Hi Piper,

>> >> No problem :)  How long has he had MS ? It can have a
rough start, but
>> most >> people have it like I do.. mostly a pia now and again ...
>> > Just a few months now..  About the same amount of time as Doug.
>> Ok.  Things may be rough in the beginning for him, hopefully they'll even
>> out.
>> I saw your comments about the meds used.. yeah, they can be rough.  But the
>> cortisone type do help with the inflammation in the nerve endings causing
>> problems.  If he's taking one of the so-called CRAB drugs (injectible,
>> regular shots), they might be able to keep things from getting worse.
>> Here's best of hope for him!


> (I know more about his condition because he's my ex and my son's father...) I
>believe he is taking a CRAB drug (or drugs, I don't think he's on more than on
> but I could be wrong).


Yes, sometimes they combine them, but most likely you're right and he's
only on one of the CRAB drugs, probably a bunch of "other stuff"


> I know he has to give himself a shot every other day
>(or at least he was doing this, maybe his meds have changed, I donno, we don't
> talk all that often).  Last time I checked with him he was doing alright.  He

That's good.  The more "normal" things are, the better for him,
if you know what I mean.. For some people with MS, stress is what will make
things surface sometimes, though it's not always stress :)  For me stress
is really bad, so I had to make myself stop and look at what's important :)

>was back to work and things seemed to be under control.  I believe he also has
> the recurring/remitting type of MS like you have.

Ok.  It's incredible to me the number of people who are being diagnosed
with MS recently..  It just seems like so many more than before.  Of course
that could just be that now with better exams, and cat scans, etc. they're
actually diagnosing people who've had it all along and didn't 'know' it.

>Personally it would be make me crazy to have that.  One day I'm blind the next
> I'm not (if I should be so lucky to get it back), one day the hearing is gone
> the next it's not.  Talk about your body playing psychological games with
> yourself!  And scary too!

hehe.. well, as Cindy has said, it could be worse.. :)  MS for me is just
more of the same.. early on I learned to "roll with the punches"
that life threw at me.  I guess I'm just that kind of person .

Take care,
Janis

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