Personally, I never bought into the idea of the pharmaceutical treatments available. I was diagnosed in June 2012, started Copaxone (which turns out I was allergic to) and quickly was taken off of it. Then I started on Rebif, leaving me bedridden with a high fever, aches, and flu-like symptoms every other day while trying to keep my 40-60 hour/week job in Human Resources. I couldn’t only stand to give Rebif about a month of my life before I told my doctor that I was done with the DMDs - or Disease Modification Drugs. In 2014, I applied to Northwestern Memorial to be considered for Dr. Burt’s HSCT (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant) trial. I was contacted for an interview less than 12 hours later. After my evaluation in Chicago, Dr. Burt accepted me for HSCT and my insurance approved it at 90%. I had the transplant on July 28, 2015, and have been in remission since. No new activity in what was once a VERY aggressive MS brain! I can’t recommend it enough.