MS symptoms: TB Vaccination Study Results Out on MS Prevention
Could the TB vaccination prevent potentially new MS patients from having multiple sclerosis in the future? A study reported in Neurology on December 4, 2013…
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MS symptoms: How fast can you walk the timed 25 feet walk in the doctor’s office?
Turns out the Timed 25-Foot Walk or T25FW does correlate “with real-life anchors, functional independence and physiologic measurements of gait and disease progression” according to…
MS symptoms: Taking Time Off from MS
Until I began this blog, I seldom thought about my illness. Keeping busy and only recognizing MS when it forced me to was my way…
MS symptoms: Tecfidera Day 10 Update – Apple Sauce DOES Matter
I was so busy I failed to remember to eat apple sauce with the Tecfidera pill. Two hours later I realized my mistake. The apple…
MS symptoms: Fatigue Swoops Down Upon Me
Fatigue swooped down out of nowhere snagging me in its grips as I attempted to fulfill a refreshments commitment I had made to the quilt…
Memory Issues in the Shower
Can memory issues be a problem in the shower? Yes. Memory causes me to forget if I have conditioned my hair. The shampooing is easy;…
MS symptoms: Food Poisoning the Cause of MS?
Though in early stages of research, Weill Cornell Medical College has connected “MS-like” brain damage in rats to a rare strain of Clostridium perfringens or…
MS symptoms: Tecfidera Days 3-5
http://www.mssymptoms.me/videos/TeficeraDay1-5.m4v The third day on Tecifdera’s 120 mg pill went off without a hitch. No side effects. Day four I took the first 240…
Tecfidera’s Secret
Tecfidera works by decreasing inflammation in the brain and has brain-protective actions. One of the ways MS is worsened is by inflammation caused by white…
MS symptoms: Tecfidera Day 2
http://www.mssymptoms.me/videos/TecfideraDay2.m4v Day one on Tecfidera went very well. A slight headache resolved with an additional 81 mg aspirin. Otherwise, no news was good news….