[TMIC] question
Has anyone ever noticed that constipation, or not moving your bowels regularly for any reason, can make other symptoms worse, such as spasms? Kevin
[TMIC] need some help
im not writing this to sound discusting,but i have a serious problem and want to know if any of you have ever went through this and how you handled it. first of all let me tell you all i am very comfortable with my sexuality and preferance,but recently some very confusing feelings have crossed my mind,let me start by saying when i was 16 yo i had sexual contact with somone of the same sex,i think it was more out of curiosity than anything else,but i enjoyed it and after that i started going with people of the opisite sex,but i never forgot that first experience,well i got married and have 4 children and myself and my wife of 16 years split up last year. here is the problem,ive had ms for 9 and a half years and like some on the list i have problems with paraplegia and im in a wheelchair so i dont need to give the details as most of you can pretty much figure it out,but i find myself craving for sexual contact and have even thought of contacting my friend from when i was 16 just for somthing,i am not gay,but this is like torture and its all i think about and its driving me crazy,just the thought of the same sex makes me wonder about myself and what the heck is going on inside my head,im 40 years old and never imagined this,but im desperate.any advice would help. DIPLOMACY DOES NOT WORK WHEN DEALING WITH NUT'S HELL BENT ON DESTROYING US.
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Hi Kevin, The short answer is yes. For me, any kind of pressure inside the colon, e.g., being empty, having gas, constipation, etc., flares up all my neuropathic problems from that area down into the legs and feet. It's difficult to keep everything stable. Regards. Louise - Original Message - From: Kevin Wolfthal wolft...@optonline.net To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: [TMIC] question Has anyone ever noticed that constipation, or not moving your bowels regularly for any reason, can make other symptoms worse, such as spasms? Kevin
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Janet, Thank you and everyone who answered this. TM has to be one of the oddest afflictions there is. I also can't take extremes of heat or cold. I even have to turn on my AC in the winter if it's too hot in my room. Wierd. Kevin Janet Dunn wrote: Yes, I have noticed that. It also makes the bladder issues worse. Glad I am not alone in this. I also, being a person from a northern climate, do not know how you down in the warmth stand the heat. Too much heat and my burning bands drive me nuts. Too much cold and I have trouble walking. Maybe I need to be in a bubble. Janet -Original Message- From: Kevin Wolfthal [mailto:wolft...@optonline.net] Sent: August 9, 2009 2:16 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] question Has anyone ever noticed that constipation, or not moving your bowels regularly for any reason, can make other symptoms worse, such as spasms? Kevin
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Hey Jeanne When you say that the pain starts worsening at T4 (which is where mine is) and you know the rest is coming, what do you mean by that? I am finding lately that the fatigue is awful. I spent yesterday morning garage saleing, and then the afternoon was naptime. Today, I could hardly drag my butt out of bed, and I did a little yard work this afternoon, and then back to bed. The band is like a jagged razor blade, under my breast. I just get so tired, and so sore. That is what frustrates me. And yes, the constant work at keeping the plumbing working. Yikes that makes me crazy. One thing changes in your routine, and you are down for the count for days. Enough of that. Janet
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When the band starts to hurt and you described it very well, I know that the pain is going to get worse from my breast line on down. It feels like a steel wire just getting tighter and tighter. It hurts so bad and then the pain intensifies from there on down. I usually add Tylenol or Ibuprofen to what I'm already taking to take the edge off but it just makes my whole body drag. It makes me tired just to breathe!! You explained it perfectly. I just don't know what triggers it other than the weather. It does help to do my water therapy in the hot tub, tho. Quite a job, having this TM, isn't it??!! :) ---Original Message--- From: Janet Dunn Date: 8/10/2009 12:13:11 AM To: 'jrushton'; 'tmic' Subject: RE: [TMIC] question Hey Jeanne When you say that the pain starts worsening at T4 (which is where mine is) and you know the rest is coming, what do you mean by that? I am finding lately that the fatigue is awful. I spent yesterday morning garage saleing, and then the afternoon was naptime. Today, I could hardly drag my butt out of bed, and I did a little yard work this afternoon, and then back to bed. The band is like a jagged razor blade, under my breast. I just get so tired, and so sore. That is what frustrates me. And yes, the constant work at keeping the plumbing working. Yikes that makes me crazy. One thing changes in your routine, and you are down for the count for days. Enough of that. Janet 01_tile.jpg01_side.gif
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Kevin, I think the only thing we can do is just literally treat the symptoms and we have many I will break out in a sweat from above the spinal cord injury where water will just fall off of my face. I think it's past 'sweating' but nothing at all below the T4 level where the TM got me!!! What a study we could be!! Jeanne ---Original Message--- From: Kevin Wolfthal Date: 8/9/2009 11:47:41 PM To: Janet Dunn; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] question Janet, Thank you and everyone who answered this. TM has to be one of the oddest afflictions there is. I also can't take extremes of heat or cold. I even have to turn on my AC in the winter if it's too hot in my room. Wierd. Kevin Janet Dunn wrote: Yes, I have noticed that. It also makes the bladder issues worse. Glad I am not alone in this. I also, being a person from a northern climate, do not know how you down in the warmth stand the heat. Too much heat and my burning bands drive me nuts. Too much cold and I have trouble walking. Maybe I need to be in a bubble. Janet -Original Message- From: Kevin Wolfthal [mailto:wolft...@optonline.net] Sent: August 9, 2009 2:16 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] question Has anyone ever noticed that constipation, or not moving your bowels regularly for any reason, can make other symptoms worse, such as spasms? Kevin 01_tile.jpg01_side.gif
