Hi Lowbo, I went to a newly diagnosed course in Birmingham a few years ago. It was run by the MS nursing team from my hospital and was essentially a series of presentations by various professionals (ie nurses, physios, OTs etc) looking at various aspects of ms and the various treatments and services available. There was also quite a big section at the beginning about MS and the nervous system. I'd been diagnosed over a year by the time I went to the course so a lot of it I had found out for myself. It can be quite a stressful and emotional day as there's a lot of information, not all of it amazingly jolly (I mean who really wants to be told about incontinence training at 28?!) but it was a good opportunity to meet other MSers locally and share stories. I was on copaxone for 2 years, I switched to Avonex in Jan this year as I was getting dimpling on my legs and stomach from the injections. Aside from my body reacting like a complete baby, I found copaxone good, I was symptom free and it's a nice small needle plus there are no real side effects other than injection site reactions. Good luck with it all, I hope you find the course useful xx