Consultation for Tysabri

The consultation was yesterday.  It went really well.  There were more tests that needed to be done.  Liver testing mainly through the blood draw and the vampire tubes.  I only had two of those vampire tubes attack me. (LOL!) The doc is a oncologist and is a member of the TOUCH prescribing program.  It's really cool that his office is directly across from the waiting room from my neurologist. They will certainly be talking with each other.

The doc did a very thorough medical history on me. I mean all the way back up the family tree to the great grandparents from myself and my siblings. (I think I hit a few branches on the way down from the top, hee hee.) After that, he examined me by poking and prodding like normal docs do, but he was also checking for other issues that I may not know about...i.e. like lumps and whatnot in lymph nodes, stomach, etc.

He also checked to see if my insurance approved the therapy.  I guess they did, but he was concerned about some of the recent tests I had taken.  They were done last July. After the vampire tubes yesterday, I still had to get a TB test.  Thing is with those is that it has to be read in 72 hours. If it is positive for TB, I can't take the Tysabri and that will suck.

I am lucky to be holding on pretty good for the past month or so with no MS meds/therapies at all.  Feet are still numb and legs are tingling bad. Only a few more days. I can hold on that long, if the Lord is willing.