1) There was no one place already.
2) I was able to at no cost. :)
I have not been actively looking for a cure. It's been 7 1/2 years since I
was diagnosed. My condition has changed little since day 1. I am still (for
all practical purposes) a C2 spinal cord injury, vent dependent
quadraplegic. I'm not in pain, my spasms are under control. I require
someone to do all my personal care (bowl/bladder, feeding, etc). My life
changed in a matter of minutes, I didn't have a long time to agonize over
what was happening to me.
I was not looking for a support group. I was just curious how many others
have been diagnosed with TM.
At 04:00 PM 11/18/96 -0500, Al wrote:
>I have been reading the last few weeks of messages and it has made me think
>why I went to the internet looking for information related to TM. I have read
>that some people look as this service as a support group. I do not believe
>that what I was necessarily looking for. I have done some thinking about this
>and I have decided that the reasons that I discovered this list are:
>
>1) to find any information related to TM and in particular the long term
>effects of TM
>2) the relationship between TM and MS
>3) what the medical field is doing to discover the cause of TM
>4) to find out what are the leading medical facilities/research centers.
>
>I am curious why all of you came to the internet looking for info on TM. What
>is your purpose of being on this list. Perhaps if everyone can jot down a few
>of their reasons why they are here it might lead to some productive
>discussions and sharing.
Jim Lubin
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