RE: Chronic Progressive TM [long]

Koliver (AT)tstar.net (Edwino(AT)webtv.net)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:47:07 -0600 (CST)

I had a myelgram the third day of my of my hospitalization. A
nuero-surgeon did it and I asked before it was done what he was looking
for. He said a tumor between my shoulder blades. I could see the dye
move up when they tipped me and it went right on without any obsruction.
He went to my wife and told her it was TM. I have not had a MRI nor any
other mylegrams in 18 years. I still have the burning stinging pain
that has been with every day since coming out of the hospital April 4,
81. Meds have taken some of the edge off most of the time.

Ken trying not to complain, it wouldn't do any good any how.

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Subject: RE: Chronic Progressive TM [long]
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>From what I understand, the mylogram would only show compression of the
spinal cord or nerves due to bone problems, herniated disks etc.
However, lesions on the cord not caused by any physical obstrcution
would not be seen.

> ----------
> From: JHarper33(AT)aol.com[SMTP:JHarper33(AT)aol.com]
> Sent: December 24, 1998 10:33 PM
> To: rubyjax(AT)teleport.com
> Cc: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Chronic Progressive TM [long]
>
> In a message dated 12/23/98 5:48:35 PM EST, rubyjax(AT)teleport.com
> writes:
>
> > Does this make sense to anyone? [I hope I explained it okay]
> >
> > Smiles, Jackie
> >
>
> Makes perfect sense! Thanks for sharing.
> Many of my symptoms are similar to yours, though not as severe. I,
> too, have
> had flare-ups of old symptoms and occasionally new areas of numbness
> or
> tingling, and was told, basically, that my nervous system was
> over-sensitive
> to stimuli because of TM. I haven't had another MRI since the first
> one three
> years ago, and have occasionally wished I could, just to see if
> anything is
> different. The MRI three years ago did not show a lesion, but a TM
> diagnosis
> was made on the basis of symptoms and ruling out other diseases.
>
> A question just came to mind -- they did a myelogram on me first (it
> was Labor
> Day week-end and they had no one in to run the MRI), where they inject
> dye to
> look at the vertebrae to see if there were any bone problems that
> could've
> been causing my symptoms. When they did do the MRI, they just did it
> on my
> brain. Would the myelogram have shown lesions, if there were any?
>
> Barbara H.
>