Soooo, it sounds like no TM, but stroke that manifested itself in the spinal
cord. Do you or did you have the paralyzation problems
that we TM'ers have? Also, the bladder and bowel problems prevalent with
TM? If so, is it only because the clot was in the cord rather than
anywhere else? Sorry to be dense, but don't quite understand.
Janice
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From: "Alton Ryder" <a-ry...@comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 5:10 PM
To: "tmic list" <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
is spinal stroke what transverse myelitis is?
a myelitis is an inflammation of a nerve bundle, in our case the spinal
cord; the infection manifests by white cells in the fluid around the cord
(I had none, so I didn't really have TM.)
transverse means across the thickness of the cord
spinal strokes are failures in blood flow in the arteries serving the
spinal cord, usually one of the two arteries that run parallel to the
cord, in my case one of the tiny arterial capillaries inside the cord at
T9-T10
my cholesterol level was very high then (1997,) and I had been riding as a
passenger all day
I was lucky; the clot could have lodged in my brain with consequences not
good.
Alton, currently 75 with very low bad cholesterol, high good stuff, and
expecting at least another decade of a good life
