I don't know, I was told TM was a one time occurrence. I relapsed (worse than the first) & I had three years of flu shots. BERNARD BUTCHER
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] Re: tmic-digest Digest V2007 #26 SALLY, WHAT MADE THEM GIVE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND THE IMPRESSION THAT THE FLU SHOT DID GIVE HIM TM. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOT TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY WHERE AFFRAID ME BEING ONE REFUSED THE SHOT. I DID ALOT OF RESEARCH ON IT AND I TAKE THE FLU SHOT NOW. I HAVE FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TM FOR 14 YEARS. MY DOCTORS BEGGED ME TO TAKE IT I WAS ALWAYS ILL IN THE WINTER WITH UPPER RESPITORY PROBLEMS UNTIL I WAS CONFINCED THAT ALL THE PEOPLE I READ ABOUT WHO WHERE TOLD THE FLU SHOT GAVE THEM TM HAD NO ACCURATE PROOF. I ALSO TAKE THE PNEUMONIA SHOT. IT LASTS FOR 5 YEARS. I NO LONGER GET ALL THE COLDS IF I DO ITS A SNIFFLE. I AM NOT SAYING YOUR HUSBAND DID NOT HAVE ACCURATE PROOF, BUT WHAT IF HE REALLY DID NOT. I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN EFFECTED BY ME HAVING TM. HE ALWAYS LETS ME DECIDE WHAT CARE I WANT. HE WAS SCARED WHEN I GOT THE SHOTS BUT NOW HE IS GLAD I AM MUCH HEALTHIER. I AM A STRONG WILLED LADY WHO WORKED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND DID MANY OTHER THINGS .I HAVE DECIDED THAT IF WE OR AFFRAID OF EVERYTHING WE WILL STOP EATING DRINKING THE WATER ETC. IS YOUR HUSBAND A MAN WHO ALWAYS DISCUSSED HIS DECISIONS ABOUT HIS TM CARE WITH YOU? YOU SAID YOU WHERE SICK YOURSELF. I WOULD NOT MAKE IT WORSE BY DWELLING ON IT HUN.ITS ONLY GOING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS FOR YOU BOTH. HE MAYBE REALLY WANTED THE SHOT AND WAS ALSO AFFRAID IF HE DID NOT GET IT HE COULD GET ILL FROM A UPPER RESPITORY PROBLEM OR WORSE. I WOULD NOT CALL HIM STUPID. PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS AT TIMES UNDER STRESS AND IF YOU WHERE NOT WITH HIM AND THEY SUGGESTED IT HE MIGHT OF FELT FUNNY SAYING I NEED TO DISCUSS IT WITH MY WIFE. DAN AND I MADE A AGREEMENT ABOUT TM AND HOW WE WOULD HANDLE IT. WE DISCUSSED EVERTHING BUT IT DID UPSET HIM .I TOLD HIM ONE DAY THAT I WOULD MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS SINCE IT WAS MY BODY. I KNOW HE IS MY LIFE AND HE DOES SO MUCH FOR ME WHEN I CAN DO ALOT OF IT MYSELF. YOUR HIS CARETAKER AND ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE A LOVE ONE WITH TM, AND NOT KNOW WHAT DECISIONS TO MAKE. GIVE HIM SOME SLACK AND IT CAN BE EASIER ON YOU. I DO HOPE YOU DO NOT MAKE YOUR ILLNESS WORSE OVER THIS. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETLY HOW YOU FEEL. HUN ITS NOT WORTH ALL THE ANGUISH YOUR PUTTING YOURSELF THRU.THE 2 SHOTS OR SO DIFFERENT. IF YOUR MAIN COMPLAINT IS HE DID NOT DISCUSS IT WITH YOU FIRST , WELL HE IS THE ONE WITH TM AND MIGHT OF BEEN PUT ON THE SPOT AND THOUGHT WELL IF THE FLU SHOT GAVE IT TO ME THEY WOULD NOT WANT ME TO TAKE THE PNEUMONIA SHOT. THIS IS JUST MY OPIONION. I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU HAVE TO BE ON ALL HIS DECISIONS OR DO WHAT MY HUSBAND AND I DO, I TELL HIM WHATS GOING ON HE TELLS ME WHAT HE THINKS BUT THE DECISION IS MINE. I HOPE YOU KNOW I FEEL FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND BUT HE MIGHT BE PUT ON A SPOT LIKE THIS AGAIN. I WOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID IT AND JUST GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE. FRETTING OVER IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP,ITS DONE. SO LETS HOPE AND PRAY IT WILL CAUSE NO PROBLEMS. SINCERELY PAM
