Hi Michelle and Patti,
And Heather - what a great memory you have! I actually did live in
Bothell for 28 years, until the middle of May of this year we moved to Eagle,
Idaho (outside of Boise) Most of our family is here. I was forced (due to
TM) to retire from my job of 31 years insuring show horses. Now my
husband is retired also.
Welcome Michelle - I am very sorry to hear you are having such a hard
time right now. It always amazes me that we can have lesions in the same areas
and yet have such different symptoms. I have not had problems with my arms or
hands - except when my Sjogrens rears its ugly head and then all of my joints
hurt. And I certainly have not had a swollen tongue and facial paralysis. I
have however had severe shooting pains from my lesions C4-6 up the right side
of my head and even over the head clear to my forehead. Docs have no clue -
except possibly a nerve in the lesion????? 4+ years and have never had any of
this. Very painful, and still no answers.
Michelle - I hope you have or are going to check with your doc regarding
your symptoms. And yes Patti is right on - TM does bring us to a life of
reality. I have been reflecting lately - for me, not necessarily a good thing
- my life has changed so drastically. I just have to keep telling myself -
chin up, it could be worse.
( By the way, what part of Bothell do you live in? I loved it
there.)
God Bless you and all of our fellow TMers
hugs
Linda (now Eagle, ID)
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Sent:
Friday, September 15, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject:
[TMIC] Lesion at C5
Hi Michelle
Please forgive us for getting on the print and
type tangent. It seems we get off track when the group is quiet and no
one is discussing an urgent TM need.
I understand your frustration
with the numbness in your hands because my lesion at C4-C6 causes me the
same problems. I type with my thumbs and index fingers, my typing is
horrid and it takes me forever to type a post. Two weeks before TM
struck I googled MS because I kept dropping things and I knew it could be a
symptom of MS. I read that MS usually strikes before age 50 and since I was
53 I hit the exit button and breathed a sigh of relief! Duh! I
can never go back to being that nieve' again - TM brings us to a life of
reality doesn't it.
It's good to learn that your MRI didn't show any
brain lesions. It sounds like something might be going on (swollen
tongue and facial paralysis), but maybe the future MS drugs will stop future
lesions.
Heather was right about Linda having lived in Bothel Wa,
but she moved to another state a few months ago.
God bless you
Patti - Michigan
(and I pray that he heals me and all of
you out
there)