Re: [TMIC] That banding feeling

2009-08-18 Thread rj_rankin
I too have banding but I also have something else similiar but more painful that happens from time to time and I don't understand it. Lately it has increased. It generally starts in one ankle and the sole of the foot and runs up my leg to my spine. It hurts one time and hurts so bad that I

Re: [TMIC] Linda Needs Some Help

2009-08-18 Thread lynne myers
I get mine at our local drug store, but they also have a website. www.australiandream.com/ --- On Tue, 8/18/09, L T CHERPESKI cherp...@msn.com wrote: From: L T CHERPESKI cherp...@msn.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Linda Needs Some Help To: tmic tmic-list@eskimo.com, lynne myers lynnemye...@yahoo.com

Re: [TMIC] EASY STAND

2009-08-18 Thread Laurie Zissimos
Akua - I also have one at home.? I am a T-7 with TM for 3.5 yrs and I have had my bike for about 1.5 years.? It's great because as Cody said it is simple to operate.? If you can't use the handle bar grips, someone can stand in front of you and do the pushing.? Your legs and hips still get a

Re: [TMIC] EASY STAND

2009-08-18 Thread Akua
Thanks so much Cody! this is just the kind of information I need! I was entranced by the one that lets you walK aorund! I would so love to be vertical again. Standing would be just like a ride! I hope I could transfer, unassisted, but evenif I couldn't it seems like a great tool. Here's

[TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread jeff bernier
well the other day i sat down with my father for coffee and we were just talking about the past and various things when he told me somthing that almost knocked me out of my chair. my stepmother who is 48yo has been dx with full blow ms and is in a nursing home,well i sat back for a minute and

RE: [TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread Butcher, Bernie (SFS)
Hi Jeff - I live on Long Island, dx TM in 2002 and MS in 2008. Recurring Remitting at present Bernie From: jeff bernier [mailto:jeffsmokeea...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:04 PM To: msersl...@yahoogroups.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject:

Re: [TMIC] That banding feeling

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
The things we learn about each other on this site!!! Janice - Original Message - From: L T CHERPESKI To: tmic-list@eskimo.com ; Priscilla Keene Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] That banding feeling LOL Priscilla - I'm

Re: [TMIC] my knee

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
I have had the cortisone injections in the knee.The first one did not do much, so they got me on Prednisone pills for about 10 days.Not much improvement.Then, later on, they gave me another shot in the knee and there was improvement and then over some weeks, it really was pretty

Re: [TMIC] Linda Needs Some Help

2009-08-18 Thread balmatmic
I will look for this as well, as I have arthritis in my hands.  I have used Icy Hot on my back, knee and legs when things get bad, but wouldn't use on my hands because I didn't ever want it close to my face in case while sleeping, and I can't sleep in gloves.  I just looked at the website

Re: [TMIC] my knee

2009-08-18 Thread balmatmic
Hi Janice, Well, my doc told me that if the first shot that I got in April didn't work, and if this one did, it's possible that my PCP missed and it landed in the wrong spot.? If they both don't work, then we struck out.? Not likely both missed, and the shots would not help me.? Personally,

Re: [TMIC] my knee

2009-08-18 Thread balmatmic
Hi Linda, Thanks for your email and encouragement. Hugs, Barbara A -Original Message- From: L T CHERPESKI cherp...@msn.com To: tmic-list@eskimo.com; balmat...@aol.com Sent: Mon, Aug 17, 2009 9:03 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] my knee Barbara, ? Well it's no big deal about not

Re: [TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread balmatmic
Wow Jeff, I had heard that there are pockets in different parts of the country where there are large numbers of MS and TMers.? I kind of remember that a while back that Cleveland had a lot of TMer's.??Am I remembering this right?? Is this the air, water,?pesticides?? Hugs, Barbara A?

Re: [TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread kevin weilacher
I'm in Ohio and I can't speak for Cleveland itselfbut I know that in that vicinity there is Ella in Elyria and a couple of others in the Toledo area. I live in Canton Ohio where we have three of us TMr's and I also know that there is Gunny is Youngstown and Sue in the Canfield area I

Re: [TMIC] That banding feeling

2009-08-18 Thread L T CHERPESKI
Yeah, it's great, huh! Linda Original Message - From: Janicemailto:jan...@centurytel.net To: L T CHERPESKImailto:cherp...@msn.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.commailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com ; Priscilla Keenemailto:pkeen...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:39 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
Jeff, That makes us midwesterners, I'm from Missouri, look pretty bad. So sorry. Janice - Original Message - From: balmat...@aol.com To: jeffsmokeea...@yahoo.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] an interesting note Wow

Re: [TMIC] an interesting note

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
Get this, guys, I have a good friend that has seen me through everything for over 2 years with the myelitis. Now her son, 36 years old, has been diagnosed with myelitis.It has only affected his hand.My friend has MS and the doc's think he may go into MS also eventually.That is

Re: [TMIC] my knee

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
I am very careful of my knee also. I am back into therapy now, again, and my PT is taking a really different direction with working on leg strength because of the knee.I don't really feel any pain any more, but I feel just enough to let me know to be careful. Janice -

Re: [TMIC] That banding feeling

2009-08-18 Thread Janice
Have you talked to your doc yet about this?I fullly understand asking the TM'ers first - they know more about it. But surely your doc can come up with a reason for this. If you find out, please let us know, and I hope it never happens again. Janice - Original Message -

[TMIC] An unpleasant subject.

2009-08-18 Thread Jill Hammond
My dear TM family, Just when you thought we had enough bad things happening, I manage to get diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma is a cancer of the sinus. It is very uncommon, not only in this country but in this part of the world. It usually occurs in oriental

Re: [TMIC] An unpleasant subject.

2009-08-18 Thread L T CHERPESKI
Dear Mike, I am so very sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with this rare disease. And, yes, one would certainly think that TM in itself is enough. I have read your post 3 times, trying to absorb it. Most of us had never heard of TM when we were diagnosed with it, and I can imagine