At this present moment in time (June 2014) i am classed as being Secondary Progressive MS which is the 2nd of 3 stages. Because i have had a sustained build up of disability that means that the lines between me having a relapse and then going into remission are blurred even to the point where I can’t tell.
I have had many disease modifying drugs during my transit to this point. I started with Betaferon in 2004 when that was deemed to have failed i was then placed on Avonex. Well it was a little time later and that to was seen to have failed so they placed me on the 3rd and final Interferon injection and that was Rebif.
Well when that failed too I had deteriorated so much that it was at the stage of being desperate for something to work so i was given approval to be given a 10 course treatmentof Chemotherapy. It really wasn’t pleasant and after the 7th course I was so ill and not seeing any improvement that I pulled myself off before the end!