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>Hi Elizabeth, > >I have just decided to go for Novantrone, and was glad >to read your letter. You bet, writing this letter >helped me. I'm very encouraged about your result from >Novantrone. > >I had basically been RRMS for the first 10-15 years, >but I believe that I slipped into SPMS last >Spring/Summer. I want to be proactive here. Since >the time of your last message, do you still feel >basically stable? > >Thank you so much! Best luck, > >Nancy > > >Hi, my name is Elizabeth. I was diagnosed with ms >>approximately 14 years ago. I received my last dosage >>of Novantrone over six weeks ago. When the nurse put >>the IV in, she missed the vein and injected the chemo >>directly into my arm. It swelled to approximately >>three times the size and turned black and blue with >>excrutiating pain. It is over six weeks now and there >>is still a lt of pain, itching and black and blue. >>The swelling has gone down a great deal. >>This was an unfortunate incident that happened due to >>the nurses' lack of competence. I told her when I was >>first injected that it wasn't right, I felt a tingling >>down my arm to my fingers. The said it would be fine. >> Over the past 14 years I have had many IV's and have >>never experienced this. >>For everyone taking this drug, please make sure that >>the doctor or nurse listens to you if something >>"doesn't feel right". You need to make sure that you >>are heard and not ignored! >>Prior to this last dosage, I have not had any >>setbacks. If given properaly, this medicine seems to >>work extremely well. Lets just hope and pray for a >>cure some day. >>thank you for listening, and best of luck to everyone

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