Have you seen any study of arthritis being worsened by Myelitis? Could some of the hand problems be from arthritis, mixed with myelitis, which would make it much worse I am sure? Janice
From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:25 AM To: Akua ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary >> I miss most being able to using my hands easily I also have problems with my fingers and hands. The diagnosis is loss of Proprioception. Most of us get some loss, others get a lot. It has decreased my speed on the computer, made walking on gravel or the lawn difficult, and causes me to fall if I don't watch what I'm doing. The official diagnosis is " Sack's Syndrome." Named after Oliver Sacks, a neurologist at Columbia MedicalCenter NYC. Dr. Sacks writes books such as "the man who mistook his wife for a hat." I believe Google has the book available through it's books depository ( Google is copying all books of importance into it's archives." take care F
