I agree with your thought of going to Johns Hopkins. I think you will feel much better about the diagnoses and what to do about it. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Shreve To: bobby jim Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:23 AM Subject: [TMIC] Re: RE: New Swine Flu Vaccine
Hi Bobby Jim, To simply answer your question, NO. In 1975 when the paralysis occurred, I was told that the inflamation from having the flu settled at the weakest part of my body which just happened to be in the lumbar spinal region. They said that was the reason I was paralyzed from the waist down. There's still one thing I don't understand. After about 4 months of being in the hospital, two days before I came home, my Neuro's came to my room and the next thing I knew, my dr.s and I were on a stage in a huge auditorium with hundreds of doctors in the audience asking questions all about my illness. You have no idea how confusing this all is. Because whatever happened in 1975 came back in 1994, and I have been told by many of the best doctors in NC that I will never walk again. I am considering having my son take me to Johns Hopkins in MD where they actually have a TM Center. Thank you so much for your concern. God Bless, Anne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: bobby jim <[email protected]> To: Anne Shreve <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 2:18:07 PM Subject: Re: RE: New Swine Flu Vaccine Well, me missus was first diagnosed with TM in Sept 1997, with a lesion at T-8 A second attack in early '99 hit her at C-5,6. A month later, she was on Avonex...... today, almost 500 shots later, she's doing just fine ..... considering that her back is in constant but moderate pain she gets a zoster when highly stressed out and the latest, her ankles swell a bit, then the swelling goes away, and a few dayze later it comes back. Go figger. Did your neuro ever tell you where your lesion(s) were.......?? (I don't think you have MS either.... but what do I noe.....;>);>);>)....????) regards from Elvisland, BobbyJim From: Anne Shreve To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:40 AM Subject: [TMIC] RE: New Swine Flu Vaccine Hi everyone, My name is Anne Shreve and I am currently 56 years young. My daughter called me the other night with some very interesting news. She, first of all, was listening to talk radio where they were discussing the vaccination with a panel of doctors. I won't go into every little detail, but the Doctors were saying that this is basically the same vaccine that people were given around the year 1974-1975, however, back then they were simply calling it the "flu vaccine". The thing that grabbed her attention was when the doctors stated that this vaccine left a large number of people with temporary paralysis, permanent disabilities, and in some cases death. I took that vaccine at work. About a week or so later I got the flu. I am talking about a flu that wrestles you to the ground and sometimes makes you wish it would just die to get out of the misery. Then about 3 weeks later I went to bed feeling fine and awakened to find that I was completely paralyzed from my waist down. However, after a 4 month hospital stay, hundreds of tests, exhausting physical therapy, and the constant love and support of friends and family I was able to go home. I was still in a wheelchair, but over the next year and a half I had made a complete recovery.But about 20 years later I found out that "whatever" attacked me wasn't through with me yet. In 1993 my legs started to feel as if they weighed 5 tons each. But no paralysis at all. I was very quickly diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and currently my life exist in either the hospital bed or my power scooter. I have not walked one step now in almost 8 years. I live alone and I do pretty well. I also have 2 grown children that help me as much as they can. I don't want any of you to get the wrong idea about me. I don't pity myself and I don't allow others to either. For some reason this is the hand of cards I have been dealt and I plan to play them right up until the end. However, I do have so many questions. I don't think I have MS. My neuro Dr. never even mentioned the meds out there to treat/slow down the progress of MS. All I have ever been given is pain meds to keep me comfortable. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers and if anyone has had an experience such as mine please share it with me and my family. God Bless you all for always being there. Take care, Anne
