Patti in Michigan
That was well said. I ditto it. I too have noticed how as time goes on we
verbalize less.
Cheryl,
I too am coming up to anniversary 5 in Sept and wonder where the time has
gone. Mine was T8-T10. I use cane and walker and occasionally wheelchair.
Have a nice day regardless of this anniversary.
Hugs to you
Heather in Calgary
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Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:22 PM
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
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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.
