Hi everyone, I have been posting here a lot lately. It's been a whirlwind of a month and my optic neuritis lead to a diagnosis of MS. I had my first infusion yesterday of Rituximab; I was so anxious at first but it went so smoothly - I wanted to share this with anyone who is about to do the same and is nervous. It's normal to be anxious about putting a hard drug inside your body, but trust your doctors and nurses. They will take care of you! My infusion took 9 hours; they started me on 13ml/h then upped it to 100ml/h by the 7th hour. We tried 150ml/h but I got the strangest headache almost immediately so they brought it back down. MS sucks. Having to do this every six months sucks. BUT you are stronger than you think. I feel absolutely fine today. To be fair I have barely slept thanks to all the steroids I am on but I feel good, almost as if I didn't just fill my body with a hard drug. Stay strong and believe in yourself.