Two attacks! Just the same as I experienced; In fact, I thought it was MS because of the six week interval between the first attack and the second. And then my spine burned for days, weeks, after. But, all praises to Him! I walked again. However, the recurrent bouts of seizures, fits, whatever‹have caused my early retirement.
I still feel lucky. Compared to Akua and others on this list, mine was a glancing blow. Dalton From: Akua <a...@artfarm.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:39:28 -0400 To: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] shingles vaccine Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:41:49 -0700 > Re: [TMIC] shingles vaccine > AGreed! > And my TM struck twice -- I walked away the first time after a long weekend in > the hospital and the second time -- a month later -- i was knocked down. I > suspect that the steroids left me open to > greater attack from the unidentified underlying cause. > > >> I had a very, very mild case of TM but it persisted. Stupidly I did not go to >> the doctor immediately but waited for weeks and weeks. I was asked the same >> questions...vaccines, bug bites...this was before I was actually diagnosed >> with TM. I was also rather surprised that my neurologist actually asked me if >> it was possible that someone could be poisoning me. That was a bit freaky to >> be asked that. Ultimately it was concluded that mine was also idiopathic. The >> months prior to my coming down with it I suffered a long bout of Bronchitis, >> followed by a miscarriage which was followed by a tooth problem that I ended >> up getting a root canal on. Who knows if any of that contributed to it. >> Anyway, as far as a shingles vaccine? I personally would not get one. I never >> get the flu shot either or the pneumonia. No thanks. That being said, I would >> really, really hate to come down with Shingles. Yikes! >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote: >>> after they asked me about the flu shot, they asked me about bug bites. >>> >>> I did a lot of tromping around, gathering weeds for papermaking and >>> gardening >>> before TM struck, >>> >>> >>> A Lyme sufferer told me theat most Lyme goes undiagnosed and unrecognized >>> and suggested that my idiopathic TM might be Lyme's. >>> >>> Akua > > > --
