MS medicine and the Grip
I don’t know how much better or worse my really bad cold would be with or without my Multiple Sclerosis medicine – Gilenya. It has helped me in many ways. (A subject for another post.). It does affect the immune system, but I doubt that it affects colds one way or the other. An allergist once tried to explain the different ways Gilenya works on the immune system, and I wish I understood it better. I think scientists are still trying to figure out how it does what it does. The FDA looks to whether the drug is safe and effective with less emphasis on how it got there.
Coughing and more
Anyway, the grip (a bad cold) is no fun. It has caused a coughing spree which has made it very difficult to do much of anything. I’m writing this post to help people through this and because I suppose that misery loves company. The cold does get better after a few days, but does not go away. It seems to just linger on for awhile. It spreads its misery throughout my system as it travels from my chest to my head to my nose to my ears.
Weakness
This weakens me, and simple things become much more difficult. Simple things like eating and taking my medicine, become a chore.
Other health issues
It would be bad enough if I just had the grip, but I am recovering from the baclofen pump operation, and oral surgery. Frankly, I usually have great motivation and I still do, otherwise I would probably not be writing this post. This is just one more annoying thing to deal with in life.
I will survive
I am determined to make it though all of this, as well as MS fatigue (which will be a topic for another post), and so can you.
So will you
If you are unlucky enough to also have the grip, we can make it though this together. I’ve been taking a little Tylenol to make it through the rough spots.
Be determined, and we will survive this cold.