medication
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I’m sorry ive been a bit absent, this year has been a bit tricky… It actually started in Nov 2023 when I had a mild disagreement with my neuro. I currently take multiple drugs a day for the spasticity in my legs and I had asked if I could try botox or be referred to…
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My husband has been a motocrosser since he was a kid, it’s in his blood. I’ve been a “motocross wife” since we’ve been a couple, it was quads when we first got together but he went back to two wheels about 5 years ago. An unfortunate accident, not involving him but a member of his…
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For the first 5-6 years of my MS “journey” (I hate that word, it’s such a millennial thing to say) I was completely unaffected by the weather. In fact, I found foreign holidays in warm climates helpful in many ways. That all changed when I started Ocrevus, a third line DMT which was sold to…
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(TW: spider image further down) I’ve been sleeping exclusively on the sofa (settee/couch, whatever you call it) for around six months now. I hate it, my husband and I are traditional co-sleepers and neither of us want to sleep separately but until I can move to a bungalow this is how it’s just going to…
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Well, it’s more of a semi actually 🤣 let me explain. The spasticity in my legs make them incredibly hard to bend, despite the multiple drugs I take to relax them. This is exacerbated by fatigue which I suffer with on a moderate basis daily however I haven’t slept well for the last three or…
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I make no secret of the fact that I really like spending money and I’m actually really good at it too! One of the toxic traits of the UK banking system is that the minute you turn 18 you get letters coming through your door offering you credit cards and I’m too weak to say…
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I’m sure my UK readers just sang that 🤣 So I recently tried CBD gummies, I got a small trial bag from Orange County CBD, just 16mg, to try them out. You see, I take baclofen 4x a day and Dantrium morning and night for spasticity but I STILL wake up in the night poker…
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DMT stands for Disease Modifying Therapy or Treatment. Sometimes also referred to as DMD – Disease Modifying Drug. These get offered to MS patients upon diagnosis. The best bit (note the sarcasm) is that your neurologist tells you about them briefly, points you in the direction of the MS Trust’s website where you’ll find tools…
The Sweary MSer 