You are in my thoughts and in my little prayer pot, Gerry, and I know God will give you strength to get through this. The hardest part is letting go so he can take over..
Jeanne -------Original Message------- From: Gerry Surette Date: 4/2/2008 4:52:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TMIC] QUESTION Hi: this is gerry; I believe recent conversation has helped me immemsly Inow have ITP on top tm.I am quite discouraged; I read your emails with great interest' you encourage me especially since on april 29th they will remove my spleen; in the meantime I have to go through iv hemagolibal n for 4 days For you have not gone through this. it is five hours of iv cold as you can tolerate four five hours; The side efrects are fever and cold spasims which I have already with TM. I need your prayers more than ever.Idon'tknow howI ill get through this I pray the Lord to give me strenght but sometimes I feel it is not enough'I releate to Jude She is my inspiration. Lord what she has gone through: I trust in the Lord to show me the way but right now I feel discouraged and dispondant please pray for me and allthpose of us who go through TM every day; gerry >From: "jrushton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Robert Pall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >Subject: Re: [TMIC] QUESTION >Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:23:29 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) > >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 >