[TMIC] just wondering

2010-05-06 Thread jeff bernier
im sure some on the list may find this offensive and to you i appologise,but i think it is a legitimate question,can somone with paraplegia still be able to achieve an erection or be able to experience ejaculation,again im not trying to offened anyone,but im looking for answers.  DIPLOMACY DOES

Re: [TMIC] My Son

2010-05-06 Thread rn11...@yahoo.com
Janet, I'm so sorry.It must be awful to hear the diagnosis for your son.  You would think they would have looked at tm sooner since you have it. Do you know why they took so long to get the diagnosis? Just know that all on the list are thinking of you and your son.    Cheryl in

Re: [TMIC] just wondering

2010-05-06 Thread Grace M.
Hi Jeff, I'm not sure, but I think that if the impulses to the pudendal nerve are intact, that it is possible. Grace

Re: [TMIC] My Son

2010-05-06 Thread Akua
I've got many wild ideas about causes, but heredity is not one of them. What he shares with you is the environment and perhaps, and only perhaps sensitivity to certain insults/assaults. It was strange to me that this didn't manifest til i went to Rochester where there were people who knew

Re: [TMIC] My Son

2010-05-06 Thread Pieter and Heather
Janet, My heart goes out to your son, yourself and your family. I wonder why it has taken a whole year to diagnose him. I don't know if TM is hereditary. However I figure that there is a big connection with autoimmune conditions in a family. I have TM (I'm 65 this year) TM since 2003,

Re: [TMIC] just wondering

2010-05-06 Thread Pieter and Heather
Jeff, This issue is addressed in some of the areas on the Transverse Myelitis Association Forum. From some of the information there I know that some have been able to use medications ie: Viagara etc. There is a man named Rick Hansen here in Canada. He is known as The Man in Motion. He is a

Re: [TMIC] just wondering

2010-05-06 Thread Janice Nichols
Your question is not offensive, but I am not able to help you. I am sure the guys can help you. Janice From: jeff bernier Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:12 PM To: msersl...@yahoogroups.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] just wondering im sure some on the list may find this

[TMIC] TM

2010-05-06 Thread Janice Nichols
After the awful news Janet Dunn has given us, I am wondering if where we live in the US has any relevance. I realize that there are those in our group that are from other countries and I am asking them along with our US citizens to just send me your name and the city and state you were

RE: [TMIC] My Son

2010-05-06 Thread Janet Dunn
Hi Cheryl That is the really odd thing. I said that it was TM right away when it happened, but they poo pooed me, as they know best and said it wasn’t. Even the specialists in BC Children’s hospital said no. He had a bad headache from the lumbar puncture that they gave him, and they

Re: [TMIC] TM

2010-05-06 Thread CANDIS KALLEY
I don't think that where we lived when TM struck is the only underlying factor.  I was watching CNN and the doctor, Dr. Grupa?, said that they have studied the cord blood of newborns and they have found that the cord blood contained over 200 chemicals, not body chemials but harmful

Re: [TMIC] just wondering

2010-05-06 Thread Akua
According to my booklet from the Reed foundation, it is well within the realm of possibility. It seems to depend on the level and type/span of your injury. You should contact the Reed foundation and get that booklet-- it was incredibly helpful to me while i was in the nursing home being