[TMIC] Re: Update on Jim

Dear Carol, I wish you both strength, endurance and patience as you face these trials. Blessings, Akua It is Saturday July 25th, I have come home to pick up mail and do some laundry. This has been a very distressful and tiring week. On Tuesday they did a cysto to see why he is running a temp

Re: [TMIC] TM

Mindy, great news to hear that you have improved after your 2yr anniversary. I whole-heartedly agree with Janice. I think you will continue to improve. Take care and please keep us updated. Linda - Original Message - From: Janice

Re: [TMIC] TM

Hang in there, Mindy. Sounds like you can still improve! Janice - Original Message - From: Lawrence King To: tmic-list@eskimo.com ; fr...@franksheldon.com Cc: Lawrence King Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM Whoa there!

Re: [TMIC] muscle spasms

Cora, glad you are back on the list.How long have you had TM?Glad to hear you are inproving. Janice - Original Message - From: Cora Eckenberger To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: [TMIC] muscle spasms Well, hello folk

[TMIC] Update on Jim

It is Saturday July 25th, I have come home to pick up mail and do some laundry. This has been a very distressful and tiring week. On Tuesday they did a cysto to see why he is running a temp and has blood in the urine. They did get that done kinda on time and Dr. told me his artificial sphinct

Re: [TMIC] Medications

Hi Bernie, what an awful ordeal. I'm so sorry you had such a bad experience. Uh, falling is never a good thing. Are you ok? Linda - Original Message - From: Butcher, Bernie (S&FS) To: Janice ; ly

[TMIC] muscle spasms

Well, hello folks, I've been off the list awhile--and been lurking again the last couple of weeks. The muscles in my legs and feet were so tight I felt like I was walking on a couple of two-by-fours.  My therapist says I might as well have been.  She's been working on loosening my leg muscles fo

Re: [TMIC] TM

The terms sure r confusing. They used terms multiple mylites, multiple scerosis, multple mylopothy, transverse mylopothy, and just mylites and mylopothy. My docs have never even use the term transverse mylitis. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Janice"

Fwd: [TMIC] TM

Hi Janice, In my case, the lesion was more pronounced on one side than on the other, which left me paralyzed and without feeling on one side, and paralyzed with minimal sensitivity on the other. To this day, one side is much weaker than the other. The lesion began at T2, and as is often common w

Re: [TMIC] TM

Wow.I am learning so much from each of you.Thank you. Janice - Original Message - From: Grace M. To: Janice Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM Hi Janice, There are no fast and hard se

Re: [TMIC] TM

Grace, I have never heard of Brown Sequard.Is it when myelitis hits only one side of the spine? Janice - Original Message - From: Grace M. To: Lawrence King Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com ; fr...@franksheldon.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM

Re: [TMIC] TM

> Mindy, > Technically, Frank is correct. Many neuros do not like to use the term TM but refer to it as simply myelitis instead. Yes, you are correct that an attack can be acute, or sub-acute. I suffered from acute myelitis, however my lesion was not Transverse (It was Brown Sequard) and thus t

[TMIC] Re: Alton--NMO

*Hello Alton, NMO is an autoimmune CNS disease that causes relapsing LETM (Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis) in 90% of patients, relapsing ON (Optic Neuritis), and in 62% of patients, eventually brain lesions. It's a very serious disease and the prognosis is poor. Within five years, 5

[TMIC] to stretch your calves(?)

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I got a book in the mail and seen this and was wondering if anyone uses something like this for a tight muscle in your leg (like a charley horse) and if it helps. Ella _Relief and Remedies - 24/7 Plantar Fasciitis System by Dream Products_ (http:

Re: [TMIC] TM

Whoa there! your statement regarding true TM and Paralysis is incorrect! Acute TM means damage is done in a matter of hours or days. Sub-acute TM means damage over weeks. The information my Neuro gave me at the time of diagnosis stated that the rate of paralysis from TM was 50/50 I suff

Re: [TMIC] TM

> > *Hi Janice, * >> >> > *There are no fast and hard set rules about how much of the body is >>> affected by any lesion. In my case (NMO) my lesion encompassed almost the >>> whole of my Thoracic cord. I presented with Brown Sequard paralysis (Often >>> referred to as Hemicord.) and I hav

Re: [TMIC] TM

But, if you both would have a small demyelination, how come one hand damage versus whole body damage? Janice - Original Message - From: To: "Grace M." ; "Janice" Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM *Yes, a small lesion can affect a relatively sm

Re: [TMIC] TM

> *Yes, a small lesion can affect a relatively small part of the body. > Myelitis simply means inflammation of the spinal cord. Transverse, means > *across*.* True transverse myelitis results in para or quadra plegia depending on the level of demyelination. I have a very small area of demyelin