I have had TM for 8 years. I have slowly lost about 1/2 of my hand function & it is not fun. The numbness in my hands seems to be increasing every year & I developed essential tremors in my right hand 2 years into the disease (I am right handed). My hobbies had always been sewing, scrapbooking, & any kind of crafts. I can only manage about 1/2 hour of using my hands before the numbness goes up into my arms & then they just string & burn. I would vote for having full use of my hands over walking any day. Linda in East Texas
________________________________ From: James Berg <molokai...@gmail.com> To: Elizabeth Clark <xbeecla...@gmail.com> Cc: TM List <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] cancer vs tm Hands or legs? Not sure if I am writing to Betty or Elizabeth?- anyway your are able to walk, not perfectly, but she can get around. Yet she has hand coordination problems that take away from her the things she loved to do. My legs don't work at all so I can't go anywhere with out my wheel chair and then only on smooth concrete or grass. No golf, or the construction work I used to do or even driving a car.But I do have my hands and I have learned to do things with my hands that I might never have attempted to do if I didn't have TM. So after reading Elizabeths story I began thinking about which I would rather have, legs or hands. I think hands wins. So I don't feel so bad. I hope you can find some drug or assistance that will allow you better use of your hands. The Tommy Copper gloves have proven to work really well with arthritis--check the web sight-Montel Williams who has MS swears by the products. The glove material has copper woven through it. For the hell of it I ordered a body shirt to see if it would help with my banding, something that bothers me all the time. Jim > >________________________________ >
