Re: Myelitis or TM?
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 23:14:49 -0600
hawkins family wrote:
>
> As my doctor was not very informative, I am still a little confused over a
> number of medical details. Can anyone help?
> My diagnosis was myelitis but nobody has ever mentioned the transverse part!
> I was told that the inflammation was right down the spinal cord and so
> assume that this must be why. One doctor did call it longitudinal. Has
> anybody else experienced this?
> Also, if the damage was so extensive, why am I mainly affected in lower legs
> and feet only?(I am not complaining!) . My doctor did say that my MRI scan
> was the worst he had ever seen and so I cannot help but feel that I have
> been very lucky. Also, nobody mentioned lesions so I have no idea if I had
> any, but what exactly are they?
> AngelaHi Angela, Joellen here. Most of us have been diagnosed with myelitis,
transverse means across (or around) and longitudinal is length-wise. A
lesion is the site of the damage usually scar tissue left after the
inflammation has left. Hope that answers your questions.
Joellen