A couple of weeks before my son got TM both his eyes became so droopy he
could hardly see. None of the doctors then or after he was diagnosed were
interested in this and dismissed it as unrelated. We have always felt it
was related
Ann in Townsville Mother of Nicholas now aged 2 years 9 months
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> From: JHarper33 <JHarper33(AT)aol.com>
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Droopy eye-lid
> Date: Thursday, 26 March 1998 6:16
>
> Hello all--
>
> I woke up this morning with my right eye-lid at half-mast and was unable
to
> open my eye any wider. My eyelid was a little puffy. It's better now, but
have
> any of you experienced anything like that? The day after my TM onset over
2
> years ago, my left eye-lid was droopy, and the neurologist, who had
already
> begun to talk about a virus attacking the spine, though TM wasn't
specifically
> mentioned yet, looked at me quizzically and said, "Hmm. That's a brain
thing."
> Yet the MRI and CAT scan came out okay. Of course, that echoed back to me
this
> morning! I decided to just assume that maybe I had slept on it wrong or
> something unless other symptoms arose. The residual numbness I have
increased
> somewhat, but it does that occasionally anyway.
>
> Barbara
>