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@nameupdate12 

nameupdate12

Shingles/ mystery flare

Hey everyone, thanks so much for your comments and support on my last post. Really appreciated it! ❤️‍🩹🙏 where I was having a lot of symptoms and weird sensations that had me scared. Since then it all got much worse the past few days where I just had super weak achy limbs, exhaustion and strange n...

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Divorce, illness payout she's going for

I have RRMS and its been slowish in development. Im now on ocrevus but things are happening with my cognitive behaviour - memory, focus, clarity of thought, problem solving. This has been getting gradually worse for a few years, but i knew my job inside out, so not too much of a problem. Of course i...
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@JayJay10 

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JayJay10

I can’t move.

My legs have completely given up on me, they are unbelievably solid, like Stonehenge. I am currently on no medication, trying to see if this is a relapse or something. This has lasted 2-3 weeks already and seems to be gradually getting worse. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could be doing to im...
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@chezy17 

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chezy17

Relapse or not?

Just wondering if a stiff and painful neck and shoulders is likely to be a relapse? I woke up a couple of weeks ago with a really stiff neck and it was really hard to sleep and move it which I put down to camping in the garden. I spoke to my neuro a week or so ago and he thought that my aches and p...
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@katfight 

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katfight

Workplace advice please

Hi guys, Please can I ask for some direct advice, I am sick of reading government docs etc lol.. anywhere here I go. On copaxone (I have read this is not a risk), relapsed a few months ago, need to return to work so please advise on what is required in the way of a risk assessment?
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@Ljburns 

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Ljburns

Hi!

Just joined and thought I’d say hi 👋 I was diagnosed with ms in April 2008 , after I had my eldest son. My relapse effected my eyes and my face and mouth where numb, I was given a course of intravenous steroids and that seemed to make a difference, but within 4 weeks I had another relapse that al...
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@MattW 

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MattW

Sildenafil thoughts please

Hello all, I'd like some thoughts from you knowledgable folk plz. I was diagnosed rrms in September 2017 and have been on tec since March 2019. I have remained stable, however my most recent MRI last month (delayed from March) has shown 4 new areas of inflammation. I have not had a noticable relap...
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@ettelrahs 

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ettelrahs

Copaxone side effect or not?

So I had a second relapse this year, this year has been far too much D: so I started my treatment on the 17th August, which is grand, but I have been extremely tired, to the point where I cannot function at all. I have recently finished folic acid, which I was talking for two months, but then starte...
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@laurenlucyjane 

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laurenlucyjane

Super fun new symptoms!!

Hey guys, So I was diagnosed in January and after recovering mostly from my first noticeable relapse I thought I was doing just fine. In the last month or so I've been having some bowel and bladder problems such as urgency and hesitation etc it's making me scared to leave my house or walk far or go ...
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@MiaPi 

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MiaPi

Copaxone switch to Tecfidera

Hello all, So I have been on Copaxone for 3 years. 1st year all good no relapse or new MRI lesions. Second year I got one new lesion but since it was also small my dr said let’s stay on Copaxone. Now my latest MRI showed one new lesion but at the same time I got lipoatrophy on my thigh from the Cop...
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