Cheryl:
I came down with TM almost 11 years ago....and I can no longer remember
what it feels like to be "normal". That being said I think your attitude is
great!
Rob in New Jersey
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Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [TMIC] 13 yr anniversary
Cheryl
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about your TM anniversary with us. Thirteen
years with TM sounds like forever and ever, because I'm just coming up to my
five year mark. I've noticed that as time goes by the TM stories get
condensed to a few sentences and the details get left behind. I wonder why
that is.
I don't like to dwell on the details, because they hurt - both physically and
mentally. A friend once asked me if I still had a lot of pain and I said yes,
but I don't want to talk about it, I'm trying to ignore it as much as possible.
Another possibility is that we've heard so many TM stories that we begin to
realize how much they sound alike and we know that other TMers don't need the
details, because they can all read between the lines and can imagine what's
being left out.
There really is a happy in your anniversary - You're here to share it with us!
Blessings to you
Patti - Michigan
---- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> Today marks my 13th year with tm.I was 39.
> I was paralyzed from T4 down ,and after rehab used a wheelchair and then
> a walker.Then I used a cane for a while,but now I'm back to the walker.
> I have numbness from T4 down,except for a few areas of hypersensitivity
> on my left leg.Strong banding around my trunk since the day of onset.Tingling
> and burning pain remain a constant.One leg feels any temperature touching it
> as icy cold,the other as burning hot.
> I only perspire on the right side of my face.Why,when my lesion was
> T4-T5?Nobody knows.
> I look back,and it seems like it hasn't been that long,yet in other ways
> it seems like forever.
> There is life after tm,just a totally different one.
>
> Cheryl in sunny Easthampton,MA.
