I am talking about Gilenya.

The new pill will replace the CRAB options and be a daily oral medicine for Multiple Sclerosis.   The opportunity is tempting.  No more needles.  I am unaware of the side effects, but logically the side effects hopefully will be less.

The interesting part of this pill, beyond the pill being a pill, is that I have to get an eye exam.  Then, after swallowing the first pill, have to sit in the doctor’s office for SIX HOURS.  Six hours of pure BUTT time. 

Doc says that they want to monitor my heart.   The concern that my heart will not go a flutter, rather too slow. 

Then I will take the picture once a day.  No more every other day injections.  No weekly shots.    Goodbye monthly Tysabri. 

Just a pill.

To make you smile, I went to Google to get the correct spelling for Gilenya.  The first line was “Did you mean MS Pill Guinea?”   

Even Google thinks we are guinea pigs.   As an owner of a Guinea pig, the oinker rejects this vision. 

I do not reject this idea, rather I embrace the idea of going for the new, next whatever.

If you are at this site, you are most likely an aggressive person.  Multiple Sclerosis is enough of a challenge, but I refuse to take the diagnosis and go away quietly.  CCSVI, go for it.  New drugs?  Let’s go.

The interesting thing the Neuro said was that Gilenya offers the opportunity to cross the brain/body barrier.  The tests cannot explain this opportunity.  But the medication offers the opportunity to break new ground, let us go for it.

Open wide, take the pill, and wash it down with something relaxing.