Sorry, I forgot to mention - I was 55 when diagnosed with MS BERNARD BUTCHER
________________________________ From: Butcher, Bernard G (NY80) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 7:54 AM To: Carol; Alton Ryder Cc: TM List Subject: RE: [TMIC] age at incident Hi Carol - yes, I was. I was diagnosed with TM in 2002 but could walk OK until 2005 lots of MRIs that showed leasons in my spine but not my brain - around thanksgiving 2007, I started seeing double if I looked to my right - MRI showed leasion on optic nerve - then they diagnosed me with MS. Now I take Copaxone injections every day. BERNARD BUTCHER ________________________________ From: Carol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:51 PM To: Alton Ryder Cc: TM List Subject: Re: [TMIC] age at incident Hi all, I'm a little behind in my reading, but as I was reading this message from Alton, I wanted to report that I had my appointment with my new neuro this past week. And he thinks that it is very probable that I also had a spinal cord infarct. But it is now 3 years after the fact. If you don't remember my most recent messages, my former neuro wanted to start me on MS shots 2 months ago. My brain MRI, C-spine and Thoracic spine were unchanged from 3 years ago which was not positive for MS. Actually, my thoracic was changed, it showed the old injury and it not being active. My vision evoked response test or VER was also negative for MS. My new doctor is leaving some leeway, but says probably 80% sure that it is not MS. Those of you who were originally diagnosed with TM, were any of your diagnosis changed to MS around the age of 55-58 or older? Carol in Culver, IN ----- Original Message ----- From: Alton Ryder <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob and Sue Mattis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: TM List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] age at incident > Took 10 minutes to become paralyzed from the waist down (T12) Strictly speaking, neither of us have TM. Myelitis is an inflammation of the myelin; I don't believe any infection can have such a sudden onset. Moreover, my spinal fluid was clear of white blood cells that would have been marshaled to fight an inflammation. I, perhaps we, had an infarction of a branch artery within the cord. Alton
