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You could pay for it all! Dalton Garis Office: +971-2-607-5070/-5297 Fax: +971-2-607-2500 Mobile: +971-50-668-5760 In New York: 718-271-2738 _____ From: Akua [mailto:a...@artfarm.com] Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:06 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] What's in a name (Diagnosis) Here in the U.S., if I had MS, i would have had REAL help: therapy, infrastructure, assistance, a drug course, transportation, LOTS AND LOTS of things that I did not get and do not have. As soon as they deteremined that what I had was NOT MS -- this was at Strong Hospital-- A whole level of attention and assistance was dropped like a hot potato. They didn't know about TM but they knew about MS. So basically nothing happened for me. I was warehoused for months and fought for every little bit that was done, which in retrospect was shockingly little eg. no water therapy, very little exercise, my leg machines discontinued.... So diagnosis is critical to treatment in my experience. Akua Hi Dalton, I don't disagree with what you are saying, however it depends upon how far down the line you are. I think we all need that diagnosis, we need to know what has gone wrong, we need a label. It takes a long time to accept what's done is doneŠŠŠwhen we have got there you're right, the label/diagnosis becomes irrelevant. Until we get there , well there's some comfort in a label . After all, without that label /diagnosis none of us would be here sharing our experiences on the web. Steve (one of 300 of the population of the uk diagnosed in a year, we are a rare breed my gp has never seen a tm before) _____ From: Dalton Garis [mailto:malugss...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 June 2010 17:38 To: 'Deborah Nord Capen'; 'Gerry Surette'; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] Deborah; Actually, I'm not concerned what the drs call it; it doesn't change how I live if they end up calling it TM or MS or whatever. The name of the thing is their business. It's done its thing if TM and if MS. I just live with it. I don't see any difference, actually. It's not as if we have cancer or something else here. Done is done; so, how would it change anything? Dalton --
