Wow, that is so much like me. When I was discharged from the hospital in 2009 after having been there 4 months, I was frantic. I had been discharged with a rental chair and to a new apartment (previous residence was an inaccessible townhouse) and newly single.
I remember the desperation of trying to navigate my carpeted new home and thinking exactly like you: "Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like???" Thank God that feeling was short-lived and I started getting my sea legs. I learned what worked for me and what didn't and try to look forward and not back. It still hurts though when I see something I'd like to try, but can't. Right now, I'd LOVE to jump in on the Zumba craze and it would have really helped me drop some weight, then I remember "oh yeah, can't move." fml Laura www.laurabeaudin.com --NOT just another blog! http://practical-homeschooling.org On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net>wrote: > I remember thinking "this is for the rest of my life". I said this > over and over to myself, still in a kind of disbelief that this had > happened to me. It is a constant battle > with the body, new problems developing periodically, but I am still here > and I am the same person that I was before TM, maybe better. I am much > more > tolerant of people now and have more patience in daily life. I > understand things on a much deeper level than before and I feel more. I > am not saying that I don't > vent every once in a while, but I guess I am trying to make lemonade out of > lemons. I realize that I have only had TM for almost 4 years, and > that many of you > have had TM many more years and were left with many more problems than > me. It would be interesting to hear from others on how TM left you on a > mental > or emotional level on a day- to- day basis. What changes you have > noticed about yourself? > Janice > > *From:* john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:10 PM > *To:* transverse myelitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > *Subject:* RE: [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > > i have to watch my emotions when i see the dates many of you have fought > with this thing. > my mind keeps looking for some healing. > that may just happen,but after almost 3 years,doesn't look likely. > > --- On *Wed, 11/10/10, Robert Pall <rp...@neillsupply.com>* wrote: > > > From: Robert Pall <rp...@neillsupply.com> > Subject: RE: [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > To: "Patricia Cooley" <patticoole...@gmail.com>, "Janice Nichols" < > jan...@centurytel.net>, "kevin weilacher" <hwyfli...@yahoo.com>, > rn11...@yahoo.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com > Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 1:54 PM > > After 13+ year the only thing that really increases my discomforts is > rain and or high humidity. Hot and cold have no more effect on me now than > before TM. It just continues to show that despite our similarities no two of > us are exactly the same. > > Rob in New Jersey > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Patricia Cooley [mailto:patticoole...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:32 PM > *To:* 'Janice Nichols'; 'kevin weilacher'; rn11...@yahoo.com; > tmic-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > > I have been reading all your posts about sweating, and I guess I am an > odd case. I don’t have any problems with hot weather. I have always sweat > more in my hair than anywhere else, even before TM. My problem is the > cold. I am always cold so I guess that is why the hot weather doesn’t > affect me too much. I do like sleeping in a cool room and like lots of > blankets. I was told with TM your internal thermostat is not working > properly. > > > > Patti - Wisconsin > > *From:* Janice Nichols [mailto:jan...@centurytel.net] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:09 PM > *To:* kevin weilacher; rn11...@yahoo.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > > Ditto! Janice > > > > *From:* kevin > weilacher<http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hwyfli...@yahoo.com> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:42 AM > > *To:* > rn11...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rn11...@yahoo.com>; > tmic-list@eskimo.com<http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tmic-l...@eskimo.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > > > > I have been totally confused about the sweating issue ever since TM hit > me.... > My lesions are L4, L5 and S1 and now since TM, the only place I sweat is my > head and when I sweat, I sweat profusely, I mean to the point that it drips > off my nose and down the sides of my head... > > I sweat no other place on my body, even during the summer on hot days > outside. I get warm, but I do not sweat. No underarm sweat, nothing..... > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* "rn11...@yahoo.com" <rn11...@yahoo.com> > *To:* tmic-list@eskimo.com > *Sent:* Wed, November 10, 2010 9:30:57 AM > *Subject:* [TMIC] {TMIC}sweating > > > Hi Everyone, > > I got tm at the thoracic level (T4-5),but when I perspire on my > face,one side gets red and moist,the other stays pale and dry. No one has > ever had an explanation for this.A couple of docs even suggested that maybe > I always had this and just noticed it after tm! > > Cheryl in Easthampton,MA > > > > >
