When it comes to slow recovery, TM will really teach us about patience!
Progress from one day to the next is not usually detectable, and sometimes
it is in reverse. The amount of recovery is different for everyone, but
there does seem to be a general pattern for any kind of nerve damage. That's
why so many of us have heard our doctors tell us about a 2 year time frame.
I'd still like to hear from anyone who has noticed much continued
improvement beyond the 2 year mark. And like many others, I'm concerned
about recurrences. I wonder what the statistics are for the members of the
TMA?
I'm in my 25th month after onset. I wish I had kept a diary of the changes
on a day by day basis. It would be useful to the neuro too.
In any event, I don't know of any other place that we can find such
information except this group.
Take care,
Don from Maryland, who has a lot of cause for thanksgiving everyday of the
year.
-----Original Message-----
From: WREZN8R(AT)aol.com <WREZN8R(AT)aol.com>
To: A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com <A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com>; Pigsanki(AT)aol.com
<Pigsanki(AT)aol.com>
Cc: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: (no subject) [?? re recovery]
>Alton, thanks for sharing your recovery history. Remember how it seemed
like
>you were on a plateau & you were never going to get better, then something
>would start working again. Those of us, & family members, that are on that
>plateau now need to hear that it takes that long to heal. Sometimes I wish
I
>had written down progress month by month so that when Greg tells us he's
not
>improving, I can look at the "chart" & show him that he is slowly getting
>better. Even if we compare every 6 months....that's something. I wouldn't
mind
>hearing from anyone else about their timeframes of recovery. I think
LIllian
>would like it too.
>Thanks to everyone for the suggestions about Greg's apartment. I'll let you
>know how it goes. Christi
>