How has it already been five years? I remember half walking, half dragging the numb side of my body into the hospital in 2018. The day before my husband’s 30th birthday, incidentally. After a month of dealing with steadily worsening numbness, fatigue, and pain, amongst many other troubling symptoms. I knew what was going on,… Continue reading 5 Years with Multiple Sclerosis
Today, I’m talking about my Disease Modifier – Rebif. An Interferon injection I give myself 3 times a week; if you’ve been here for awhile, you know I’ve been on it for two years now. If anyone’s counting, that adds up to 312 times that I’ve injected in the last couple years. The last time… Continue reading Two Years on Rebif
If you don’t have MS, or are newly diagnosed, you may be thinking – what in the world is a disease modifying drug? They’re also known as DMT’s, or disease modifying therapies. In the past, these drugs were used only for RRMS to help modify disease activity. Specifically, DMD’s have been found to – Reduce… Continue reading Disease Modifying Drugs and MS
I last checked in when I’d been on Rebif for 9 weeks; it’s been 5 months now. That’s 63 injections, if anyone is counting – oh no, just me? (If I had time to grab my phone to add an eyeroll emoji here, I would.) I’m mostly joking; overall, Rebif is treating me much better… Continue reading 5 Months on Rebif
This should be a relatively short update, like my last one about Rebif. I’ve been on it for 9 weeks now! My last update was at the one month mark – I’ve been on the full 44mcg dose for awhile now, and new side effects results in a new post. I’m feeling particularly proud of… Continue reading 9 Weeks on Rebif
This is post going to be fairly short and sweet. In my previous post about Rebif, I went over a lot of the basics about it. Today is going to be a quick update on how the past two weeks, and titration up, have been treating me. I just completed week four, and my final… Continue reading One Month on Rebif
