Re: FIRST TIME CALLER
paul sullivan (paul(AT)kymtnnet.org)
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 22:59:53 -0700
Paolella, Philip D wrote:
>
> HELLO,
> I AM IN SEARCH OF SOME INFORMATION. MY MOTHER RECENTLY
> CONTRACTED TM AND IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF
> ANYONE COULD REFER ME TO A SPECIALIST IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PENNA AREA
> (BUCKS CO. PREFERED). SHE IS PARALIZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN AND ALTHOUGH
> HER BOWELS ARE FUNCTIONING, SHE CANNOT FEEL THE URGE. RIGHT NOW SHE IS
> IN PT/OT AND DOING FINE. I'M CONCERNED THOUGH, BECAUSE THE DOCTORS AT
> THE HOSPITAL TEND TO BELIEVE THE TM CAME FROM A FLU SHOT SHE GOT IN LATE
> SEPTEMBER. SHE ALSO RECEIVED A TETENUS SHOT IN EARLY OCTOBER. AND TO TOP
> IT ALL OFF, SHE HAD A PACEMAKER INSTALLED LATE OCTOBER. IT WASN'T UNTIL
> MID NOVEMBER THAT HER LEGS GOT WEAKER AND FINALLY LOST FEELING.
> MY QUESTION IS, CAN A RAPID HEART BEAT BE AN ONSETTING SYMPTOM
> OF TM. I'M WONDERING IF SHE WAS MISDIAGNOSED WHEN SHE GOT THE PACEMAKER.
> THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE WITH IT AN MRI CANNOT BE DONE. IF IT'S
> NOT A SYMPTOM, THEN I SUSPECT THAT SHE WAS INFECTED DURING THE
> OPERATION.
> PLEASE HELP.
> PHIL
>
hey phil
with me i had a morephen pump inplanted and it caused my heart beat
to get down to 40 deats and min. even caused my heart to spasm, they say
had a lite heart a tack so they changed the morephen and did a heart
cath and when i woke the next morning i started havin numbness in right
leg then by that nite the left leg up to my wast, lost bowel and
bladder all happend in 2 years ago in sept. and have yet to get any
thing back, they call me a complet. i hope only the best, sounds like i
am one of the unlucky ones, looks like most get some back and others
just about all i do hope your mom is one of the lucky-ones, has she
lost tendon reflex that would tell a lot. hang tight and give her lots
of love and tell her hill-billy paul will have her in his prayers.