That's me - Idiopathic. Doctors went nuts trying to come up with a reason for the TM attack. Said we will never know now, but apparently I was in pretty good health before it hit me. Janice
From: Grace M. Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:38 AM To: Janice Nichols Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM and Pilates Hi Janice, One has to remember that the term Transverse Myelitis, means exactly that. Transverse: Across or crosswise. Myelitis: inflammation of the spinal cord. Inflammation of the cord can be caused by several different disease processes, but it can also be idiopathic, meaning that there is no known cause. Just because there is an underlying disease process does not negate the fact that the patient has indeed suffered a Transverse Myelitis attack. There are TM patients here with NMO (Myself, with relapsing LETM), Sjogrens ( Linda C. with relapsing TM) MS, those who have experienced ADEM, and other processes. There are also many patients who have experienced *idiopathic* TM, meaning that there is no known cause. Gracie
