Last Friday, I completed my fifth dose in a five-day Solumedrol treatment for my most recent MS episode. I would guesstimate that I have done about 10-12 of these in some variation over the last 21+ years that I have been living MS. And just like with anything that is MS related each one is different; the method, the anxiety, the ritual, the side effects, the side effects, the side effects, the ending and then how I assimilate back in to real life, without the steroid charge. This trip can be...
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