John, You have to figure out your physical limitations and that takes a while to do. Fatigue can slip up on you pretty quick or hit you the day after you have overdone it. I am better at looking for that certain feeling I get when I am about to overdo it, but still screw up at times. That is when my hubby sees how I am walking (wobbly) and orders me to "sit down". I don't usually argue, but it is hard to give up trying to do that "one more thing" for the day. This disease hits most all important body parts and definitely makes life hard. But, at least we have all of our body parts, and this is not a terminal illness. Janice
From: john snodgrass Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:13 AM To: Barbara Alma Cc: transverse myelitis Subject: Re: [TMIC] overdoing it the thing that frustrates me the most is that we have experienced the damned if you do and damned if you don't kind of suffering. pardon my expression. being a hill-billy land owner i was use to working hard and enjoying the fruit of it,so to speak. now I feel like I am only a ,,,,,,,,,,,uh,,,,beats me. we are all tired. I think. I thunk. I thought. --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Barbara Alma <balmat...@aol.com> wrote: From: Barbara Alma <balmat...@aol.com> Subject: [TMIC] overdoing it To: malugss...@gmail.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 12:07 AM Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA Dalton, Don't feel badly about it, it happens to all of us, and we do it over and over again. Sometimes it isn't even what you did today or yesterday, but the total of a few days in a row. Your body just doesn't behave as we want it to ~ not your fault or any one of ours, just the way it is. I cannot tell you how many times I've read on here about any one of us writing in how we've done ourselves in and had to go to bed for a day or several days to get over it. I wish that I could tell you it'll never happen again, but it will. You will eventually get used to it happening and know what to do to make yourself "feel better". That's the best advice I can give. However, I would totally enjoy the strong days if you can afford to take it easy afterward. Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed to the best that you can. Go for it when you can. Take care and a big hug to you, Barbara A -----Original Message----- From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> To: Barbara Alma <balmat...@aol.com>; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:54 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback You’re absolutely right. That is exactly what I did, and not for the first time. I must keep reminding myself that current stamina is illusory and an unreliable measure of what pertains over a week or longer. I have to take it easy on strong days. Thanks! Dalton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Barbara Alma <balmat...@aol.com> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:55:27 -0400 To: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>, <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback Hi Dalton, I don't know if anyone else has asked this or not, but could you have overdone it? Most of us know that if we push ourselves too much it seems to look like a relapse and takes a bit to get over it. It can take a day to several days till we are back to what is the new normal for us. I've had TM for 11 years (I thought it was 12 until I did the math recently) and I continue to overdo it on a regular basis. I've been trying to get some things done around the house and have been focused on that, not on myself. I really did myself in 3 times in the past 2 weeks. The mind/body connection isn't really strong with me lately. I'm not saying that this is what is happening to you, and of course, keep your doctor's appointment. But, it's definately something to keep in mind. If not for now, but also in the future, our bodies ain't what they use to be! It's a shame, but true! Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -----Original Message----- From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> To: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net>; Jan Hargrove <jmh1...@sbcglobal.net>; jack...@att.blackberry.net; TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 9:09 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback I have an appointment in a few days. I am better today. Don’t know what happened. Totally weak. Got better as the day went by and I had to work through it, moving and resting, moving and resting. Today I am much better. Thanks! Dalton Office: +971-02-607-5070/5297 Mobile: +971-50-668-5760-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:22:36 -0500 To: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>, Jan Hargrove <jmh1...@sbcglobal.net>, <jack...@att.blackberry.net>, TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback I am really sorry to hear this. Have you contacted your doctor - if so, what does he say about it? Janice From: Dalton Garis <mailto:malugss...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 1:13 AM To: Janice Nichols <mailto:jan...@centurytel.net> ; Jan Hargrove <mailto:jmh1...@sbcglobal.net> ; jack...@att.blackberry.net ; TMIC <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback Friends; Today awoke extremely weak, and out of breath with the least expenditure of effort. By 10:00 had lost a lot of muscle coordination and all strength. Just went from sitting in one chair to another. Sweating profusely. But still no seizures. Dalton Garis