Giant Smile!

It's been well over a month since I posted something here, and now that (I think) all of my nearest and dearest have heard it directly from me, I think this is now safe to say.

After completely "giving up" and deciding to go with treatment on the advice of my neurologist, I begun the waiting period....waiting for Manitoba Pharmacare to get back to me with a deductible to pay, so that my injection treatments could be a little bit more affordable.
I applied at the end of June. They told me it would take about 2 weeks.

2 weeks came, and 2 weeks went. I phoned (well, okay, Rob phoned because I was too upset) my neurologist, and wouldn't you know it -- there was confusion with the paperwork. They would get it sent in right away, and I should hear back from Pharmacare shortly.

I was very discouraged. Not only had I said "no" to no more children for quite a while, but knowing that on this medication, if I were to get pregnant, there's a higher risk of miscarriages and still-born births. Scary scary scary.

So I waited. And Waited. And WAITED for Pharmacare.

Then, on August 10th, I did something that I had done for months before. I took a pregnancy test. Again. Fully expecting it to be negative, just like the countless tests I had taken before.

IT. WAS. POSITIVE.

What an amazing answer to prayer!!! I am due April 14th, and we are overjoyed!

I'm happy to say that thanks to pregnancy, my MS has been put into remission. MS-wise I feel fantastic! I have some permanent damage in my feet, so they are often numb/tingling, but not nearly as bad as they were.

Pregnancy wise, I feel pretty awful. But I don't care! Being sick really really sucks, but the end result is completely worth it.

That's my update. Pretty worth it after not posting for over a month hey?