News, info and tips for living with multiple sclerosis
Patients who use mitoxantrone appear to be at increased risk of colon cancer, according to a new study, and as well as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Mitoxantrone is used to treat aggressive relapsing-remitting, and also progressive, MS when the patient doesn’t respond to other drugs. It suppresses the immune system and was first developed as a treatment for some cancers. Its use is limited because past studies have shown that…Continue Reading
Want to know how it feels to live with MS? Take a ride on this bike. Those of us who have MS know that our disease has lots of symptoms. There are the legs that feel like they have 20 pound weights on them…balance that can have you lunging for the grab bar in the shower..feet that trip on the smallest crack. Some of us have some of these symptoms,…Continue Reading
Would it be useful to monitor your Multiple Sclerosis symptoms during the course of your day so that you and your doctor could be alerted that an exacerbation might be just around the corner? A research project based in Europe is studying whether a wearable device and a smart phone could be used to monitor MS patients and those with two other relapsing/remitting central nervous system diseases; epilepsy and depressive…Continue Reading
OCT was new to me. When I read, in the MS Connection newsletter, about a test that might show some of what an MRI shows, but without having to slide into that tight tube, I had to investigate further. OCT, or optical coherence tomography, uses light waves to take a picture of your retina. You’ve probably had one during an eye exam. It’s that test where they put drops in…Continue Reading