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Amanda Sorrow became a registered member 1 week, 1 day ago
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John Connor started the topic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Should Be Assessed in MS Cases in the forum Treatments and Trials 1 week, 1 day ago
Hurrah.
I’ve been beating the UTI drum with my doctors for years! You could say I’ve been bladdering on about it!! OK you shouldn’t and I most definitely shouldn’t……
Glad some researchers are delving into it as reported by our news section today.
Do you suffer from UTI problems at all?
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Steve Slobodzian posted an update 1 week, 1 day ago
I was just reading the new, supposedly improved guidelines, Canada has imposed on PPMS patients. In particular it seems with their ongoing reluctance to administer Ocrevus, now to people over the age of 55. Roche originally were going to not recommend Ocrevus for the over 55 patients, but changed their mind. I am currently 67 and have been on…[Read more]
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I’m in the UK and was on Ocrevus but pulled from it in December because it was decimating my immune system https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/columns/2019/12/11/stop-in-the-name-of-leukocytes/. Obviously before Covid! Surely if it increases the risk of contracting COVID-19 this needs to be balanced against how helpful it is to you. The…
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I found out the hard way about Ocrevus and immune system. A couple of years ago I contracted an infection that landed me in the hospital for 2 days hooked to IV of anti-biotics. It killed the infection and they never identified what is was. Since then I self imposed indoors for two weeks after infusion and have not had a problem since. I…
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Hi Steve,Thanks for your comments. I’m concerned about guidelines that place an age ceiling on a treatment. I’ve been treated with Lemtrada. It’s helped slow progression and improve some symptoms, a bit. I began those treatments in Dec., 2016 when I was 69!
BTW, the Lemtrada protocol requires that, before and after each series of…
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I was reading about how proud Canada is in treating immigrants with MS. And with the health care system they are treated for free. How is it then that citizens of Canada, over the age of 55, and have PPMS are denied Ocrevus ? This drug very well over the long run could save Canada money. If…
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Carol Jean DeGroot became a registered member 1 week, 2 days ago
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Hi Carol,
Thanks for joining us here in the forums. We hope you’ll join in some of the topic discussions and there’s info about how to do that stuck to the top of each forum page.
Please reach out to me, or co-moderator John Connor, if we can help at all.
Ed
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John Connor started the topic Lockdown Boxing Clever Hits in the forum Let's Have Some Fun! 1 week, 3 days ago
For some of us who’re in a self imposed house arrest may I offer these BOX hits – ones that have attracted at least my wife to join in!
Justified Based on an Elmore Leonard short story ‘Fire in the Hole’. A modern day detective/western procedural that maintains its grip till its final theatrical scene at the end of series 6. It is also the best…[Read more]
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Rachael became a registered member 1 week, 3 days ago
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Hi Rachel,
Let me join John in welcoming you. We’re glad that you joined us and hope you’ll jump in and add your thoughts and questions to some of our topic discussions.
Ed
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Rachael's profile was updated 1 week, 3 days ago
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Hi Rachel,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
Cheers John
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Kirsty became a registered member 1 week, 3 days ago
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Hi Kirsty,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
As you’re new to MS sure you’ll first look at the ‘Newly Diagnosed Forum’ . As one of the ‘Patient Columnists’ I wrote one sparked by one of the entries ‘An Open Le… -
Hi Kirsty,We’re glad that you’ve joined us here in the forums. As an MS “newbie” I’m sure you have lots of questions and concerns so don’t be shy about posting. If you have questions about navigating the site John or I will be glad to help out.
Ed
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David Kallman became a registered member 1 week, 3 days ago
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Hi David,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
Cheers John
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Hi David,
Welcome. I’m not sure on what page you landed when you joined us so I’m going to walk you through this from the msnewstoday.com website’s home page.
*On that page click on the three gray bars at the upper right corner. This will take you to a website menu.
*On that menu click “Forums.”
*This will take you to a list of several…
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Angela Darroch became a registered member 1 week, 3 days ago
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Hi Angela,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
Cheers John
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John Connor started the topic How Getting Carers Help Both me am My Family in the forum Living With MS 1 week, 5 days ago
Of course this weeks column has been headlined by me with the far more flowery ‘The Joy of Joining the ‘Downton Abbey’ Set‘.
In my very roundabout-way – many exits, and I try to try them all! – I describe how carers have changed me and my families life.
It only took a major relapse for me to accept it……
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Judy R became a registered member 1 week, 5 days ago
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Hi Judy,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
Cheers John
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Ed Tobias replied to the topic Dalfampridine generic unable to buy in usa in the forum Welcome 1 week, 5 days ago
Thanks for the info, Christine. The issue of drug manufacturers helping to pay for their medications is a complex one and it shouldn’t be! I had to discontinue using Ampyra several years ago when I went on Medicare and I could no longer receive copay assistance. My monthly cost soared from $40 to $500.
Ed
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John Connor replied to the topic Revealing the Genetic Signature of Neurodegenerative Disease in the forum Treatments and Trials 1 week, 5 days ago
Ta.
Well, the murk is clearing and am beginning to see the outlines of the bottom of the sea of science I’m trying to swim in!
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Ed Tobias started the topic Do You Have an "MS Dog?" in the forum Living With MS 1 week, 5 days ago
A good Monday morning, everyone. Do you have a shaggy dog story to share. (Cat stories welcomed, too). Here’s mine. https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/columns/2020/07/20/pets-dogs-joey/
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Jacqueline Murphy became a registered member 1 week, 6 days ago
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Hi Jacqueline,
I’m glad you joined us here in the MS forums and I hope you’ll join in some of our topic discussions. We’re about the same age, BTW, and I grew up in Manhattan.
As you’ve discovered, MS is tough to diagnose. I was DXed when my son was only a year old so he and my MS sort of grew up together. It’s the only way my grandkids…
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AO4141 became a registered member 1 week, 6 days ago
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Hi,
I’m guessing AO4141 isn’t your real name, so I can’t use it to give my usual “Hi xxx,” but welcome to our forums. It’s great to have an NP here and I hope you’ll join in some of our topic discussions and share your experience as a healthcare professional.
Please let me, or co-moderator John Connor, know if you need help navigating the…
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Christine G started the topic Dalfampridine generic unable to buy in usa in the forum Welcome 1 week, 6 days ago
Dalfampridine is the generic for ampyra. Mylan sells it for a lower cost. On goodrx it is $$91 ampyra is over $300. According to the news articles, optumrx does claw back and is causing me not to be able to purchase the generic from even outside companies. There is a bipartisan bill passed in 2019 that outlaws this practice. But optimrx and…[Read more]
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Catherine replied to the topic Revealing the Genetic Signature of Neurodegenerative Disease in the forum Treatments and Trials 1 week, 6 days ago
This is quite technical but very interesting as it shows that in a mouse model, they were actually able to block this oxidative stress that these genes seem to cause and reverse all symptoms of MS. Let’s hope that this goes to human trials soon.
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Nana became a registered member 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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Hi Nana,
Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
You can also start topics – my fellow
moderator Ed Tobias explains ‘Posting Items’ at the top of each Forum.
Cheers John
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Thanks for joining us, Nana. It looks like you’ve had a good, symptom-free ride but now it seems as if it’s time for you and your neuro to work together to find a roadblock to put in front of your MS.Good luck on your appointment. Please let us know what the two of you decide.
Ed
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Welcome – loads of info, research & experiences on here.
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I’m sorry you’ve been though so much but glad that you’ve joined us here in the forums. I hope you’ll join in on some of our topic discussions and that the info will be of some help.
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