Planning The Unpredictable

I am a bit of a childbirth nerd. I have been trained to be a doula and attended three births. I don’t know if I will ever have kids so my family reading this shouldn’t get the wrong idea or anything.
I decided to do some research on breastfeeding with Copaxone. [...]

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The shared solutions nurse came for a visit and she was much more helpful than the first person. I did my shot manually instead of with auto-inject. I think I will like doing it this way better but it will take some time to get use to it. Anyway, she had a [...]

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Well, I have obtained my *second* cold of the cold season. Considering this is just the start of the cold season…. I am screwed. Tom is taking good care of me but refuses to come too close.
I went to the gym last night but I think I will be taking tonight off. [...]

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I started using a new Copaxone prescription and noticed that caps were black instead of blue. I didn’t think too much of it until I noticed that it didn’t hurt as bad. I compared the needles and they were smaller than the blue caps! I had heard that the needles were getting [...]

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Dear Tom Cruise,
I know you would be very disappointed in me. I know you are completely against medications to treat mental illness. I know you think they are prescribed too easy but I gave up. My cat has a mental illness. She needed anti-anxiety medication so the vet gave us xanax. [...]

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If you can’t read the text (you can click on the picture to make it bigger), it says: “If the President-elect of the USA can find time each day to go to the gym for 45 mins, then so damn well can I. You are my inspiration.”
Perfect! Maybe the first book I buy for [...]

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I have been a lazy poster as of late. I have no excuse! But anyway….
My Neurologist says there are two things I need to worry about when it comes to managing my MS:
1. Copaxone
2. Lifestyle
The first one is easy and I have been a good girl doing it everyday. [...]

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It was reported today that Multiple Sclerosis can be cured (like bacon!) with the help of a known cancer medication. The problem is, this medications job is to stop your immune system. As you can imagine, this might cause some problems. In fact, one person has died during this trial. I wrote [...]

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I noticed someone found my blog by googling the cost of MS. I think we all know the cost of MS is huge. The question is were they asking about the cost in financial, emotional or physical terms. I decided I would show the cost of MS for the 6 months in [...]

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Well, I have obtained my first cold of the season. This is not a good sign given that it’s only October. Normally, I would have one cold a year (maybe). I am going to keep try of how many colds I get this year. I imagine being so freakin tired for [...]

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