Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread Janice Nichols
James, I am really sorry you are having such a tough time.How long have you had TM? Have you thought of going to a pain-management doctor? My life turned around when I did.One of my other doctors recommended it. I used to have a lot of sensation in my legs, like they were turned on

Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread rn11...@yahoo.com
 You should apply for medicare and see what happens;you should get it.  I applied while still in rehab for ss disability and medicare.The physiatrist  was well versed in how to word the form and I got approved on the 1st try for both.  I elected to go with a medicare HMO from the beginning,and st

Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread James Berg
thanks for the input On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:08 AM, john snodgrass wrote: > ativan along with hydrocodone use to ease the banding but that does not > have much effect anymore for me > > --- On *Tue, 4/26/11, James Berg * wrote: > > > From: James Berg > Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old is

Fw: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread Todd Tarno
Hey Guys, John & James, I'm so sorry to hear that ya'll having a bad time with the freeze burning legs and/or body. I have never been on Baclofen. When I was on Neurontin, I was up to 3,600 mg a day and was told that this was the highest I could go. But, I had a friend that did go up to 4,000 mg

Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread john snodgrass
ativan along with hydrocodone use to ease the banding but that does not have much effect anymore for me --- On Tue, 4/26/11, James Berg wrote: From: James Berg Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "john snodgrass" Cc: "transverse myelitis" Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2:28 PM I

Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread James Berg
I am having a bad day--the thrumming is at its worst and the banding has gotten wider and tighter--to the point I couldn't eat dinner or breakfast this morning. Baclofen does nothing. It took four glasses of red wine and two alergy pills to get me to sleep. Being in the chair now is making the b

[TMIC] revisiting an old issue

2011-04-26 Thread john snodgrass
I remember hearing the concern of thrumming in the legs. You know,,like the sound that a power transformer makes except it's a feeling,a buzzing or even sometimes like energy going up and down your leg or legs. I gert this a lot and when it is real bad it is from the top of my head to the bottom