Re: [TMIC] Hello

[BobbyJim]

Well, then .... me missus must have a phantom MS as her lesions are both on her spine. Innn teresting ggggggg.   Bobberino    From: ROBERT COOK    To: Diane     Cc: Sally Wilkinson ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hello   AS I WROTE THAT, I THOUGHT I USED THE WORD 'USUALLY'  AND NOW SEE THAT I WAS NOT THAT CLEAR.  TM IS LIMITED TO THE SPINAL CORD, AS FAR AS I KNOW, MS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE CNS, BUT IS USUALLY IN THE BRAIN OR STEM.  SOME WOULD ARGUE THIS POINT, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF A SIMPLE EXPLANATION, TM IS IN THE SPINAL CORD AND MS IN THE BRAIN.   I DID SAY THAT BOTH TM AND MS ARE DEMYELINATING.  ONE OCCURS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND THE OTHER IN ONE, HERE, AGAIN, USUALLY.  IT'S LIKE ENGRISH, IT HAS ALL SORTS OF EXCEPTIONS, I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER ?   I PREFER TO NOT ELUCIDATE ON SPECIFICS, BUT IN GENERALITIES.  TO BE SPECIFIC, IT COULD GET A BIT CONFUSING AND THE TERMINOLOGY MOST DIFFICULT.  WHITE MATTER VS, GREY MATTER, CORPUS COLOSSUM, PARIETAL OR CENTRAL, OR MEDULLA, ETC.