RE: [TMIC] Extent of your TM? Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread PAMELA S
Jim, I could walk all along...but by holding my legs or joints stiff and swinging from the hip and I didn't get far. After steroids I was very weak, and couldn't tolerate any weight or get far for about 4 months. then I had a complete recovery over about a year except for occassional fatigue

RE: [TMIC] Extent of your TM? Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread pjv1234
Jim., I googled the wors incomplete spinal cord injury a came across a web site that might answer you question regarding the chance for leg movement and use after a sci. I've had TM for eight years and am always amazed at the info we have at our finger tips. The articles were short and exp

Re: [TMIC] Extent of your TM? Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread Gillian Clark
James, I don't know how long you have had tm, so it's hard to even guess what might be happening for you. It would appear that recovery is broken into thirds. One third have complete or near to recovery. One third some amount of recovery, in varying degrees. One third have no recovery. You wo

Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread Gillian Clark
Pam, I just can't do dresses at all anymore, anything that moves on me just doesn't do well :) Even with leggings, I still feel the movement. Same with shoes, socks, anything from the waist down. It used to be from the chest down, so there has been some improving. T shirt material is also the b

Re: [TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands

2012-01-03 Thread Susan Kleinz
Ditto On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:56 PM, James Berg wrote: Definite scam On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM, pat cooley wrote: Kevin thanks for checking into this. I figured it was a scam. Patti - Wisconsin On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:07 AM, kevin weilacher wrote: Scam http://gizmodo.com/5723577/p

Re: [TMIC] Extent of your TM? Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread Susan Kleinz
Jim My first episode of TM, I was paralyzed on the left side and asleep on the right. I regained all but about 20% on my left leg. Took about a year Episode #2, lost use of left leg, but can now walk with brace and orthodics. Been about a year, again. I know I am very lucky. Susan K. -

Re: [TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands

2012-01-03 Thread James Berg
Definite scam On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM, pat cooley wrote: > Kevin thanks for checking into this. I figured it was a scam. > > Patti - Wisconsin > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:07 AM, kevin weilacher wrote: > >> Scam >> http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-s

[TMIC] Extent of your TM? Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread James Berg
>From the discussion of Pins and Needles it seems that most of you are able to get around and have some use of your legs. I have pins and needles from my feet to my belly and no use of my legs at all. And they weigh a ton. Been like this since day one. Did any of you lose the use of your legs a

Re: [TMIC] River Pharmacy

2012-01-03 Thread James Berg
Way cheaper--Just go on line to River Pharmacy--I am ordering Symbicort today for my COPD--it's half the price. I get my Lovastatin and Atenalol (Cholesterol and Blood Pressure) there as well. Always generic but potency is there. About Lyrica or Pregabalin--I take 150mg caps four times a day at

Re: [TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands

2012-01-03 Thread pat cooley
Kevin thanks for checking into this. I figured it was a scam. Patti - Wisconsin On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:07 AM, kevin weilacher wrote: > Scam > http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam > > -- > *From:* I Whiddett > *To:* tmic-lis

Re: [TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands

2012-01-03 Thread kevin weilacher
Scam http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam From: I Whiddett To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:17 AM Subject: [TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands Hello Everyone - A Happy New Year to all.  Just saw ice

[TMIC] Power Balance Wristbands

2012-01-03 Thread I Whiddett
Hello Everyone - A Happy New Year to all. Just saw ice dancing king, Christopher Dean,praising these wristbands. I have no hopes of taking to the ice, although I did enjoy roller skating back in the day, but has anyone tried these bands for balance problems caused by TM damage? re the recent disc

RE: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles

2012-01-03 Thread Akua
I can only wear one kind of pants, all cotton knit, so of course I have many colors of same pants. I feel kind of funny wearing the same pants to work all the time. The winters are hell as these pants are not thick or warm. As a New Yorker, my favorite color for work is black, so that did