RE: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread PAMELA S
The first time I got TM I had Hep B vaccine series and a flu shot before onset. Second round of symptoms was after tetanus shot. This last flare up or reoccurance was that since I was a diabetic nurse working first line in the H1N1 "epidemic" I had H1N!. Then pneumovax because I was a diabe

Re: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread Janice Nichols
My doctor encouraged me to get the vaccine for shingles. He felt that with everything else going wrong with my body, I was risking it to not get the vaccine. Our insurance paid for most all of it. Janice From: James Berg Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:09 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com S

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2011-10-18 Thread Susan Kleinz

Re: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread john snodgrass
i personally have not missed a flu shot . different strokes for different folks. function dictates. From: "kimharrison...@comcast.net" To: James Berg Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Does anyone know? when

Re: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread kimharrison325
when I got TM 7 years ago it was in Oct and I had atleast 6 dr.s ask over and over if I had gotten a flu shot (i did NOT).. so that would tell me they suspect a flu shot can cause TM without comming right out and saying so... in the 7 years I have had TM, i have gotten the "flu" only once, kicke

Re: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread ACAROE
When I was in hospital with Tm 6 years ago the first question everyone asked was whether I had a flu shot. They thought that that may have been the cause of my TM. I did not have the shot however. I was in rehab for at least 6 mos. and every nurse I met said they would never take the sho

RE: [TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread Elizabeth Clark
Hi Jim, I have discovered my mother, sister and I all have auto-immune issues of different kinds. my mother has rheumatoid arthritis, has had temporal arteritis (a scaly scalp patch just at the temple of her head) and just this last year, developed alopecia areata (loss of her hair). My sister had

[TMIC] Does anyone know?

2011-10-18 Thread James Berg
the neuro's who diagnosed my TM thought it may have been caused by a bout of Shingles I had. Two years have passed and my wife is worrying I might get another bout of shingles that would result in more TM damage. Should I get a Shingles vaccine shot or is that risking another attack of TM? The s