Scary side effects

If you read the fine print on any medication there are so many side effects you really have to weigh out is it worth it to take the medicine or not.  The treatment plan that I am on to keep my flare up's to a minimum is called Copaxone.  It is an injection that I give myself every evening at the same time.  There are seven different sites that I can give myself this inejction, so you rotate every week. 

When I was first diagnosed with MS this is what my neurologist recommeneded was the best option for me with minimal side effects.  There are a few other injectables that are not daily, but once every few days.  As you can imagine I liked the sound of doing the shot every few days instead of every single day for the rets of my life.  However, those cause flu like sympoms in the person 24/7.  I chose to move forward with Copaxone.  I didn't do much research on it myself becuase the doctor recommened it so I jsut went with it.  Recently, it came to my attention what the fine print was on my medication. . .
             Anxiety; back pain; flushing; headache; mild redness, pain, itching, or a lump at the injection    site; nausea; vomiting; weakness; weight gain.

This is usually what my injection site looks like a few hours after I give my injection.

Those aren't so bad, I can deal with those.  I kept reading on. . .
            Because Copaxone can modify immune response, it may interfere with immune functions. For example, treatment with Copaxone may interfere with the recognition of foreign antigens in a way that would undermine the body's tumor surveillance and its defenses against infection.
That means I could get cancer and by body would not have the same immune response as a person that was not on this medication.  This is terrifying to me.  I recently lost a dear friend and co-worker to cancer and I cannot imagine having to go through that.

I will definatly be asking my neurologist about this at my next appointment.