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My hair stylist h vertigo due these crystals getting jarred during a car accident. She also had hers manipulated back into place and has returned twice in four years for the procedure. Patti On May 11, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com wrote: Sure, it can happen again.But, I am on the alert now. Janice From: Gary Thomas Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:55 AM To: Janice Nichols ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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I will definitely be doing something about it if it happens again - even on a much less severe level. Janice From: Pat Voorheis Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:11 AM To: Janice Nichols Cc: Gary Thomas ; mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION My hair stylist h vertigo due these crystals getting jarred during a car accident. She also had hers manipulated back into place and has returned twice in four years for the procedure. Patti On May 11, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com wrote: Sure, it can happen again.But, I am on the alert now. Janice From: Gary Thomas Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:55 AM To: Janice Nichols ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Good luck to you! I recall when Yogi Barra was catching for the Yanks, when he took a pitch to the head. They took him to the hospital for x-rays. According to the radio announcer, The x-rays found nothing. Dalton Dalton Garis Flushing, Queens New York, USA Mobile: 718-838-0437 From: Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, 11 January 2013 4:26 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Resent-From: tmic-list@eskimo.com Resent-Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 01:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn¹t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc¹s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc¹s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Ouch! Glad nothing was broken - hope you feel better soon! Barbara H. On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.netwrote: ** I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - *From:* Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com *To:* tmic-list@eskimo.com *Sent:* Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM *Subject:* [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Janice, I think you have has enough of an adventure for now! Are the doctors concerned about the vertigo? Take care get better. Linda E. From: Barbara H. barbara...@gmail.com To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Cc: Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Ouch! Glad nothing was broken - hope you feel better soon! Barbara H. On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff). My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital. I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately. The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea. That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head! They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Janice: wow. what a bummer. I am so glad you are all right. anybody ever had a Pseudo Exacerbation of Transverse Myelitis? Just got out of 4 hellish days in the hospital where they gave me 1,000 ML of Prednisone (IV) with no lag medication. So, sick as I've ever been! bla bla bla! Sharing my adventure, too! but seriously, has anybody heard of this? Susan in Phoenix On May 11, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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wow! concussions,, pseudos,,kudos! i hate it where we are but i am so glad we are who we are!! just when ya think it's safe to go back into the water stay tough!! From: Susan Kleinz skle...@cox.net To: Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net Cc: Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Janice: wow. what a bummer. I am so glad you are all right. anybody ever had a Pseudo Exacerbation of Transverse Myelitis? Just got out of 4 hellish days in the hospital where they gave me 1,000 ML of Prednisone (IV) with no lag medication. So, sick as I've ever been! bla bla bla! Sharing my adventure, too! but seriously, has anybody heard of this? Susan in Phoenix On May 11, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff). My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital. I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately. The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea. That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head! They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Hi Janice, Sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you heal quickly. I can give you some information on vertigo, at least the kind I had a few weeks ago. Yes with all I’ve been going through with pain and testing for the pain pump a little vertigo got thrown in. Ah life is such a joy. I was mostly disoriented when looking down, reaching up and every night when I laid down on the bed. One day I had full blown vertigo on my 2nd story outside deck. All of a sudden I lost my sense of balance, banged into the house wall, tried to stand, stumbled into a chair, tried to stand, stumbled about 5 feet the other way over to a tall table, grabbed on, decided enough trying to stand and stayed holding on to the table while the sky above me circled around. Weird and scary, my stepson passed by and got me to a chair. After a few moments I was fine. My Neurologist sent me for vestibular testing. Our inner ear has a cluster of what they call crystals in an area that connects to vestibular tubes. A crystal can break free from the cluster and enter the tube in which it is now free floating. When you move your head the crystal moves within the tube sending odd signals to the brain causing disorientation. They fixed it within 15 minutes by manipulating my head which moves the crystal through the tube back into the area holding the cluster and the stray crystal hopefully reattaches to it, they have like a sticky coating on them. For 48 hours you have to keep from moving head up, down, etc. to allow it to reattach. Really cool stuff, was skeptical until he did the movements, came back in 5 minutes, tested me (by laying down with head to one side) and I was fine. There are other things that can cause vertigo but I believe this is the most common. Make it a great day, Deb From: Janice Nichols [mailto:jannic...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Thanks - will keep this info.Sorry you had an episode too. Janice From: Deb Monteleone Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:24 AM To: 'Janice Nichols' ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hi Janice, Sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you heal quickly. I can give you some information on vertigo, at least the kind I had a few weeks ago. Yes with all I’ve been going through with pain and testing for the pain pump a little vertigo got thrown in. Ah life is such a joy. I was mostly disoriented when looking down, reaching up and every night when I laid down on the bed. One day I had full blown vertigo on my 2nd story outside deck. All of a sudden I lost my sense of balance, banged into the house wall, tried to stand, stumbled into a chair, tried to stand, stumbled about 5 feet the other way over to a tall table, grabbed on, decided enough trying to stand and stayed holding on to the table while the sky above me circled around. Weird and scary, my stepson passed by and got me to a chair. After a few moments I was fine. My Neurologist sent me for vestibular testing. Our inner ear has a cluster of what they call crystals in an area that connects to vestibular tubes. A crystal can break free from the cluster and enter the tube in which it is now free floating. When you move your head the crystal moves within the tube sending odd signals to the brain causing disorientation. They fixed it within 15 minutes by manipulating my head which moves the crystal through the tube back into the area holding the cluster and the stray crystal hopefully reattaches to it, they have like a sticky coating on them. For 48 hours you have to keep from moving head up, down, etc. to allow it to reattach. Really cool stuff, was skeptical until he did the movements, came back in 5 minutes, tested me (by laying down with head to one side) and I was fine. There are other things that can cause vertigo but I believe this is the most common. Make it a great day, Deb From: Janice Nichols [mailto:jannic...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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All we found out from the cat scan was that obviously what my husband had been saying for the last 45 years is that “you are one hard-headed woman!”.He always said “But I love ya anyway” after the hard-headed comment.What a guy. Janice From: Dalton Garis Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 5:50 AM To: Janice Nichols ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Good luck to you! I recall when Yogi Barra was catching for the Yanks, when he took a pitch to the head. They took him to the hospital for x-rays. According to the radio announcer, The x-rays found nothing. Dalton Dalton Garis Flushing, Queens New York, USA Mobile: 718-838-0437 From: Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, 11 January 2013 4:26 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Resent-From: tmic-list@eskimo.com Resent-Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 01:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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Sure, it can happen again.But, I am on the alert now. Janice From: Gary Thomas Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:55 AM To: Janice Nichols ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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If it happens again, I know what to do - call ER or the doc’s office. Could be a one-time thing, but I seem to beat odds. Janice From: Linda Egli Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:49 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Janice, I think you have has enough of an adventure for now! Are the doctors concerned about the vertigo? Take care get better. Linda E. From: Barbara H. barbara...@gmail.com To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Cc: Janice Nichols jannic...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Ouch! Glad nothing was broken - hope you feel better soon! Barbara H. On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
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I have heard of TM coming back on people a 2nd time, but have never heard of that kind of myelitis.You seem to beat the odds too!Did it leave you with any problems that you did not already have?Are you on TM FaceBook?You would get a lot of responses to that using facebook. Let me know what you find out - or are you the only one this has happened to? Good luck and email back - am concerned. Janice From: Susan Kleinz Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 10:29 AM To: Gary Thomas Cc: Janice Nichols ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Janice: wow. what a bummer. I am so glad you are all right. anybody ever had a Pseudo Exacerbation of Transverse Myelitis? Just got out of 4 hellish days in the hospital where they gave me 1,000 ML of Prednisone (IV) with no lag medication. So, sick as I've ever been! bla bla bla! Sharing my adventure, too! but seriously, has anybody heard of this? Susan in Phoenix On May 11, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Gary Thomas gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I'm glad nothing was broken, Janice! I hope it doesn't happen again--can it, if you have vertigo? Gary in Michigan - Original Message - From: Janice Nichols To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:26 AM Subject: [TMIC] CONCUSSION Hey Guys! Well, now I know what a concussion feels like – it hurts! Monday evening I fell in the house on our ceramic tile (hard stuff).My husband called 911 and they transported us to the hospital.I had passed out before I fell, so had nothing to brace the fall. Eddy was just a few steps behind me but couldn’t get to me in time to stop the fall. Anyway, I fell right on my face – huge bump immediately.The ER gave me an IV to put in meds for pain (!!!) and nausea.That helped quite a bit. Then they did a cat scan and found I had no broken bones. Doc’s were shocked, but pleased. I really do have a hard head!They then sent us back home and I have been very quiet ever since. Doc’s think I may have had vertigo. I look a lot like a raccoon - eyes really black and purple and forehead and bridge of nose really swollen. I am a mess, but relatively little pain for having such a concussion. Each day we are checking out the changes in shape and color in my face. Just thought I would keep you guys up with my adventures. Janice
