Regards, Errol Australia.
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From: CYRILOS(AT)aol.com <CYRILOS(AT)aol.com>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, 13 November, 1998 2:16 AM
Subject: MY STORY......
>In regard to THE RECENT COMMENTS REGARDING PRE TM LIFESTYLES AND EXPOSURES
TO
>ILLNESS.
> I WAS 50YR OLD, HAD ONLY 5 MONTHS PRIOR SUFFERED THROUGH A DIVORCE,
LASTING 8
>YEARS, WAS FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE I WAS LIVING IN, AS IT WAS BEING
>SOLD, HAD TO RELOCATE MY OFFICE FROM THE BUILDING AND TOWN IT WAS IN, AS IT
>WAS SOLD ALSO, WAS OPERATING ON VERY FEW HOURS OF SLEEP, 3-5 HRS PER NITE,
IN
>FACT SOME NITES I DID NOT GO TO SLEEP [HAD THINGS TO DO], REMARRIED
>12/96.........PUSHING MYSELF TO THE LIMIT, A KIND OF MACHO THING, REVELING
IN
>THE COMMENTS OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WOULD SAY, " WOW, HOW CAN YOU DO
>IT?" THESE SAME PEOPLE WOULD ALSO SAY, " YOUR BODY IS GOING TO SAY ENOUGH!
> DID THEY SOMEHOW KNOW WHAT WAS TO COME.......JUST DIDN'T KNOW OF THE
ENTITY,
>TRANSVERSE MYELITIS.?
> CONCURRENT WITH THIS STRESSFUL ACTIVITY, WHENEVER I WOULD COME DOWN WITH A
>COULD, I WOULD DOSE UP WITH ANTIHISTAMINES, ANTIBIOTICS, KEPT PUSHING, DOSE
UP
>WITH COFFEE AT WAKEUP AND KEPT ON PUSHING. I WAS SPIRALING TOWARD A
BREAKDOWN.
>MY BODY FINALLY DID: ONE MONTH AFTER OUR MARRIAGE DURING FEBRUARY 97, A
VERY
>DEBILITATING FLU, FROM WHICH I NEVER FULLY BOUNCED BACK FROM,THEN END OF
MARCH
>THE PARALYSIS CAME:
> OBVIOUSLY, STRESS AND FLU, BE IT VIRAL OR BACTERIAL, WERE CONTRIBUTING
>FACTORS, TO SAY NOTHING OF MY STUPIDITY. MY LOVELY WIFE KEPT TELLING ME TO
>LISTEN TO MY BODY; GIVE IT REST AND RECUPERATION. AND SO NOW, MY LIFE HAS
BEEN
>DRAMATICALLY ALTERED, NO MATTER HOW FAR I RECOVER, PHYSICALLY, MY APPROACH
HAS
>CHANGED. I'VE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE, THE
>LOVE ONES, MY HEALTH; I'VE LEARNED TO SAY "NO". [BOY WAS I STUPID]
> HOPE I HAVE NOT BEEN TO VERBOSE, BUT I WANTED TO PAINT A WINDOW OF MY LIFE
IN
>AS UNFRAGMENTED A FASHION AS POSSIBLE.
> THE FOLLOWING: I WISH TO COMMUNICATE MY CURRENT EMPHASIS ON THERAPY, WITH
THE
>SPECIFICS.
>
> 1] POSITIVE ATTITUDE KEEP MY MIND FOCUSED ON AN IMAGE IN THE MIND OF
PERFECT
>HEALTH, AVOID LISTENING TO STATISTICS THAT "1/3 OF THOSE WITH TM ONLY
>PROGRESS TO HERE OR IF I DON'T EVOLVE TO THIS LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT IN A SET
>TIME SPAN, I WON'T, ETC." IN OTHER WORDS, TRY TO APPROACH MY HEALING
PATTERN
>WITH THE SAME VERVE WITH WHICH I PURSUED MY SELF-DESTRUCT MODE, BUT WISELY.
>
> 2] ADEQUATE, DAILY SLEEP, LISTEN TO MY BODY.
>
> 3] PHYSICAL THERAPY, ONCE WEEKLY [MY THERAPIST HAS BEEN A MAJOR FORCE]
FOR
>STRETCHING, AVOIDING ATROPHY.
> HYDROTHERAPY,REGIME DESIGNED BY THE PT[3-4X PER WEEK]; FOR 1/2 HOUR I
>STRADDLE A NOODLE AND TAKE GIANT WALKING STEPS AND FOR 1/2 HOUR I HOLD ON
TO
>THE EDGE AND WITH MY BODY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE STRAIGHTOUT I KICK MY
FEET.
> EQUESTRIAN THERAPY,I AM SCHEDULED TO EXPERIENCE THIS NEXT WEEK, AS I HAVE
>JUST LEARNED OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS IN MY AREA.
> 4] MEDICATIONS, HAVE STRIVEN TO RID MYSELF OF AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. WAS
>ABLE, AFTER XANAFLEX, VALIUM, XANAX,TEGRETOL TO NARROW MY USE TO BACLOFEN
FOR
>SPASMS. DUE TO THE CONSTIPATION FROM THE BACLOFEN I WAS ON LACTULOSE WHICH
I
>DID NOT LIKE BEING DEPENDENT UPON, NOW I FOUND 2000MG OF VIT C DOES THE
TRICK,
>ALTHOUGH ABOUT ONCE A WEEK I HAVE HAD TO USE LACTULOSE, BUT ONLY 1 TSP AND
NOT
>THE 2 TBS I WAS ON. IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS I HAVE BEGUN SLEEPING ON
MAGNETS
>[BOY WAS I A SKEPTIC AND RESISTED THEM FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS]. SINCE THEIR USE
I
>HAVE CUT MY BACLOFEN BY 2/3 AND ABOUT 2 OUT OF 7 NITES I ACTUALLY SLEEP
>THROUGH THE NITE. NEUROLOGY SAYS THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF NERVE HEALING,
>REMYELINATION, OCCURS DURING OUR SLEEPING HOURS. I AM EXCITED BY THIS TREND
>WITH THE MAGNETS AND HOPE TO CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD TO BACLOFEN SOON, ALSO
>REMOVE THE CONSTIPATION PROBLEM.
> 5]IMMUNE SYSTEM, WE ALL NEED TO ACHIEVE AN OPTIMAL LEVEL IN OUR IMMUNE
>SYSTEM. I FEEL IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT I BE ON A SOUND REGIMEN, BALANCED. BY
ONE
>MANUFACTURER,OF MINERALS, VITAMINS AND ANTIOXIDANTS; AND I DON'T MEAN ONE A
>DAY. AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY PT EARLY ON IN MY ILLNESS, I BEGAN TO
RESEARCH
>NUTRITION. IN THE 1 AND 1/2 YEARS OF MY ILLNESS I HAVE NOT SUFFERED ONE
COLD
>OR FLU. I WANT MY IMMUNE SYSTEM OPTIMAL...NO RELAPSES, I.E. IF VIRUSES ARE
>INVOLVED WITH GENETIC MIMICRY OF MY MYELIN SHEATHS, I NEED MY IMMUNE SYSTEM
IN
>PEAK FORM AND KEENLY ACCURATE SO I DO NOT FALL VICTIM TO FRIENDLY FIRE
AGAIN
>AS I DID WITH THIS ILLNESS WHEN MY SYSTEM ATTACKED THE MYELIN AT THE T5/T6
>AREA AND THEN SAID OOPS! [[[[[[[[THIS IS THE INTERPRETATION OF MY TM AS I
HAVE
>CULLED FROM MY READINGS AND THE FOUR NEUROLOGISTS I HAVE INTERACTED
>WITH]]]]]]]]]]]
> HOPE THIS INFO MAY HAVE BEEN OF ASSISTANCE TO ONE OF YOU TMERS OUT THEIR
IN
>YOUR RECOVERY; IT WILL MAKE THIS WORTH THE EFFORT.
> CYRIL M.
> NEW YORK
>