Speech was affected! Couldn't talk during attacks, which come less now. I would try to speak and would lose control of arms and legs and would stiffen up like a tin solder.
Dalton From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:59:25 -0600 To: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, john snodgrass <[email protected]>, randy rankin <[email protected]>, TM Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? > And yet your speech was not affected. hmmmmm. > Janice > > From: Dalton Garis <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:01 PM > To: john snodgrass <mailto:[email protected]> ; Janice Nichols > <mailto:[email protected]> ; randy rankin <mailto:[email protected]> ; > TM Group <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? > > Brainstem, brainstem; > > Mine was in the upper brainstem, but not the brain itself, something called > the Pons, which is some kind of switching station between brain-will and > body-can. > > Dalton > > > From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> > Reply-To: john snodgrass <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:28:07 -0800 (PST) > To: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>, randy rankin > <[email protected]>, TM Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? > Resent-From: <[email protected]> > Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:31:29 -0800 > >> >> >> >> >> reminds me of something Dalton said before concerning speech,,,,,and when I >> think about it,, speech is a brain thing,,,so them either there's more to TM >> than what is actually discovered or there are other things going on "with >> the brain" that has an effect on speech because speech is a "brain" >> thing,,,,TM is a "spine" thing. >> >> if we only knew...... >> >> >> >> then again what would we do about it. >> >> >> >> perhaps it is a residual thing. >> >> >> >> body freaks out and brain has no way of realigning it so parts of it >> malfunctions as well. >> >> >> >> guessing,,,,,practicing medicine without a license,,,,yikes!!! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> >> To: randy rankin <[email protected]>; TM Group <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> One of the first things the hospital check when I got there was my Potassium >> level. Sadly, that was not the problem. ³Celebrated² my 5th year of >> TM yesterday. >> >> I didn¹t know that speech could be affected. Where did her ³attack² >> occur? >> >> Janice >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: randy rankin <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:02 AM >> >> To: TM Group <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Subject: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? >> >> >> >> >> >> Mary is not talking or communicating and is able to get to the bathroom >> with assistance but that side of the family is still clueless. I talked to >> them about TM, MS, and mylopothy and I might as well been talking about a >> new island off the coast of Java --- They are mentally fixed on the low >> potassium situation and not the fact she can't talk and she can't walk. But >> I did promise that I would ask the group to see if any of you were aware of >> any connections between low K and the neurological conditions that impacted >> you - experiencially or diagnostically >> >>
