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Completely baffled by the experience really.

Completely baffled by the experience really. I got diagnosed with MS and was immediately pushed to start First Line meds with a presentation that resembled a car boot sale... in as much as all the drugs were laid out on a table and was instructed to pick one (apparently because they were very expensive and they were all free on the NHS). Anyways - (a bit freaked out) I didn't do that. - but a while later read something about the glymphatic system so (on a whim) started drinking lots of water... and all my symptoms went away. The MS consultant still insisted I should start taking the meds as it would help if I ever got MS (?)... though my MS nurse didn't agree at all. Would have loved there to be a consensus - even if I didn't like it.

Posted by NULL
on July 6, 2021

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