No more injections!

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......