Hello Friends.  Happy New Year.

First  I have some news.   I start Tysabri tomorrow.  I'm excited.  I'm a little scared too.  I'll be happy if the med results in the positive outcomes I've read about.  If not, then I had to try.  Still trying to get back to walking with a cane rather than a walker.  Still exercising as much as I can stand...hurting most of the time now.

There seems to be a lot of medicine we can take to manage symptoms.  I don't take them because I just don't want to relie on drugs to feel normal....but how does that (normal) feel? 

For me if I can deal with the pain and fatigue without medicine then maybe I don't want to know how it feels to take it...For example, the first time I had IV steriods, I felt great....until the med wore off.  Then I came crashing down.  I decided that I would only take steriods if it was necessary for mobility.  I kinda feel this way about all that other stuff too....I'll take if I just can't do without it.  In the meantime, I'll exercise,take vitamins, pay attention to my diet and drink alkaline water (An alkaline body functions better)

So I wanted to ask this group  What do you think?  Is it better to go without symptom management medicines? or Is it better to relie on them to feel better (normal)/