[TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Sally Wilkinson
Hi Guys I really need to run something by you please. My husband who you may remember got TM in Dec 2000, and who can walk with a stick, got TM from a flu jab we are sure. He went to the Doc's on Thursday and the nurse in the surgery said he should have a jab for pneumonia. He ran that past

Re: [TMIC] Mom

2007-01-22 Thread JHarper33
I'm so sorry, Gunny. I just lost my mom a little over a year ago and still ache over missing her. We knew her health wasn't good, but thought we had several more years -- but she went very suddenly. I know she was would have been glad not to endure any more hospitalizations. She hated

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread JHarper33
Hi Sally, I have read mixed reviews on flu and pneumonia shots. As your husband experienced, some on the list got TM after having one of them, so I would never have them unless my health were such that I would be in grave danger without them. On the other hand, many on the list have

[TMIC] FW: TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Robert Pall
From: Robert Pall Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:37 AM To: 'Sally Wilkinson' Subject: RE: TM question from Sally! Dear Sally, Please stop worrying. Even Dr. Kerr admits that the cause of TM is not traceable. There is no way to know if a flu shot had

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Re: [TMIC] Mom

2007-01-22 Thread Carol E
Gunny, So sorry to hear about your mother. I hope her suffering will be over soon. Carol in Culver - Original Message - From: Gunny [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:10 PM Subject: [TMIC] Mom Hey People; For those of you that know

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Jan Hargrove
Sally, I can't take the flu shots due to allergies..but I take the pneumonia shot when due cause I had pneumonia in the weeks prior to onset of tm, and they told me the virus from that was what had attacked my spine.Know you have a rough job being his caretaker, but I think in

RE: [TMIC] Use GoodSearch to Benefit TMA!

2007-01-22 Thread Jill Z
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RE: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Bob and Sue Mattis
Sally, I've had TM since July of 2000 and I, like your husband, walk with a cane. In the fall of 2000 flu shots were being given and I called my Neurologist to find out whether I should get one or not. He strongly recommended I get one and said anyone with a compromised immune system should. He

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Jenna Stentz
Dear Sally, Being a caregiver is one of the hardest jobs you will have in your life. Being a caregiver for a husband makes it even harder. Do something for yourself today...even if it is only for a few minutes. Have a piece of chocolate, watch the leaves blowing in the wind, what

RE: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Butcher, Bernie [SFS]
I relapsed after 3 years of onset, getting a flu shot every year - who knows? (but flu shot? - never again!) BERNARD BUTCHER From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; tmic-list@eskimo.com

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Parkerswebe
Jenna Sally, My husband has had TM for almost 7 years and Jenna, I agree with you 100%. Lessen your burdens by hearing (or envisioning), waves crashing on the shore, the roar of a river or the trickling of a stream, leaves blowing in the wind, a watercolor sunset, the sound of a

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread pjv1234
Sally, It wasn't against you at all. He is showing a trust for his doctor and the doctor's opinion. Sometimes we get so tired of fighting and just want someone else to make a decision for us. He still needs and wants your love and support or he wouldn't have shared the fact that he got the

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Alton Ryder
I would never call my spouse stupid. Alton, who gets a flu shot every year

RE: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Trudy
Sally, I am so sorry! I have a feeling this is a culmination of a thousand different crises that you have had to endure since his onset in 2000 . I have had TM since 2002 and have at times put my husband through hell. crying, moody, listless, nasty...at one time I screamed that I hate my

Re: [TMIC] TM question from Sally!

2007-01-22 Thread Balmatmic
Hello Trudy (and Sally), Your comments to Sally were very good, and also what I was thinking. I am the one with TM and I am not always fun to live with. I know my husband gets very irritated that TM came into our lives and changed it so much. It has destroyed many of our dreams, but

Re: [TMIC] Mom

2007-01-22 Thread Ann Moran
Hi Gunny I am so sorry to hear about your Mom, I well remember you having to help her when she fell, you must be so sad, its hard to see her unwell and not be able to do anything for her, I lost my Mom in 1999, it was very sudden, I am alway thankful that she died in her sleep and was able to