Well, you can all feel sorry for me, now...

But "usually" means I sleep for 4 hours, wake for a bathroom break, roll back into bed, and sleep til morning.

But not LAST night!  Woke up at 3 a.m. with fever, chills, massive headache, body aches, whole nine yards.  All I could do to stumble outta bed, into my wheelchair, and into the bathroom, where I popped several ibuprofen, rolled back into bed.  Was feverish and ill all night.  Feeling a bit better this morning, but headache just will NOT give up.

And here's the dilemma:  Is it "just" a weird reaction to the Beta? (After all these years I rarely experience any side effects, but these were pretty typical for them..)  Or is it the beginning of the cold/virus/"bad bug" that my husband has been nursing for the last 2 weeks, and now it's MY turn!

I TOLD him he didn't have to share!!     Anyway. I'm feeling really punky.  Can't decide if I should just "throw in the towel" and head back to bed, or.....  I think the bed's gonna win this round....

I feel for you!!  I have a friend here that has been on avonex since it came out and she has severe side effects every now and then, she said it's usually when she's run down.  You may very well be coming down with your hubby's crud and your body is reacting to both.  Take care, I hope you feel better very soon!

(((HUGS)))

Thanks, guys...

definitely a virus. Or cold. Or bug. Or whatever you want to call it. Sore throat, cough, stuffed head, all the "usual" stuff. (Thanks SO much, husband of mine!!   )

As for the shot: I can tell you this. SOMEtimes...even after doing the Betaseron for years...I will get a negative reaction; wake in the middle of night with a fever, and headache.  But it usually will go away by morning (after I've taken some ibuprofen), or I'll feel a bit "hung over" the next morning, but the effects will be gone by noon or so.  I'd guess that happens maybe once a year.

This time, though..it apparently was the onset (onslaught?) of this nasty cold.  I'll be fine.  A gallon of orange juice, half bottle of ibu, and several days in bed and I'll be good to go!    Heck, if that doesn't work, maybe a good hang-over.  At any rate, just a nasty cold, I guess.  Better now than at the end of the month, when I'm due to go on vacation to a church convention that I REALLY want to attend.

Time for some hot soothing tea...