TM is essentially a spinal cord injury, except it didn't result from an
accident. When you have a car crash and you inju a small part of the
spical cord...everything below tends to be affected...TM is no
different. A lesion means that the electric signals are cut off (to
varying degrees) at that point. I know that in our rehab hospital, we
are looked at, and treated no differently than the SCI patients, except
that we have a greater chance of recovery.
Laura
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On 09/01/2010 8:54 PM, L T CHERPESKI wrote:
Janice,
The spine map is great. But there is one thing to remember. My
doctors explained this to me and I have seen it here in the literature
that the TMA provides - anything from your lesion and BELOW is/can be
affected. For instance, my lesions are up high in the cervical area,
near my neck. Anything below my neck is affected - arms, hands,
bladder (neurogenic bladder), spasms, balance, one leg can be worse
than the other - true of so many of us TMers here on the site.
You might ask those who were "hit" in the T-spine if this is true with
their challenges. For the most part, are they ok ABOVE the T area?
Good topic. Hopefully some will drop in and share their experiences.
Linda
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Janice Nichols <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* Gary Thomas <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; randy
rankin <mailto:[email protected]> ; Barbara H.
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:21 PM
*Subject:* Re: [TMIC] sympom check question
Gary,
Thanks, but now I know, thanks to Gracie, about the "spine map"
and I can
refer to it any time you guys talk about your pain sites.
Feels so good to be so smart!
Janice
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From: "Gary Thomas" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 7:43 PM
To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; "randy
rankin" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; "Barbara
H." <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; "Janice
Nichols" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] sympom check question
> My MRI report says the lesion, if I understand it, is at C 5,6.
Janice,
> you said not the # but that is what the report says and
according to the
> "map" that looks to be about where I had the excruciating pain on
> 4/28/2004--a pain in the neck, literally!
> Gary in snowy, cold Michigan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: "randy rankin" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>; "Barbara H."
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; "Janice
Nichols" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TMIC] sympom check question
>
>
>>
>> ---- Janice Nichols <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> How high up did you all get hit by TM? Give me the part of
the body,
>>> not the #. Thanks, Janice
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Barbara H.
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 10:40 AM
>>> To: randy rankin
>>> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [TMIC] sympom check question
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I have experienced "electric shock" symptoms in different
places.
>>> It was most disturbing on the back of my head -- I really thought
>>> something was going wrong inside. But it was just a nerve in
the muscles
>>> misfiring and setting off that "jolt."
>>>
>>> Barbara H.
>>> http://barbarah.wordpress.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, randy rankin
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to know if any of you have had the
following
>>> symptom(s)
>>>
>>> I try to read everything people write and this might
have
>>> already been addressed
>>>
>>> Yesterday, I had a power electric shock to my entire
right arm
>>> to the tip of my fingers. It wasn't a moving sensation. The
entire arm
>>> just felt like I just grabed an electric wire.
>>>
>>> The only motion that I made before it happened was
to raise my
>>> RIGHT arm up to write on a board. I think I raised my head
upwards to
>>> look at the board.
>>>
>>> less than two hours later the same even happened to
my RIGHT
>>> arm except I looked down, from a seated position, and reach to
get my
>>> cell phone. The second that I touched the phone and just
started to
>>> curl my fingers around it a more powerful electrical shock hit
my entire
>>> right arm. It hurt and frightened me.
>>>
>>> Has anyone exprienced this?
>>>
>>> The back of my neck has been hurting. It does NOT
hurt to
>>> move my neck except to look down. I can't stand that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
