Hi, Linda!  This is what makes this site such a wonder!  I, too, have the 
greasy line' around the band but had never attributed it to anything!  I
have a real problem with full blown sweating above the T4 level right up to
the top of my head which I had never had problems with before!  Plus!!  I
have to lather lotions and creams on my legs and feet.  Strange, huh?  My
left side is the very worse when it comes to spasms, coldness, and pain but
it is by far the strongest.  It was the first side to become paralyzed.  The
right side had hypersensitivity from the start and still has touch
sensations but feels dead inside as the left side also does.  The right side
is also the one that drags.  But when I drive it does come to the rescue as
it controls the gas and brake.  I rarely use the hand control.  I did this
for a year as I tried to return to work 40 miles away.  Isn't that just
amazing?  I still feel like I am full of wet sand from the chest down even
tho I can move around pretty well.  I walk like a drunk so it's a good thing
to carry a cane when we go somewhere otherwise I get funny looks and
chuckles behind hands (that's true!)!!!

It's too bad there aren't neurologists and providers reading all of our info
  They could sure benefit from it!
 
Jeanne in Dayton where it is a beautiful Spring-like morning in the Blue
Mountains! 
 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 3/20/2008 7:38:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] (no subject)
 
Hi Jeanne,
     I also have the band 24 hours a day.  Mine is T4-T5 area.  That is
where my lesion is in my spinal cord.  I also get a lot of tingling on the
left side of that area.  The grease line I was talking was actually a very
greasy to the touch line .     
     As the numbness was ascending so was the grease line. It was around my
waist and moved upward until it stopped around T4-T5.  Another strange thing
I experienced was a few weeks in, I had to rub off a lot of dead skin on
both legs.  Very Weird!  It doesn't sound like any one else had these things
  Anybody have a problem with not sweating in affected areas?
 
                                                                    Linda in
Pa






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