Thursday, February 20, 2014

Copaxone 40MG. on its way!

  


All my grumbling was not good for me or the people on the receiving end, but all in all it has appeared to have worked...That's not the way good people handle things, though; bad me...OOPS!

Anyway, next week I will be receiving  my first delivery of my Copaxone 40 MG. injected only three times a week, instead of daily, hip, hip hooray to that! And my hips do thank you TEVA, the pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Although, I do have a few more weeks left of my Copaxone 20MG. that I will have to finish first and then with the transition I am to complete the twenty milligrams on a Saturday, hopefully, skip that Sunday and begin with the forty mills on Monday! 

If I forget how to do it Shared Solutions is there for support, and a mere toll free phone call away.

I did say that hopefully it will come in pill form in the near future to them.

Many pills are out now for us with MS, but they are not appropriate for me with my other ills, too many drug interactions. Copaxone is the only one that has very few side affects for me, and so far so good, nearly four years on this one.
Also many of the other injectables are not compatible with my other medications, and so Copaxone it is!

Upward and onward...

My last ultrasound was about an hour ago and as far as my herniation goes it appears to be much, much better.
I only wish, I know that I am a broken record, but I do wish that my MS was so easy to feel better.
My numbies and, burning twisting leg pain continues on and off all day long. 
My last few nights until last night had allowed blissful sleep, but last night did not!
For the first time in a while my neck, eyes and sinuses as well as my congestion throughout my chest and my shoulders made trying to stay asleep not very easy at all, and so by 3:47 A.m. or so I gave up and left what should have been the comfort of my cozy bed, but was not… as if thorns were expelling me, I rose to move into the living room and reluctantly begun my day.
I had coffee and did a load of laundry, I cranked up this thingy and went through my usual roll call of emails and notifications and news and points of interest etc…
The coffee is helpful with my headache after I’ve tried my thick prescription eye medication and nasal saline and had put on my cervical collar.
As far as the congestion goes it appears more during the night and in the mornings, as well towards the evening hours…like now for some strange reason, damn I hope I am not going to need more steroids!

One good thing that I did do today, and duh on me, I called the ophthalmologist that I went to years ago that appears on my Florida Blue Select plan, the one that I will eventually be replacing with the Options one, well I asked  if he is on both and sure enough he is!
Now I have an appointment for next week! Another problem solved, whew.
Two down, just couple more to go…
The biggest is this annoying switch over from Select to Options and my ability to find a new Neurologist. Hubby had confessed he spoke to someone whose wife also has MS and that the doctor I was going to see is not that great with MS patients…uh oh?
Now what?
I wish that there were more MS specialists closer to home; all the others are a few hours away.
This is going to be a problem but I think I have an idea… The MS Society out of NJ and National MS one too, sometimes can help with suggestions of doctors in my area so I suppose that is what I will have to do call them; TA DA!
My old doc is still my medication prescriber until March fourth; I know it’s sneaking up on me…less than two weeks away, ugh.
Any-who, I will try harder to think about the positives, the other things are just things that I must do!

And so on that note of much hope allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

 


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