MS 15 Years On: The Big Question Did My Treatment Truly Work?

MS 15 Years On: The Big Question Did My Treatment Truly Work?

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment VS no Multiple Sclerosis Treatment...? That's a question a lot of us ask ourselves when we get diagnosed with MS.

But what happens when you're unsure about what to do? Especially when the treatment options come with a multitude of side effects..?

For me the answer was a really easy one because I had several relapses in a very short space of time and with each relapse I was getting more disability issues. I didn't want to think that life was going to potentially carry on like this so I made an informed decision to accept treatment on a blinded trial. At the time I went onto this trial the treatment hadn't been licensed, I knew that it came with a lot of side effects but I was willing to take that risk.

It is of course important to weigh up the pros and cons of any treatment that you go onto, but for me the possibility of a drug halting the profession of my disease was paramount to my decision making.

I'm 14 years down the line from having Campath / Lemtrada and I feel like it's the best decision I've ever made.

I had been relapse free for 10 years
My brain and Spinal MRIs have been activity free
My existing lesions have shrunk
There are no more new lesions
There's no more enhanced disability
I feel better overall
I hardly ever get any colds / flu! (bonus)

In my mind, the above says it all, and although I did have some side effects from the treatment, to me the pros outweigh the cons.



If I had a chance to do it again I would and I would say to get on a DMD as early as possible.

#multiplesclerosis #disability #msawareness

0:00 Introduction
0:31 It's your choice
0:44 going onto a DMD trial
04:13 what was my treatment
3:24 did it Halt My Progression
6:10 I'm treatment free now
6:31 Life with no treatment?
7:14 would I have treatment again?
8:37 final thoughts on the treatment