Denial
I don't know who else feels like this but I'm relatively newly diagnosed (June last year) I have relapsing remitting MS and in the scheme of things my symptoms are relatively mild. Then I had a chest infection last winter followed by a relapse. My consultant recommended Ocrevus which I started in Feb. Until this virus I think I've been in denial that I even have it and now I'm faced with being classed as vulnerable by the government and it's a massive awakening. It sucks
I'm an adoptee so I had to do a DNA test and find out family medical history and even given my first cousin has it I was still in denial (easy for an adoptee...these people aren't related to me and all that)
Hi @vicki_fielder, so I guess you must have had two infusions by now? Yes it's shock enough being diagnosed without being immersed in Corona chaos. We are already in the vulnerable category, but don't know if we'll be in the 1.5 million letters. Looking back (3 years since Dx) I think I probably regarded myself as newly-diagnosed for the first year, really. Only now just beginning o understand my 'new normal'! Stick with it, keep your head up, you know at least that everyone on Shift will know how you're feeling x