday and honestly, I'm nervous about it.
Part of it is the whole unknown of how my body will react to this drug. I still work and in fact am scheduled to work a full day on Tuesday. With past DMTs I've learned the hard way to not concentrate too much on the common side effects but instead educate myself about the uncommon/rare effects because that is probably what I'm going to get.
But the bigger picture is more troublesome to me. I thought I had moved out of the Land of Denial a long time ago but it turns out maybe not. After 15+ years to little to no activity, the past 5 years have been an explosion of activity. Until it came up on my FaceBook memories I didn't realize s it has only been 5 years since my first major flare. That one stopped me dead in my tracks. Since then I've had 3 more flares. That's 4 in 5 years - 3 of which involved my optic nerve.
My eye doc (a neuro-ophthalmologist) recommended this or another DMT but my neuro feels this drug is the best available to help preserve my vision. Since I enjoy my vision I'm going with their recommendation.
Part of it is the whole unknown of how my body will react to this drug. I still work and in fact am scheduled to work a full day on Tuesday. With past DMTs I've learned the hard way to not concentrate too much on the common side effects but instead educate myself about the uncommon/rare effects because that is probably what I'm going to get.
But the bigger picture is more troublesome to me. I thought I had moved out of the Land of Denial a long time ago but it turns out maybe not. After 15+ years to little to no activity, the past 5 years have been an explosion of activity. Until it came up on my FaceBook memories I didn't realize s it has only been 5 years since my first major flare. That one stopped me dead in my tracks. Since then I've had 3 more flares. That's 4 in 5 years - 3 of which involved my optic nerve.
My eye doc (a neuro-ophthalmologist) recommended this or another DMT but my neuro feels this drug is the best available to help preserve my vision. Since I enjoy my vision I'm going with their recommendation.
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