Hey Tracy, The burning legs feel like freezing burn and can be ice box cold to the touch. My first year, I was sleeping 20 hours a day, so I was able to have a heating pad on Low on both of my legs in bed & on the couch. When I told the nurse what I was doing, she told me to only use the low setting, because I didn't have any feeling. Geese Thanks. Also, the leg can feel very tight, like 100 rubber bands X 100 rubber bands. As we get more feeling in our legs, this does get better with time. Also, the more swelling in our legs, the more pain we have. So elevating our legs could help. Acupuncture can help, but it's very costly. It's the great time to do it, since we don't have much feeling in our legs. I looked like pinhead from the horror movies. lol Wishing your mom less pain today, Todd in Corpus Christi, TX TM since April 1, 2002 @ T-4 to T-8
--- On Tue, 3/29/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT ? To: "Janice Nichols" <[email protected]>, "wim from holland" <[email protected]>, "TMIC" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 7:37 PM Yes I am very very involved. I am the oldest and she is my heart.. She just was diagnosed eight months ago. It came on so fast which I understand is how it happens. She is 61. She has this burning in her feet that is horrible she says it feels like they are burning and she can not get them cool enough. She trys to ice them down but that is not working anymore. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "Janice Nichols" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:22:34 -0500 To: <[email protected]>; wim from holland<[email protected]>; TMIC<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT ? Tracy, can you tell me a little about her? How old is she, how long has she had TM, what part of her did it hit, has there been any improvement? I was 60 when TM hit me and my daughter and husband were invaluable. What is your situation, can you spend time with her? How is her attitude? Sorry for all the questions, but it will help us to help you. Janice, in Missouri From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:09 PM To: Janice Nichols ; wim from holland ; TMIC Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT ? I'm new to this, but have been getting all of the emails for awhile...my mom has TM and it was a very fast thing that I am trying to get a grasp on and understand Any advice would be greatly appreciated....Tracy bell Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "Janice Nichols" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:59:46 -0500 To: wim from holland<[email protected]>; TMIC<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT ? Things have been pretty quiet on the website. One of these days a subject will come up that will start a ruckus. Also, apparently some of our members spend more time on Facebook too. Hope you are doing well. Janice From: wim from holland Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 5:17 PM To: TMIC Subject: [TMIC] OT ? Did not get any mail the last week. Everybody gardening, or sitting lazy in the sun hole day? Wim
