I guess I should have clarified a little better. I had been experiencing back pain for 3 or 4 days, but attributed it to working from sun-up to sun-down at our town's festival. Apparently there was more going on than I realized. From the point of excruciating pain in lower back to paralysis was 10 minutes. What led up to the onset might have been days in coming. Sue -----Original Message----- From: Alton Ryder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:14 PM To: Bob and Sue Mattis Cc: TM List Subject: Re: [TMIC] age at incident > Took 10 minutes to become paralyzed from the waist down (T12) Strictly speaking, neither of us have TM. Myelitis is an inflammation of the myelin; I don't believe any infection can have such a sudden onset. Moreover, my spinal fluid was clear of white blood cells that would have been marshaled to fight an inflammation. I, perhaps we, had an infarction of a branch artery within the cord.
Alton
