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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

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@jesfactsmon Hank, I am just so happy to know that your MS symptoms are staying at bay. Crazy how disease works! So it sounds like you passed the time in which MS would have caused havoc. Thank God. As far as my DRG, there is no improvement at all. I get about 20% relief, and if it weren't for Kratom, I would go nuts. Pain Doc appointment next week with the ABBOTT rep, to adjust the electricity. It probably will just curl my hair. But I still hope it works. Ya never know. Love to you and Linda, Lori