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Health Insurance Hopping while Gathering MS Medication
In this post, I’d like to share challenges I came across while managing multiple health insurance coverage changes while getting expensive treatment required for my MS every month. This can be very demanding for those who do not know; health insurance carriers require prior authorization (PA) for most of the specialty medication needed for MS.…
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Recap on the Two-Year MS Anniversary Since DMT Start
It’s been two years already! And I still feel fantastic as I continue with my MS plan: DMT, diet, and exercise. I have made some updates to improve consistency for possible followers in my MS anniversary recap. My Health Recap Notes Here are a few bullet points on my health and MS-related observations. Outlook Overall,…
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Health Review: MS Stable and Victory in Cholesterol Battle!
My descent into the Grand Canyon and the spectacular mountain biking during the spring adventure in Utah and Arizona energized me. Charged with confidence, I am going to see my neurologist to confirm my MS is stable. It’s been six months since the last health review and nineteen months since starting therapy, and everything feels…
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My First Annual MS Checkup and Health Review.
It has been more than one year since I started Kesimpta treatment and almost 16 months since my RR-MS diagnosis. I am due for an annual checkup with my neuro and MS in focus. The report so far? Smooth sailing! I did not have any relapses since the beginning of the treatment. This was further…
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Six Months into the Therapy Journey, Travel, and Health Check.
Monthly medication – Kesimpta doses have become a routine, and the good news is no MS relapses or troubling side effects. I even ventured across the pond to Europe, tackling my active life and diet commitments with diligence. Most importantly, a maximum of two pints of beer per day was hard to follow during my…
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My Plan for Active Life with MS
As the reality of my health and future well-being settled in, I dove headfirst into resurrecting old ideas on creating a plan for leading a healthy and active life with MS. “How to live a healthy and active life” became my mantra, sparking a journey into research and self-discovery. First on my agenda was the…
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Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Experience: Can I Avoid Disability?
In my blog, I combine my personal experience with health challenges, particularly in the wake of my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the summer of 2021. Coping with this new reality presented a formidable challenge, and I struggled to gather the needed information to navigate this uncharted territory. It occurred to me that others…
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Adjusting to Life with Multiple Sclerosis
The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) hit me like a freight train, slamming my life into a whole new dimension; a lot of adjusting was needed. Suddenly, I found myself reevaluating just about everything. It’s an odd sensation, realizing that there are definite limits, and those options you thought were wide open are narrowing by…
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The Diagnosis. I Have MS, an Incurable Chronic Disease.
This is a story describing the events surrounding my diagnosis with multiple sclerosis (MS), and my struggles accepting the possibility of living with an incurable chronic disease for the rest of my life My family’s back, and that whole vertigo thing? Forgotten in no time. Besides some occasional cramps in my face, which I just…
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My First Encounter with Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
My first Multiple Sclerosis (MS) symptoms started in 2018. I did not know I was experiencing MS symptoms at that time. I was on my own for a few weeks as the rest of my family left for a trip. It was a pseudo-vacation, a break from the usual hustle and bustle with just me,…