Same with me. Woke up with a backache, felt a tingling go down both legs at the same time.
within a few hours I was paralyzed from the waist down. Trudy 2/07/02 _____ From: Bob and Sue Mattis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 7:30 PM To: 'Alton Ryder'; 'TMIC list' Subject: RE: [TMIC] Zap - sudden paralysis My onset was swift as well. From sudden excruciating pain in the lower back to completely paralyzed from the waist down in less than 15 minutes. No warning whatsoever. What a life changing event. Sue TM since 7-28-00 -----Original Message----- From: Alton Ryder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:40 PM To: TMIC list Subject: [TMIC] Zap - sudden paralysis Reading Naomi's story of being paralyzed in 15 minutes and remembering my own sudden onset, http://www.myelitis.org/tmic/archive/17/0091.html "Initial symptom was a feeling of pressure in the right kidney after dinner [500 miles from home.] Ten minutes later my legs were "on fire"; another fifteen minutes and I was paraplegic with severe back pain." I believe that those of us stricken in such a short time were the victim of infarctions in the spinal cord, not infections or autoimmune disorders. My CSF was clear, so I did not have an infection. I had been asking for a heart attack. I had had a career under intense pressure, my blood cholesterol was 260, and I had been sitting in the car for 10 hours. I was lucky it was in my spine and not in my brain or heart. [I would have preferred more a bit of muscle in my butt.] Many years ago I had paid attention to the onset time of our group. If I remember correctly, about ten or twenty percent of us had episodes of an hour or less. Comment? Alton
