Had 4th Tysabri infusion 7/3/09. Had to try 3 times to get a vein. Found vein in bicep. Went well, no side effects.

3rd Tysabri infusion 6/5/09. It went well, still no side effects.

2nd Tysabri appointment was 5/8/09, went well, no side effects again. Had to try 3 times before they got a good vein. That's OK, every nurse has that happen once in a while! Hope it didn't ruin her day. A second nurse was able to get number 3 in my left hand.

Received first Tysabri infusion yesterday. Went smoothly, no side effects as of yet. Next appt. 5/08/09 @12:30.

Starting on 29MAR09 started getting a cold. Missed all but 3hrs of work this week. Wednesday April 1 couldn't get out of bed at night. Struggled to get out of bed in the morning. Thursday I went to work for 3hrs, that was in for the whole week. Doing better now, getting over the cold, but still fatigued.

First Tysabri infusion April 10, 2009 at 12:30pm in ABQ. Was told it will last 4hrs this time, then two hours every 4 weeks after that. Was told to bring the film of my last MRI and it's associated report. The game is on!
More info. on the drug see:
http://www.tysabri.com/

Got the ball rolling for my next step in my MS journey. Went to the Tysabri web site and found sites licenced to do the infusions within 100 miles. A Santa Fe site was listed, so I called Tysabri people and said I have not been contacted yet, but I should be getting a call from you soon. When I got home, I got the call, they said Santa Fe was out of the question. Seems you need to have a doctor on the site, and he needs to recommend you. He then called my Neurologist in Colorado Springs and they recommended Presbyterian infusion center in Albuquerque, seems they have a good connection with them and they have a doctor on the site for the infusion, and post infusion monitoring, sounds good all the way around to me. Presbyterian should be getting in contact with me on Tuesday....