But Frank..... Am I being foolish in believing that I haven't gotten worse in my 3.5 yrs since TM? Do you think that once the lesion is there as seen on my MRI it always has the possibility of spreading the same as a paint chip? If a paint chip is fixed it won't rust. My MRI shows "scarring" has taken place and that my lesion didn't spread. My neuro was happy to see that the scar (I don't think that's the word he used) had formed without pressing against my spinal cord. Isn't the problem now a scar vs. a nice shiney myelin covering?
Patti - MIchigan ---- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ============= I am quickly > gaining new symptoms. I have been thinking that I might be "sick in the > head" > but I know that my symptoms are real. Ok, Listen up, Here is my story, the allegory (?), similie (?): You are driving behind a dump truck in you new car. A piece of pebble fly on to the hood of your car. When you get home you find only a very small dent in the paint of the hood. You go inside, put your food away and forget about the pebble. Three months later you notice a very small brown spot on the hood- just a very small patch of rust under where the pebble hit. You are in a rush. and forget the spot. Four months later you notice the rust spot is enlarging, moving both right and left. Six months later, you brake for a red light, and your hood flies off your vehicle and hits a car crossing the intersection, breaks the drivers window and slices half way through the driver's neck. All because of a pebble? That's how TM slowly acts in your spinal cord. F
