Running to defeat MS (symptoms)

Nothing major to report, spent the weekend with the neighbors and their kids. All the kids must be wiped today after spending the entire days Sat. and Sun. (and Fri. evening) playing together. I don't feel any better or any wors physically after not taking my Rebif for a week. I guess that's a good thing, but I still do miss the routine and hope it doesn't take long to get back into it. After doing yardwork all weekend I was reminded of my inability to do any yardwork last year. If the price to pay for that is thrice-weekly injections... then that's a small price. Should be coming off the antibiotics towards the end of the week, thenback to injections. The thought process is, that if my fevers start back up again, there may be a problem with the interferon. Otherwise, I just had fevers last week due to a sinus infection. I hope it is the former.

I had had a fever since Sat. night and had thought it was due to a reaction to the Rebif. Normally I get a fever if I do not premed with Advil... on my last shot, I did premed late, around 11:30pm, two hours after the shot and as soon as I felt like I was coming down with a fever, I took a couple Advil. Unfortunately I couldn't get the fever to go away that night, nor the rest of the entire day on Saturday. My fever hit 102.6 on our (high degree of uncertainty) thermometer, and was up and down a bit from there. I struggled through the next night fitfully again, but woke up feeling decent. I noticed some feverish symptoms during the MS Walk on Sunday, but, during the day at least, it was not enough to bother me. I was worried that the fevers were a reaction to the Rebif, I didn't want to develop a more severe reaction to it; after seven months the whole injection routine is disturbingly comforting. At least it's something I control and I know that I am helping at least ...

Wife, son, self.

Son, mother, wife!

This weekend I will be doing the MS Walk with my family in Boston. The event starts out at the Harvard Athletic Center and there are 3 and 5 mile courses. I've joined a team from EMD Serono (they make Rebif) and hopefully there will be fellow MS sufferers who are also taking Rebif on the team, it would be great to share my experiences and hear their's. We are taking the little munchkin as well, bringing the big jogging stroller in case he get's tired or, more likely, wanderlust.... It should be fun, I'll post a picture next week! If you would like to contribute in my name, here is a direct link to my page on the National MS Society's web site: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/foresto