Randy wrote about his doctor: "He doesn't believe that anything can be done
about the banding. His only comment is that it is just another symptom. "
I, too, have never gotten clear answers about this. My pains are minimal, but
I've occasionally experienced the tight 'banding' on the lower right section of
my rib cage. However, more often, it's less severe, and just feels sore as
though I'm recovering from being kicked in the ribs. It's usually worse later
in the day. But even more often, I feel a 'sore' type of pain just under my
right ribs - almost like a cramp, towards the front - center of my body. For a
long time, this was the only pain I experienced as everything else involved was
totally numb. I even noticed it for a couple of days before the TM/paralysis
hit.
For the better part of a year, the neuro barely paid attention to my question,
saying it was just part of the TM. Then the last time I asked her, she said
I'd have to ask my regular doctor, as it had nothing to do with TM! (I
interpret that as: 'I really have no idea and don't remember how I answered the
last time you asked.')
One of my concerns is that I may be ignoring something else that isn't part of
TM. (I think it's in the area of my gallbladder, but then they checked
everything in the ER when I first went in paralyzed w/TM, and I would think
they would have caught it if it was a gallbladder problem.)
Does my description just sound like 'banding', or different from what you folks
experience?
Sally
