So from today I am no longer on the disease modifying
drug Avonex!
Blood tests revealed that I have developed
anti bodies which will significantly reduce the effect of the beta interferon
Avonex so no more injections. No need for the sharps box , ice packs
and the plasters.
That’s it. Two and a half years of injecting
myself every week, and now it’s finished. That chapter closed.
I’m not sure how I feel about that. Have I
wasted two and a half years using a drug that has made no difference to my MS
or has it all been a rip roaring success? I have absolutely no idea. The truth
is that I have had only one relatively mild relapse in that time period and
given all the stress that I had to cope with in that time frame, that is quite
frankly amazing.
Now I feel a bit like a small boat that’s
slipped its mooring. Will it stay in the safe shallow waters near the shore or will
it drift out to sea?
I can only cross my fingers and wait and see what happens......
