My diagnosis of TM was done without the spinal tap. Just a good doctor and a few MRI's and blood tests. And within a few weeks of onset too.
Margaret Quoting ROBERT COOK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > AAAYYYEEEE, BUT THAT 50 % CHANCE MAY GIVE YOU ANSWERS THAT COULD BE MOST > VALUABLE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. > > I DO NOT KNOW WHO OR HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE THE PERSON HAS THAT TOLD YOU THOSE > PERCENTAGES, BUT I SINCERELY QUESTION THEIR REASONING. I CAN ONLY GUESS > THE PERSON DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT MOST ACTIVE TM DIAGNOSIS ARE > MADE BY MEASURING THE PROTEIN LEVELS IN THE SPINAL FLUIDS COUPLED WITH MRI, > OR AT LAST COUNT I HAD, ANYWAY. > > JMTCW > > BOB COOK > SPRING, TX > TM CLASS OF ' 94 T-1 PARA > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > tmic-list-at-eskimo.com <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 11/15/2006 5:17:35 PM > > Subject: Re: [TMIC] spinal tap > > > > And that is why I'll never agree to a spinal tap. That plus I was told > there > > is only 50-50 chance that it will give any answers to anything/. > > Margie - Naperville > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 8:13:24 -0800, pjv1234 wrote > > > Carol > > > I've never been given an answer to my three days of pounding > > > headaches during rehab. I had a lumbar puncture on a Monday, never > > > moved and had no leakage. My headaches didn't start until Wednesday > > > and lasted through Friday evening. The noise in my head was so loud > > > I couldn't hear what people were saying. > > > > > > I've always wondered if this was from the LP. Everyone just shrugged > > > it off. I never get headaches - never - so I was an experience I'll > > > never forgrt. > > > > > > Patti - Michigan > > > > > > -- > > WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) > > > > >
