by Meg | Jun 11, 2013 | Biogen, dealing with disease, disease modidying drug, DMD, living with a disease, living with MS, means of mobility, MS, MS doctor, MS drugs, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurologist, positive attitude, segway, Tecfidera, using a cane
I have said that I will keep you updated on what is happening with my latest and greatest med – Biogen’s Tecfidera, and I will, but first wanted to share my story about “OH FUCK.” I was diagnosed with MS in December of 2007, Merry Christmas to...
by Meg | Jun 5, 2013 | Biogen, dealing with disease, disease modidying drug, DMD, living with MS, MRI scan for MS, MS, MS drugs, Multiple Sclerosis, positive attitude, smile & laugh, Tecfidera, using a cane
For those of you that may be following my experience with Tecfidera a disease modifying drug (DMD) for the MS, I wanted to give a quick update. I have been taking it for just over a week. I took a half dose for seven days and yesterday bumped up to the full dose. ...
by Meg | May 29, 2013 | dealing with disease, disease modifying drug, living with MS, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, positive attitude, reasons to laugh and smile, smile & laugh, Tecfidera
Well ok, not really, but in some ways it feels like it. Even though I have had MS since 2007, I have never spent time on-line looking for anything regarding the disease. Not information, not symptoms, not medicine and certainly not others that have MS (or MS-BFFs...
by Meg | May 28, 2013 | Biogen, dealing with disease, disease modifying drug, DMD, MS, MS drugs, Multiple Sclerosis, Pain, segway, smile & laugh, Tecfidera, Uncategorized, weighloss
It’s here…the day that I am finally going to start taking Tecfidea. As I explained in the post about my most recent MRI, it has been three years since I was on a disease modifying drug (DMD) and although I am excited about the prospect slowing future...
by Meg | May 23, 2013 | Interferons, MRI scan for MS, MS, MS drugs, Multiple Sclerosis, reducing stress, Rituximab, Tecfidera, Tysabri
One of the things that was explained to me early on in this “journey” was that although there isn’t a cure for Multiple Sclerosis, that there a number of “disease modifying drugs” (DMD) available for those with the disease, and that...
