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After I got diagnosed with MS what I’d change

After I got diagnosed with MS what I’d change

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I guess this is kind of like a part two to yesterday’s blog before I was diagnosed. https://multipleexperiences.org/2018/06/25/before-i-had-multiple-sclerosis/ What I’m not going to write here is about my attack in 2014 that really disabled me. What I am going to say is what I would change if I could go back. Again hindsight is 20/20 but this is for the newly diagnosed and people more on the early side of their onset of multiple sclerosis. When your first diagnosed, it’s…

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The Internet for multiple sclerosis

The Internet for multiple sclerosis

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I was 27 years old when I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. At that time MS had 2 therapy drugs available Avonex and Betaseron. The information on MS wasn’t what it is today because the Internet wasn’t what it is today. I can’t remember how but I joined a support group for multiple sclerosis. I’d say 3/4 of the group were in wheelchairs. At the age of 27, who had recovered 95% from her first attack, this was NOT what…

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Rituxan infusion possible side effects-a patients perspective

Rituxan infusion possible side effects-a patients perspective

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As expected I was extremely tired after. It’s because of the large amount of Benadryl that is given. I was in bed asleep by 9:00. I’d love to say that was unusual for me, but during the week that’s my normal bed time.  I woke up with a little stomach ache. That can be a number of reasons but it is listed as a side effect of the rituxan. I don’t remember it from any of the other times I…

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Rituxan infusion day

Rituxan infusion day

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Third time I’m being infused with Rituxan. I was able to change my infusion place back to my home town instead of NYC. Saves at least 3 hours of the day. I got here at 9am and it’s 9:57 IV is just beginning. Why an hour? Well they didn’t get the doctors orders. Now it is a federal holiday today so getting in touch with the doctor wasn’t going to be easy. Her office at Mount Sinai in NYC is…

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Ocrelizumab versus Rituximab (Rituxan)

Ocrelizumab versus Rituximab (Rituxan)

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I decided to go a little honest about our pharmaceutical world of MS. There has been so much press and promise over this new drug coming out for multiple sclerosis. Put Ocrelizumab in your web search and you’ll get article after article about the promise of this new drug. NEWS FLASH!!!! Rituximab is Ocrelizumab The patent on Rituximab expired in the US in 2015. Basically when they were doing the clinical trials with multiple sclerosis by the time they were…

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The plant based diet and multiple sclerosis

The plant based diet and multiple sclerosis

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A plant based diet is a diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes; and it excludes or minimizes meat (including chicken and fish), dairy products, and eggs, as well as highly refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil. A 2013 Nutritional Update for Physicians stated, “Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet, which we define as a regimen that encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as…

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High dose biotin with progressive MS a patient’s review

High dose biotin with progressive MS a patient’s review

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I have finished my first bottle of high dose biotin.  I’ve been taking a 100mg pill three times a day as the clinical studies patients were taking.  My doctor felt that it was an excellent option for me to try since I am clearly progressing. She found a website www.highdosebiotin.net where you can purchase the pills without a prescription. It is slightly costly at $60 a bottle. Before I tell you my first month thoughts on it let me explain…

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MS symptom not in the textbook

MS symptom not in the textbook

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It’s not listed in the MS symptom book but I have issues regulating my body temperature. It happens more often then I care to admit to and usually in the morning when I go out for either brunch or breakfast. I get coffee nothing unusual and eat and it causes my body to sweat. Sometimes is only a mild thing other times I’m in a full blown sweat where my hair line is wet my clothes are wet and you’d…

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MS drugs getting a cold with a weakened immune system

MS drugs getting a cold with a weakened immune system

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I got my first infusion of Rituxan on May 29 and received the second September 16. Rituxan is technically not slated for MS as of yet however it’s counterpart Ocrelizumab is its sister that will be coming out in 2017. What this drug does is it knocks out all the B-cells one of your immune fighting cells. I’ve been on just about all of the MS therapy drugs at some point or other except for the newer ones that have…

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