I can feel touch everywhere, more on the left side of my body less on the right side, but not completely normal like on my face. I have notice I have started getting more "normal" feeling in my left hand the past few weeks. I am feeling the texture of the bed sheet now.
I can not feel temperate.
I have occasional nerve pain but not too often any more.
At 08:16 PM 12/24/2009, Janice Nichols wrote:
That helps. I just thought that paralyzation was a complete thing - nothing gets past the paralyzed part of the body, including pain.
What a bummer to be paralyzed AND still have nerve pain. Life just is not fair and earth is not heaven.
Janice
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From: "Laura Beaudin" <laura.beau...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:08 PM
To: <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] nerve pain
It's actually very rare for someone who deals with paralysis to have no pain. Pain and spasms are often the order of the day. Someone correct me if I'm wrong...There two types of nervous systems, the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. There are also four different types of sensation: light touch, hot, cold and acute sensations. While the connection might be broken to the brain, the peripheral system can still fire off signals...they just don't want to connect together. Most will actually have exaggerated reflexes. I'm a rare one...no reflexes, but still get spasms..I like to keep the doc on their feet :D You could stab me and I wouldn't react, but stroke me softly on the right foot and I'll go into spasms and I'll feel it without problem. Just the way it works sadly and pain will be an issue for many.
Hope this answers at least part of your question.
Laura
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On 24/12/2009 8:38 PM, Janice Nichols wrote:
I am just curious, but when a person is paralyzed, where does the pain
show up? Or does paralyzation only go so deep, not touching
the nerves? I hate to sound so dumb, but just can't help it. Also,
would neurontin be similar to Naltrexone?
Janice
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From: "Akua" <a...@artfarm.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:43 PM
To: <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: [TMIC] nerve pain
at the risk of sounding like a broken record
(gosh, only people of a certain age will get that metaphor)
Naltrexone moved my daily dose of hell from
a 9 out of 10 to a 1 to 3.
I was down to to meds, now three:
low dose naltrexone, nadolol ( blood pressure)
and aspirin -- all TM related
as TM left me paralyzed and
in a wheelchair. Previously
I had not a single health concern.
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Jim Lubin
jlu...@makoa.org
Home Page: http://makoa.org/jim
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