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@jesfactsmon Hi Hank, Thank God MS has been a non issue for you!!! It can be a brutal disease. My girlfriend has it, and it is a non issue for her as well. My mom in law had it, and it was a bit more than a non issue, but not too bad. However, I do know a few people in wheel chairs and pain from it. I am so glad you are ok. It freaked me out when I read you have it. Thanks for getting back here to help my fears!!! Lori Renee

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Hi Lori, yes, I know it can be bad. The worst thing about it for me was not knowing how bad it would be for me. After the first couple of years I started to feel sort of less worried. Then I read a book by the author Michael Crichton who also had MS. He said a doctor friend of his told him that as a rule of thumb it was generally considered that if you did not have any symptoms for 5 years you were pretty much out of the woods. I think it was right around 5 years that I was crossing a driveway at work and a car was coming and I started to try to jog and found my legs did not want to jog. I quickly figured out that this was an MS exacerbation, the first I'd had since '99. It lasted just a week or so. But overall I have had an easy go. Thanks a lot for you concern. Hope you are having a good Sunday. Anything new on the DRG front in terms of how it's performing? Hope it's good news or at least not bad news. 🤞 Best, Hank