Hi Michelle and Patti,
And Heather - what a great memory you have! I actually did live
in Bothell for 28 years, until the middle of May of this year we moved to
Eagle, Idaho (outside of Boise) Most of our family is here. I was forced
(due to TM) to retire from my job of 31 years insuring show
horses. Now my husband is retired also.
Welcome Michelle - I am very sorry to hear you are having such a hard
time right now. It always amazes me that we can have lesions in the same
areas and yet have such different symptoms. I have not had problems with my
arms or hands - except when my Sjogrens rears its ugly head and then all of
my joints hurt. And I certainly have not had a swollen tongue and facial
paralysis. I have however had severe shooting pains from my lesions C4-6 up
the right side of my head and even over the head clear to my forehead. Docs
have no clue - except possibly a nerve in the lesion????? 4+ years and have
never had any of this. Very painful, and still no answers.
Michelle - I hope you have or are going to check with your doc
regarding your symptoms. And yes Patti is right on - TM does bring us to a
life of reality. I have been reflecting lately - for me, not necessarily a
good thing - my life has changed so drastically. I just have to keep telling
myself - chin up, it could be worse.
( By the way, what part of Bothell do you live in? I loved it
there.)
God Bless you and all of our fellow TMers
hugs
Linda (now Eagle, ID)
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Sent:
Friday, September 15, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject:
[TMIC] Lesion at C5
Hi Michelle
Please forgive us for getting on the print
and type tangent. It seems we get off track when the group is quiet
and no one is discussing an urgent TM need.
I understand your
frustration with the numbness in your hands because my lesion at C4-C6
causes me the same problems. I type with my thumbs and index
fingers, my typing is horrid and it takes me forever to type a post.
Two weeks before TM struck I googled MS because I kept dropping things and
I knew it could be a symptom of MS. I read that MS usually strikes before
age 50 and since I was 53 I hit the exit button and breathed a sigh of
relief! Duh! I can never go back to being that nieve' again -
TM brings us to a life of reality doesn't it.
It's good to learn
that your MRI didn't show any brain lesions. It sounds like
something might be going on (swollen tongue and facial paralysis), but
maybe the future MS drugs will stop future lesions.
Heather was
right about Linda having lived in Bothel Wa, but she moved to another
state a few months ago.
God bless you
Patti
- Michigan
(and I pray that he heals me and all of you out
there)
