Dear Natalie,
I can only speak for myself. TM hit me 10 years ago and total
paralysis from the waist down happened in a matter of several hours. No
Doctor including Dr. Kerr has ever been able to give me a reason other
than to say something triggered my immune system to react improperly. My
own diagnosis is that I was going thru an extremely stressful period in
my life and that this stress was a direct cause. No scientific reason to
feel this way.....but it is the reason I have given.
Rob in New Jersey
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From: natalie mizenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:20 AM
To: Transverse Myellitis
Subject: [TMIC] Reason for TM
To everyone w/ TM:
Do most of you know why you got Transverse Myelitis? I was not told a
reason why I had gotten it. Even at Baylor University. I don't recall
anyone asking me if I had been ill w/ anything prior to the TM. I was
just curious to know how your drs. addressed you. One leg was paralyzed
after a fall on December 13th and by Christmas I was totally paralyzed
from T12 down. It took them too long to determine what I had;
therefore, the steriods did not help; although I also realize they don't
always aid in recovery. I was sent to a rehab center w/ the one leg
paralyzed and became totally paralyzed there. They should have had an
accurate diagnosis before sending me to the 1st one; but apparently the
one they used was not accurate. I know I was sent there too soon. And
the second one I went to I was verbally abused and acquised of saying
things I did not say such as to an aide. That is one reason I decided
to even leave my state for help and go elsewhere to Baylor. I was
treated completely different there - it was certainly worth going there.
By the time I returned home I had been gone for 3 months!!! Natalie
Mizenko
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