tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post2870172321384369359..comments2023-09-27T18:00:59.400+01:00Comments on It's a Shit Business: cartoon physicsstevedominohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598042606017502408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post-10804247546862140352014-08-29T16:13:11.137+01:002014-08-29T16:13:11.137+01:00Hoping things have improved since you wrote this? ...Hoping things have improved since you wrote this? I was on Rebif for about 3 years before I developed antibodies (??) and began having relapses. Got switched to Copaxone. The daily shot isn't THAT bad but, yes, puts a dent in my dazzling social life, which includes cleaning cat boxes in addition to navel gazing/TV watching. Anyway, keep us posted! <br /><br />Ms. C-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post-31369614809598148762014-08-20T09:46:43.733+01:002014-08-20T09:46:43.733+01:00thanks for all of these comments!
Copaxone - no ...thanks for all of these comments! <br /><br />Copaxone - no side-effects I like, daily injections = not so much. I feel that the three-times a week thing puts enough of a crimp in my dazzling social life*<br /><br />* - navel-gazing and TV<br /><br />Avonex - once a week I like, but <b>big needle</b> and the way it seems to prey on your mind for at least two days [in your case at least, Swiss], doesn't sound so much fun. it's a pretty deep injection too, eh?<br /><br />i remember that i had a real honeymoon period with Rebif - i would actually get excited about injection nights - maybe it was like you say, the thrill of doing <b>something</b> for my health instead of nothing?<br /><br />we all have a choice but isn't it annoying (and slightly odd?) that all these numerous and costly drugs claim to reduce relapses "by about a third"? <br /><br />thanks again for the comments - much appreciated.stevedominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598042606017502408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post-84855493910166336992014-08-19T22:12:08.268+01:002014-08-19T22:12:08.268+01:00I inject avonex once a week - BIG needle - and I f...I inject avonex once a week - BIG needle - and I find that it hangs over me from about Sunday afternoon through until I actually do the injection on a tuesday evening. Not terribly, but it's there at the back of my mind most of the time. I tolerate the injections well and don't generally suffer side-effects, even if I am forced to do it in the day, although I do get a killer headache if I forget the painkillers and often feel pinned to the bed the next morning. I have started to notice a distinct cog fog on the morning after too, and my brain seems slow to wake up. Like you say though, we have a choice, don't we? I'd rather do something than nothing, and this is my something.<br />Ho hum. I feel your pain, brother.<br />*remembers that I need to do my jab before I go to bed tonight*swisslethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post-14351519942876705692014-08-19T14:17:30.163+01:002014-08-19T14:17:30.163+01:00agreed. Rebif was just draining me and the 'fl...agreed. Rebif was just draining me and the 'flu like' symptoms were horrendous. switched to Copaxone 8 years ago and it was so much better. Ask your MS nurse and try it. Daily injections but virtually no side effects. Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031889641831063061.post-1375800275204395142014-08-19T14:13:10.874+01:002014-08-19T14:13:10.874+01:00I had to stop taking interferons due to side effec...I had to stop taking interferons due to side effects and disease progression. I'm on Copaxone now and much much happier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com