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Dalton From: john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:11:52 -0800 (PST) To: transverse myelitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Doc Pomus Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:14:05 -0800 I had an interesting call from the head of the human resources department this morning. each coal mine has a HR man,this was the "big man" he sounded understanding and said that he would help me to get in temporary total disability until my social security disability went into effect. i was expecting the Ax it doesnt pay much but at least it helps and i keep my insurance for 6 months. --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net> wrote: > > From: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Doc Pomus > To: "john snodgrass" <jcs...@yahoo.com>, "transverse myelitis" > <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11:24 PM > > Would you believe that on "House" that they had a patient they diagnosed with > TM?! It was brought on by some other problem, not idiopathec. But, it > was at > least exposure to TM. > Janice > > From: john snodgrass > <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jcs...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:18 PM > To: transverse myelitis > <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tmic-l...@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Doc Pomus > > lol,,sounds like a good "House" episode > > --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com > <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=malugss...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com >> <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=malugss...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Doc Pomus >> To: bgunny7...@aol.com >> <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bgunny7...@aol.com> , "TMIC" >> <tmic-list@eskimo.com >> <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tmic-l...@eskimo.com> > >> Cc: "Brooks Garis" <bga...@optonline.net >> <http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bga...@optonline.net> > >> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 7:18 PM >> >> Well, Bernie; >> >> I can fully appreciate the problem of mis-diagnosis, because I have gone from >> being a whole bunch of things this past year, to wit: >> >> 1. Could be Lyme Disease. No, that¹s not right. All tests were negative for >> Lyme. But you never know! >> 2. Ok! Multiple Sclerosis. That¹s it, because it is targeting just the left >> side and you had two attacks more than one month apart from which you mostly >> recovered. Ah, not so fast. We¹ll call it, ³demyelinating disease, >> unspecified.² >> 3. It¹s TM. Definitely! It is on both sides of your body equally now; it >> followed a severe, unexplained backache, it affects you from the level of >> several thoracic vertebrae, and your reactions are hypersensitive, you are >> spasmodic all over, there is banding pain in the torso, and . . . , and . . . >> , and . . . . Diagnosis: ³Transverse myelitis, partial.² >> 4. (5 months later) Well, good news! The MRI was basically clear in spine >> and brain, except where we can¹t see because of your steel rods (most of the >> back), and some weird stuff in your brainstem. It is therefore likely all >> due to your old back fusions and the steel rods. We¹ll hold off >> re-diagnosing for now. >> 5. OK, wait: The old back fusions and steel rods are all pristine. No >> difficulty there. Maybe epilepsy, That could explain a lot of what you seem >> to be suffering. >> 6. Well, no epilepsy. Tests were all negative. >> 7. And, your new symptoms, fatigue, facial pain on left side only; no >> headache or migrainemyasthenia gravis ? >> 8. Meanwhile, how is your Lyrica holding out? Need a refill? >> >> LOL! >> >> What happened to the TM? Am I one of those who got mostly better? >> Myasthenia gravis? I am now having new symptoms of extreme fatigue and pain >> in the limbs and left side of the face, needles and pins. For a while now I >> have tried to get up in the morning only to be forced back to bed by fatigue >> and pain. After more rest and two more attempts I succeed in getting up and >> dressed. My spine is just burning up, from thoracic to lumbar. But that is >> an old symptom. The attacks of spasms are mostly gone now. >> >> Good thing I teach an 11:00 lecture and can sit in my office the rest of the >> time. My old skating routine several times per week, or even once per week, >> is not possible at the moment. It now hurts to type for very long. >> >> I am desperate for ideas here. Anyone with some thoughts on this sack of >> symptoms? >> >> I have no idea what is happening, and the neuro has given up thinking about >> it. I hope to get with another neuro this week or next. Hope all this will >> pass and I can get back to where I was a few weeks ago. >> >> Dalton >> >> >> From: Bernie <bpe...@austin.rr.com> >> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:57:07 -0800 >> To: <bgunny7...@aol.com>, TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Doc Pomus >> Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >> Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:57:16 -0800 >> >> I believe that a LOT of people were misdiagnosed years ago as they did not >> have the diagnostic tools we have today. I believe that people are still >> misdiagnosed in our times now, due to doctors either not knowing about it, >> misinformation, or just plain hard heads who won't listen to anyone else. >> Even though I was diagnosed with TM, I still think I have MS, but cannot >> have an MRI done because of the pump in my abdomen. Just my 2 cents worth. >> Peace, >> Bernie in Texas >> >
