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Ampyra the first week
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After two days, DH said he had a side effect, his nose was itchy. He said if that was all he got he could live with it. By day three, he seemed to walk more than he has of late. He’s spent more time outside with the dogs too. This is encouraging.
I just hope he doesn’t push himself too hard before he used to moving about more. We had a new futon mattress arrive this morning and he managed to get it upstairs and get the old one down before I woke. I’m not certain if it had anything to do with the Ampyra or merely his stubbornness in not asking for help.
Watching him walk around I see that he seems a bit steadier on his feet and doesn’t toddle about as slow as before. Again, I’m not certain if it’s the drug helping or not. I’ll withhold my judgment for a while.
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The Ampyra arrived and so it begins…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
After a complete cluster f***—it seems that the right hand had no idea what the left hand was doing. Gazillion phone calls from DH to the insurance company, the drug company, the doctors’ offices, and back again to straighten things out, we got a phone call saying the drug was on its way. Then another one saying it wasn’t. More phone calls and finally the Ampyra was on its way (again) this time it arrived.
Ampyra day one: DH’s Ampyra arrived at nine in the morning Thursday morning. He took his first dose soon afterwards. He’s supposed to take two a day twelve hours apart. I’m not sure how long or how many doses it’ll take before he notices a difference, if there is a difference. We’re hoping for some changes. It’d be nice if his walking improved.
We’ll give it a few days to a week to see if there is any change. I’ll let you all know if there is. Keep your fingers and toes crossed. It would mean a lot to him if his walking improves.
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