Jeron, Thank you so much for your help, especially under the circumstances you were in. Sure hope you end up feeling MUCH better soon. Keep us informed on how things are going for you. Janice
From: j ra Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:14 AM To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Transverse Myelytis Subject: RE: [TMIC] Children Hey all, Firstly, I'm in the hospital again for more treatments (severe back pain due to herniated discs and dragging right leg, pins and needles etc). I asked Prof. Ivan about the connection and he disagrees based on many things he started to explain that I may have been too drugged up to understand. So, I asked him for medical journals on said topic and he reckons he has got some. I will get back to you on this. Also, stem cell research is still probably the only help for TMers with chronic pain and disabilities directly attributed to TM and MS. my 2 cents at 4 am at Clinica Sao Vincente Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Jeron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Children Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:30:22 -0500 Jeepers! You do have a lot of autoimmune illnesses in your family. Kind of scary. I really don't understand insurance companies. They would be really happy if they only had to insure very healthy people that have no accidents of any kind. What a crock. Janice From: Pieter and Heather Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:57 PM To: Janice Nichols ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Children Janice, I'm not sure about TM being passed on. However, there are a lot of autoimmune illnesses in my immediate family. I'm eldest of 3 girls (I'm going on 65). My father had rheumtoild arthritis. My sister 3 yrs younger has MS (was diagnosed in 1991 but figures she had it much longer) My sister 7 yrs younger was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis at age 19 and had large bowel and rectum removed then. My daughter has none of the above. However, this past year she signed up for extra medical insurance coverage and was denied MS coverage should she get it in the future. She had to include on her application any illnesses in her immediate family, mother, father, sibling. She had to declare that I have TM. So that tells me that insurance companies anyway figure there could be a connection. Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Nichols To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 6:29 AM Subject: [TMIC] Children Good Morning. It is the first day of SPRING!!!!! I have a question for you "smarter than me" TM'ers. In the future, do we have any information on chances for our children ending up with TM also? Janice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now.
