I reckon thats why the neuro has us fill out the medicle history of sorts each time we visit,,to see what if anything that they may do that would give us some relief.
________________________________ From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> To: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>; john snodgrass <[email protected]>; randy rankin <[email protected]>; TM Group <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? Dalton, I hate that this is a part of your TM. It seems that most of us have a problem that seems separate from TM, but I wonder if it is really. Doctors will give you the symptoms of TM, then tell you what you can expect as time passes. You can feel you are making progress, then another “thing” happens to you to complicate life. Maybe that is just what TM does. When I was in the hospital with TM, doctors always gave me the “normal” scenario. They never talked about the continued or new problems that crop up that I have experienced and heard about from you all. Actually, I don’t think they know from one person to another what to expect. Anyway, that is my take on TM. On a good note, I have improved much more than the medical field said I would after the first 2 years. I bet many of you have too. Janice From: Dalton Garis Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:28 AM To: Janice Nichols ; john snodgrass ; randy rankin ; TM Group Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? True enough; But it seems to have opened some kind of route to partial epileptic seizures, because I just stare out an can't do much sometimes for hours. When they first started they were almost exclusively physical, just bodily stiffness and wave after wave of contraptions, first in the back, then in the front. But after a while they began to affect me mentally as well, until the mental situation became uppermost as now. When the attack starts, then my brain seizes up. Dalton From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:29:37 -0600 To: john snodgrass <[email protected]>, Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, randy rankin <[email protected]>, TM Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] is there a connection between low potassium and TM? 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 >>> >>> > >
