Re: [TMIC] IVIG

2009-01-11 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Hi Tobe, Nice to see you. Some of the doctors think some other inflammatory process is causing my hand problems, which started about 15 years after the onset of TM. So I don't know. Re: the cost, wow! Sorry it didn't help you.:( Take care, Kevin T Kanon wrote: Kevin, I had the IVIG tr

[TMIC] IVIG

2009-01-11 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Does IVIG reduce inflammation? I think a doctor wants to try it on me, but they want me to have a nerve biopsy first and I don't want to because I've read that a nerve biopsy can cause permanent numbness in the biopsy site, and I don't want or need any more numbness. However, I may get despe

[TMIC] RE: tmic-digest Digest V2009 #20

2009-01-11 Thread marieke dufresne
RE: IVIG, I had it after the first 3 weeks of TM. I had it every day for 5 days. There is no reason to have it more often UNLESS you have a recurring autoimmune disorder, ie: if your TM is recurring. No point if you had ONE attack many years ago, it would not change anything now. I got some mov

Re: [TMIC] Don't Worry About Me

2009-01-11 Thread jrushton
Thank you, Carol and Jim! What a nice note you wrote! We, too, have an old converted theater in our little town which is beautiful! There are current movies shown and all that work there are volunteers. They also have the most wonderful plays I've ever seen and those are put on using our own to

Re: [TMIC] Don't Worry About Me

2009-01-11 Thread jrushton
Good Girl, Gilly Jeanne in Dayton ---Original Message--- From: Jan Hargrove Date: 1/11/2009 12:02:14 PM To: TM list; Gillian Clark Subject: Re: [TMIC] Don't Worry About Me Good for you, Gilly!! You said it like an experienced tmer!! It's tough, but we've got to speak out to

Re: [TMIC] posting to the list

2009-01-11 Thread jrushton
Oh, Cheryl, you are so right. Thank you for sharing. Jeanne in Dayton ---Original Message--- From: rn11...@yahoo.com Date: 1/11/2009 12:10:35 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] posting to the list Hi Everyone, I guess I didn't get the email that upset some members. I l

Re: [TMIC] re tmic emails

2009-01-11 Thread jrushton
Gerry, this is one of the most beautifully put e-mail I've ever read and it is so clear that it comes from the heart. I couldn't agree with you more in all that you say. I've been gone awhile and don't know what has happened but I truly hope that it isn't serious enough that we lost some of our w

RE: [TMIC] Washington Post article/Intravenous immune globulin

2009-01-11 Thread Gerry Surette
yes I have had that treatment twice; having had ItP this procedure helped raise my white blood cell count. It didn't help me otherwise; the treament last 4 to 5 hours intravenously from 3 to 5 days at a strech. If you go to the hospital to have the trreatments my hemotologist recemmended I have

[TMIC] Washington Post article/Intravenous immune globulin

2009-01-11 Thread Trudy Ogilvie
Did anyone get a chance to read the Washington Post article I sent out. A young teenager was given intravenous immune globulin." at Children's hospital after he was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis, when the steroids didn't work. Two weeks later he walked out and has made the basketball team at h

[TMIC] posting to the list

2009-01-11 Thread rn11...@yahoo.com
Hi Everyone,   I guess I didn't get the email that upset some members.   I live by the old saying "If you can't say something good,don't say anything at all."It keeps me from saying something that can hurt the feelings of another person.   Sometimes it is very hard not to post  a comment,but I'd

Re: [TMIC] Don't Worry About Me

2009-01-11 Thread Jan Hargrove
Good for you, Gilly!!  You said it like an experienced tmer!!  It's tough, but we've got to speak out to beat the tm away from "our doors"!!! Everyone fights this thing in his/her own way, but getting to share it with those who really know where we're coming from is our salvation!!   janh, tmer

[TMIC] New Symptoms

2009-01-11 Thread C E
Who can tell me if this still sounds like a Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis? My right leg including up to my waist, was originally affected at the onset of my illness in June 2005. I had hyper reflex in that leg and the left leg was normal. I now have numbness in the left leg and hyper reflex.

[TMIC] re tmic emails

2009-01-11 Thread Gerry Surette
I just read Jude's email to all of us. You Jude are the reason why I joined the list your words and thoughts of what you and many of us are going through with TM is not only an inspiration but an encouragement for those of us who feel sometimes that tm is more than we can bear. If I were with yo

Re: [TMIC] don't unsubscribe me

2009-01-11 Thread kevin weilacher
Gerry and all.. I've attached a screen shot of the website with a little note on where to enter your chat message. Once you enter your chat message you just hit your Enter key and it will post your message. The one thing to remember though...is to look and see who all is signed on. If you are th

[TMIC] Update on Health Status

2009-01-11 Thread Heyjude48458
This is only for those of you that give a damn. In an effort to write of things regarding the topic of Transverse Myelitis I thought some of you might find what I am going through to be somewhat interesting. If not, delete this email now, because that's what this is about. You