Rob, we get so many different theories from so many doctors and neurologists The answer I've gotten more than any is that it is a one time episode(in most cases) BUT we each have to relearn so much because the lesion in our spinal cord blocks what used to run freely from our brain. We have to learn how to reroute the messages and sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't. That is why some of us have gone from total paralysis (in my case from the chest down) to being able to walk even tho we cannot actually 'feel' plus we suffer with constant pain, spasms, and temperature sensitivity. Each one of us are so different. A lot also has to do with the degree of the 'attack . A lot also has to do with the amount of PT that we have done. So many questions, huh? It's going to be interesting to read all of the other's answers.
Jeanne in Dayton where the sun is shining and looks and feels like Spring!! -------Original Message------- From: Robert Pall Date: 4/2/2008 12:09:42 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] QUESTION It is funny after having TM for more than 10 years I still don't truly understand it. Do we have weak immune systems or did we merely have an episode in which our immune system did not work properlyÂ…a one time (for many of us) thing? Rob in New Jersey