After all this time of handling MS on my own I am realizing that I didn't and do not have to any longer .

I am on a new journey that has me injecting on a daily basis , Copaxone. The shared-solutions nurse was a great comfort. Believe me , a great comfort.

I am at my mother's condo for a while and this is where my docror's are so this is where it all began 10 years ago . Back then I was working full-time at Naples Daily News . Back then I had a husband . Back then my father's cancer had come back with a vengeance.

After a short stint with ReBif , after the lumps just wouldn't stop showing up from the injections , I just began a regiment of treating the symptoms , diet and excersize.

Today I am able to balance better, walk w/o the cane more and just "put up" with the aches, pain and all else that come with MS. Still another flare-up , the second in these 10 years which seemed more to attck grey matter rather than do great damage than demylation .

"It's time," said my neuro , "I know you have been doing a great job but it's time you take Copaxone."  Gulp , yup I knew that was coming , yet I still didn't like the idea.

Ten years is a great run . I know some who are going on 20 years and able to treat themselves holistically . So last evening , Angela , a form of Angel , came knocking at the door and my journey begins ...