Re: [TMIC] Devic's disease

2007-08-23 Thread Grace M.
You're absolutely right on that one, Frank. The term TM is sort of all inclusive referring to lesion type. It means exactly what it says it does---T-transverse. M-myelitis. For example, whenever they do my MRI's they always refer to my lesions as transverse lesions. Yet, I, don't have

Re: [TMIC] Devic's disease

2007-08-23 Thread Heyjude48458
In a message dated 8/23/2007 9:39:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ou're absolutely right on that one, Frank. The term TM is sort of all inclusive referring to lesion type. It means exactly what it says it does---T-transverse. M-myelitis. For example,

[TMIC] Devic's disease

2007-08-22 Thread Regina Rummel
Hi Grace, Yes, your answer helped very much. In fact, I just read all about it in the Mayo Clinic website. You have 3 segments (lesions) affected in your cord you say, and yet you have neither TM or MS. It's all very complicated but in my simple understanding, all of these

Re: [TMIC] Devic's disease

2007-08-22 Thread Grace M.
Hi again Regina, Well not exactly. I have two very long lesions, each one covering three segments of cord or more. I believe that my total damage is from roughly T2 though T10. You're right, all three diseases are similar in the type of symptoms, yet lesion make up and pathology/mechanism of