[TMIC] Now this is truly funny! If you need a good chuckle then take a look.

[randy rankin]

 
  A teacher from school sent this to me. This is one of the funniest things 
I've seen. I've watched several times and still get a great laugh! Regardless 
of where you stand on the politics of the day, I think that you'll find this 
incredibly funny!
   
    

   
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Re: [TMIC] Drug testing

[Natalie Boyles]

Hi Gaylon,
My husband who is a computer aided designer had to have a drug test.
They DID NOT ask him if he was taking any meds. No one interviewed him
when he had the test. They took just a sample and a week later he was
told he passed. I worried he might not pass as he was on meds. He
actually had the test for a part-time job and so I doubt anyone would
have called him back if he had failed the test. Yahoo groups has a
good tm email list. I think there is more diversity of people on it;
more acceptance of different views and say, differently stated ones. I
feel more comfortable there; less importance put on who's who.
Natalie B

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Deborah Nord Capen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Since I know Lori, and I know that she has a very important job that
> requires a lot of brainwork, I felt that I needed to comment on this.
>
> I manage a medical clinic that also does urinalysis testing for drugs.
> Companies send their potential employees in to us to be tested.  We
> interview the patient, they fill out a form on which they must disclose any
> medications they are taking.  If the test comes up positive for illicit
> drugs, they need to give us valid prescriptions for their medications to
> prove that they are taking drugs that will mess up illicit drug test
> results.
>
> Privacy laws do not allow us to disclose the medications to the potential
> employers.  Privacy laws also prevent the employer from asking the employee
> what medications they are taking.  We are required to send on the test
> results; however, we evaluate the results against the prescriptions brought
> in to us, and our report will state that the test was a "false positive" due
> to legal meds that caused it.  That should suffice for an employer, and
> nothing needs to be explained further to them.
>
> There are medications, such as anti-depressants, that will cause a positive
> result for cocaine use.  So, if you are being successfully treated for
> depression, should you be discriminated against if you tested positive for
> cocaine use?  I think not.
>
> I hope this clarifies the issue.
> Take care,
> Debbie
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Lori Biehler
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [TMIC] Drug testing
>
>
>
> Well, I do work and do get tested, it is no worse than someone taking
> morphine, which shows up as an opiate, like heroine, so yes, it is legal and
> if you get discriminated against for it, they are the ones in trouble not
> you. I don't need either at this time, 10 years into this, I can deal just
> fine with no meds at all, but when I needed it, it was there and 100% legal,
> that is just how it is.
>
> I do believe that eating correctly for your body and exercise helps me
> enough to continue on with my life at a pace that works for me and my loved
> ones.
>
> I hope this helps you in some way.
>
> Lori
>
>
> 
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Drug testing
>
>
>
>
>   With all due respect, That is nice fairytale thinking but you can almost
> bet that if you are mixed in with several applicants and all the rest do not
> test positive for drugs and you happen to light up the sky with your
> adornment of drugs in the urine test .  Most likely the high probability of
> your app. would be set aside.
>
>
>   After all would they really want someone that shows positive for illegal
> drugs that are pescribed legally? Think about it.
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/10/2008 1:55:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> NO, you would not fail the drug test because Marinol is synthetic THC and
> they test for THC and Marinol is a LEGAL script so they won't fail you
> because you have the script. You will show positive for THC, but you are
> supposed to have that in your urine if you take Marinol.
>
> Lori
>
>
> 
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:16 PM
> To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: [TMIC] Drug testing
>
>
>
>
>   I wonder if a person was taking the medication Marinol, would they fail a
> drug test while trying to apply for a job.
>
>
>
> 
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Re: [TMIC] weather

[Alle111]

Cold weather does not bother me a lot however when it is hot and humid, I 
feel drained of all energy.
 
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Re: [TMIC] Another unidentified becomes identified!

[pjv1234]

Hi Rita
I'm a little  north of you - in Mid Michigan.  TM also struck me in the C4-C6 
region. The cause is completely unknown - except for the stress I was under 
while down-sizing a bank branch.  I was the type to never show an ounce of 
stress so I think I fizzled internally.  My neuro didn't think it was stress 
related, however, other than that disagreement I think he is great.  The cold 
weather is hard on me and causes a lot of pain.  I'm looking forward to summer 
- I'm not comfortable unless it is at least 72 degrees.  I often sit with my 
right hand wraped in a heating pad to keep it comfortable.  I experience pain 
in my back, torso and entire left leg and foot. My movement impairments are on 
my right side.  

The last two snow storms missed us by a few miles - it was odd to watch it on 
the news yet look out the window to clear skies.  

Patti - Michigan 

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
> My name is Rita.  I am in snowy Cleveland, OH.  I was diagnosed with TM 
> Memorial Day weekend 2007 at the C-4/C-5 region, apparently from a virus I 
> had 3 weeks prior.   With some people introducing themselves I thought it was 
> time I did to.  I have read your emails and received a lot of helpful 
> information.  So, hello to all of you, some I feel as if I know, and Thank 
> You for the help you have given me over the past 10 months.
> 
> My onset of TM seemed sudden.  The Friday of Memorial Day weekend I was 
> cutting a friends hair.  I began having a sharp pain in my upper back.  
> Thought it was just a kink and tried to work it out.  I them began to have 
> numbness in my left arm and them into my right.  After dropping my comb a 
> couple time and when I could barely open and close the scissors I told my 
> friend something was wrong.  Thank goodness I got the last snip in on her 
> hair.  She took me to the hospital and by the that time I was having a hard 
> time opening my hands and was getting leg weakness.  After 2 days in the 
> hospital and several x-rays and cat scans a neurologist order a MRI.  By 
> Sunday he had diagnosed me with TM, checked my spinal fluids, which were fine 
> and I was sent home on Monday Memorial Day.   Not quite sure what the heck TM 
> was and feeling week,  I thought I would be better by weeks end and out 
> shopping for flowers for the yard.  Needless to say but my yard did not get 
> any new plants last summer.  On Tuesday the kids got picked up for school as 
> I could not drive.  My symptoms began to worsen.  I began to feel that sharp 
> pain in my neck and back.  As I tried to reach in a cupboard for a cup my 
> right arm fell and hit me in the face and the pain worsened.  I started to 
> panic when I tried to call my sister and my fingers couldn't push the 
> buttons. after numerous tries I got a hold of her.  She came and called the 
> neurologist and he ordered steroids.  I was very week.  I remained out of 
> work until mid August. 
> My symptoms have improved greatly since and I am thankful for that.  However, 
> my body just doesn't feel right.  I still do have numbness on the right side 
> of abdomen,  My right arm tricep still isn't doing good and I have a stim 
> unit here to help it from deteriorating any further.  I still get pain in my 
> neck and back and in October I began experiencing Lhermittes sign, and I do 
> get so tired still.  I get a cold burning feeling in my arms and hands and 
> they aren't cold to the touch.  If something cold touches my fore arms it 
> feels like it burns.  
> 
> Has anyone onset been from a virus?  Another thing I experience that my 
> neurologist thinks is something other than TM is if I am out in and it is 
> windy or  cold and tense up almost as if to shiver,  my legs stiffen up and I 
> have a hard time walking.  Has anyone experienced that?  
> 
> There, I did it, I am now identified!  
> 
> Rita  (Snowing BIG TIME in Cleveland)
> 

Re: [TMIC] Hello from Germany

[JHarper33]

 
So good to see you pop up here again! I am so glad you were  able to start a 
TM support group in Germany.
 
Barbara H.
_http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) 
 
In a message dated 3/10/2008 7:00:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Dear  TMIC-members,

some of you may remember me, I´m Ursula from Germany.  This list has 
been a big help for me at my onset of TM in 2001. I got to  know many 
wonderful people here from all over the world and with some of  them I´m 
connected in a deep friendship.
And as I see the list still is  helpful and busy and I was especially 
touched about all the support Jude  got from you. I hope things will 
develop well for her, she´s in my  thoughts.

The list (Thank you, Jim!) and getting in contact with Sandy  Siegel 
motivated me to build up a TM-support group in Germany, which  meanwhile 
is a formal society with a great bunch of people.

A few  weeks ago I subscribed again, actually with the hope being able 
to  participate active. But I had to realize that my time and strength 
is too  limited and I even get overwhelmed with the many emails to read.

So  I´ll unsubscribe again soon, but before I want to greet especially 
these  people who I know from the past, for example Janh, Wim, Tobe, 
Kevin, Sam,  Gunny, Barbara and many more - you know who is meant!
You all have a good  time, be well and take good care about you!
Love
Ursula

Ursula  Mauro
Transverse Myelitis Association
1. Vorsitzende Myelitis  e.V.
Neugasse 32
77743 Neuried
Telefon:  07807-3154
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.myelitis.de


 



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Re: [TMIC] Lidocaine infusions

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> I never heard of them, Are they costly?  Does it help the burning?

Medicare and gap insurance covers the infusion

They help immensely

F

Re: [TMIC] Hello from Germany

[Jan Hargrove]

Ursala,
   
  How GREAT to see your name pop up!  I've wondered how you and the group you 
put together were functioning...
  
I stay on the list, but rarely "speak up", thank goodness I was here when you 
stopped 
  byplease know you're in my thoughts!!
   
  Hugs, janh
  
 

[TMIC] Lidocaine infusions

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Did I mention that I've been getting Lidocaine infusions every 4 to 6 weeks for 
the past year?

The infusions are done as an outpatient. I go in take off the shirt and they 
put EKG leads on me and start an IV, then drip in 2 to 3 mg per Kg of a dilute 
solution of Lidocaine- the whole procedure takes about an hour- then I get 
dressed and leave.

The infusions decrease my overall pain so I need less of other meds, have fewer 
"Bad days", and just feel "Better."

The idea came from Dr. Christine Sang at Harvard.

Has anyone else tried Lidocaine infusions??

F

[TMIC] JUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MontzMagic]

SHE IS DOING BETTER,THANK THE LORD.SHE HAD A ROUGH MORNING BUT SHE WAS ABLE  
TO PLAY BINGO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I DID NOT SPEAK TO HER LAST NIGHT BUT I WAS 
 TOLD BY LYNN SHE IS OK.
PATTI WANTS TO GO SEE HER BUT THE WEATHER IS SIMPLY HORRIBLE. SHE WILL WHEN  
THE WEATHER GETS BETTER,
ALL THE PRAYES HELPED HER GET THRU THIS TERRIBLE TIME AND SHE KNOWS WE CARE  
AND ALWAYS TELLS ME SHE IS THINKING OF YOU ALL. SHE CANNOT WAIT TILL SHE CAN 
GET  ON LINE WITH YOU. I HOPE THAT IS VERY SOON.
  GOD BLESS JUDE AND OUR TM FAMILY!
TIAD PAM



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