So I guess the last time I blogged was when I had my MRI last year and so much has happened since then!
A few months before that last MRI I went to the MS clinic to talk about my DMT (disease modifying therapy). As I've written before, I was on Rebif, a medication that I would give myself by needle 3 times a week. After a couple years, though, I just couldn't do the needles, bruises, chills, hangover feelings and anxiety anymore. Halfway through my conversation I was in tears and the nurse practitioner decided that I should look into a new treatment.
Not even a week later and I started my adventures with Aubagio! A tiny little blue pill that I would take every morning when I woke up. Along with the pill came a few gastrointestinal side effects but nothing that I couldn't manage and that only lasted a couple of months.
Fast forward through a vacation to Arizona and another to Mexico. Not too long after that I bought, renovated and moved into my first place! Work was work, a few friends came and went, I continued dating the sweetest and most understanding man and I gained a sister-in-law! Definitely a good year for me! 2016 is looking pretty promising already with a couple of my best friends getting married and my MS seeming to stay under the radar.
A month and a half ago I had my follow up MRI and a week later my neurologist wanted to see me. Apparently when the neuro wants to see you a week after a test, it's usually not because they wanted to say "good job". She broke the news that since my last MRI I've gained 5 new lesions. Now that might not sound like a lot but over the course of my Rebif days, I gained 0. This means that the Aubagio has not been working for me :(
Since Aubagio stays in your system for quite a while I have to work on flushing it out quicker by drinking this horrible murky orange water drink 6 times a day for 11 days. And if that doesn't work...which of course it didn't...I have to do it again.
Once I finish this flush and I do another blood test to (hopefully) confirm that the Aubagio is no longer in my system and the neuro gives the green light, I get to start the next chapter in my DMT book...Tecfidera! Here's hoping that this is the one for me.
