Drugs

And so it begins.

Earlier this year I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I lost 90% of the vision in one eye in the space of about a week. Quite worrying. But almost as quickly as it degraded, it got mostly better. However, the subsequent MRI showed a clear pattern of lesions on my brain. Combined with at least one known prior incident, the doctors were in no doubt. Although it’s still kinda shocking to hear somebody tell you that, it wasn’t a surprise - I was warned a long time ago that this might happen.

Fortunately for me, there are drugs you can take that may help prevent future relapses. None are without some downside though - either no fun to take or can have some unpleasant side effects. Initially I decided to take nothing. Perhaps partly a case of refusal to face facts and partly because by that point I felt mostly fine. But as time went on and I thought about it more, it seemed like a pretty dumb decision. So I reversed my opinion. And then, after all that agonising, I ended up delaying starting the tablets because we were constantly travelling and the drugs can have side effects that might make that significantly more difficult.

But now the excuses have run out. Time to start.