Indeed, that's what I've heard over and over again. That once plaques appear
in the brain, it is automatically MS.
BobbyJim
From: Janice Nichols To: john snodgrass ; transverse myelitis Sent:
Monday, January 03, 2011 19:02
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
I thought that if you had lesions in the brain, it was probably MS rather TM.
Janice
From: john snodgrass
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:33 PM
To: transverse myelitis
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
Dalton with your lesions that high up it is amazing that you can do
anything!
--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
To: "john snodgrass" <jcs...@yahoo.com>, "transverse myelitis"
<tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 1:23 PM
And my lesions were in the brainstem.
Which means that either physical exertion or stressful situations or
attempts at verbal or written communication can overload the circuitry and send
me into convulsions that end up with me on the floor, stiff as a board and
unable to talk.
Talk about communication! Last summer was a real example. I was
visiting my 94-year-old mother, who is very frail, when I had an attack after
getting too excited that the Yankees had one a close game against the Red Sox.
There we were, me on the floor and my mother putting a pillow under my head.
What a pair we made. It was all very funny to both of us. Eventually, I was
able go get up and resume something like a normal posture.
I am at peace, since as an economics professor I can still work and
the TM only meant that I must be very careful and slow with things, but at
least I can walk, and take care of my needs. So, I thank God for what I have.
Dalton
Dalton H. Garis
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From: john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 08:34:55 -0800 (PST)
To: transverse myelitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 08:35:01 -0800
i was fortunate with the bowel/bladder problems. not like i dont have
areas there that is not touched but it is controllable.
i have sensations that are not normal ,it could have been different
in that the nerves could have really messed me up in that area.
it is not unusual though when other things in the neurological arena
cause the same disfunctions
nerves are nerves so one could say that when things go wrong,
"what we have here is a lack of communication"
we have a body that is wonderfully made when it works right.
--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Alton Ryder <a-ry...@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Alton Ryder <a-ry...@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Age
> To: "Janice Nichols" <jan...@centurytel.net>
> Cc: "tmic list" <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 11:02 AM
>
> Initially paraplegic, then improved
> to walking with fore-arm crutches. Tail not involved.
> Bladder a problem; sphincter will not release, so I've had a
> Foley for years, changed about every two weeks.
>
> Alton
> -----------------------------------
> On Dec 27, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Janice Nichols wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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
