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10 Mar 2025 13:34 EditedLast reply 12 Mar 2025 23:48

Intro

Hi. Hope you are well, not sure how this works but heard about it online and thought to try it out. I got diagnosed with MS back around 2022. Was a huge shock, I was initially seeing doctors about having back and leg pains. I had a couple of MRI's, eventually saw a neurosurgeon who first suggested p...

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@julie1975

5 Mar 2025 16:03Last reply 5 Mar 2025 18:55

Rant time

Where do I start. I work 3 days a week. 7am to 3pm. I stand all day packing veg in a packhouse. I'm the only one with a 'health condition'. We have stools to sit on because I asked for one as my legs are in constant pain. If it's not my legs, it's my hips. The pain is that bad that sometimes i could...

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@emarie

25 Feb 2025 19:46Last reply 1 Mar 2025 14:08

Quick question

Tomorrow will be my first day taking Dimethyl Fumerate! Previous or current users, how long do the side effects kick in? I start work early in the morning so, I want to be prepared! 😣

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@penbotter

24 Feb 2025 20:58Last reply 24 Feb 2025 23:49

Mobility tips

So I have been diagnosed for over 3 years, about 1.5 years ago I had a spinal fusion surgery, unrelated to MS. but now I feel like my mobility has worsened and I cannot determine if it is related to back surgery, or worsening symptoms (no new legions). I’m swinging my right leg way more, dragging my...

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@jumpingJacks

20 Feb 2025 17:21 EditedLast reply 22 Feb 2025 00:52

Just Me Thinking Out Loud 🤔

For years, MS has been classified into RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS. But what if we looked at it differently? Would proposing a classification system based on lesion location be better to predict the disability risk and personalize treatment. Brain-Dominant MS (BDMS) – More cognitive and fatigue symptoms ...

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@Klaggster

13 Feb 2025 18:03 EditedLast reply 14 Feb 2025 10:31

New - Advice

Hi everyone - I’m new and have RRMS I haven’t relapsed for what seems a year - I’m on fumerate tablets after copaxone didn’t agree with me. It’s been a bit and miss I haven’t seen my specialist since I was diagnosed back in 2018 however I do see his MS nurse in Preston or Lancaster. I’m anemic al...

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@eveweir92

5 Feb 2025 20:59Last reply 6 Feb 2025 15:40

Advice on medication

Hi all I’ve been diagnosed with ms December 2024 & I’ve had the symptoms since 2017 now started treatment in January I’m on dimethal fumerate & feel like I’m getting more symptoms & im wondering if I should stop getting medication really in two minds don’t want to go down hill when I felt relati...

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@sam93

3 Feb 2025 16:10Last reply 4 Feb 2025 19:58

All the fuss

Since being diagnosed this illness not even a week ago and still trying to come to terms with it. I'm normally the quiet don't like or want any fuss at all to receiving loads and looking like I'm helpless is horrible!

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@anis_md7

28 Jan 2025 18:02Last reply 28 Jan 2025 22:10

Feedback on DIMETHYL FUMARATE treatment

Hello everyone, Has anyone here tried DIMETHYL FUMARATE? What are your thoughts on it? Has anyone switched from Avonex to DIMETHYL FUMARATE ?

@not2bMSdwith

19 Jan 2025 17:33 EditedLast reply 20 Jan 2025 20:55

Tecfidera to Ocrevus Advice

Any of my fellow MS fam been on Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) and switch to Ocrevus? Any tips to prepare? I’m worried about the B cell depletion as I work in healthcare. I do pretty good now taking proper precautions protecting myself but with weakened B cells it may take a little extra precaution. ...

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