I was always told that scars left on the spine meant TM, and scars left on the brain meant MS. I was wondering if there was another problem going on if speech was affected. Dalton has problems trying to speak during seizures, which I would expect, but on a regular basis in talking to TM’ers, I have not noticed anyone saying they had a problem with speech. Janice
From: john snodgrass Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:39 PM To: Dalton Garis ; Janice Nichols ; randy rankin ; TM Group Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? Janice why are you so concerned that TM has absolutely nothing to do with the brain. you have mentioned this several times. I am just curious,,i could honestly care less what it has to do with anything,,,just wondering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]> To: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>; john snodgrass <[email protected]>; randy rankin <[email protected]>; TM Group <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? 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 Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:01 PM To: john snodgrass ; Janice Nichols ; randy rankin ; TM Group 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. “Celebrated” my 5th year of TM yesterday. I didn’t know that speech could be affected. Where did her “attack” occur? Janice From: randy rankin Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:02 AM To: TM Group 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
