-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Wolfthal <kwolfthal(AT)snet.net>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, 21 May 1999 4:27:pm
Subject: [TMIC] re: update
>Hi everyone,
>
>Just an update on my TM. I went to my neurologist at Yale-New Haven
>this week. Btw, he is an MS specialist, and is the doc who diagnosed my
>tm.
>
>I asked him what progress there is on new meds, and he said that one
>that they have been working on for ms has been stalled..(sorry I forget
>the name of it).
>
>But he did say that they are going to start human trials at Yale on a
>treatment whereby they take nerve cells out of the leg, grow them, and
>inject them into the spine. This is a layman's description, so please
>forgive me if I am not 100% accurate, but that was the gist of what he
>said.
>
>He said that I am not a candidate for the trials, but that maybe in a
>few years, if all goes well...it will be more widely available.
>
>He tested my strength and said he felt he detected some tremors in my
>hands that he didn't see a year ago..(my last visit), so he is sending
>me for another mri of the brain. He didn't feel they'd find
>anything..(including a brain...my little joke there :)
>
>I also asked him to do another lime test, my last one was in '93, and I
>still wonder...they also took blood to test B-12 deficiency. Will have
>results in a few weeks.
>
>On a good note, I told my boss this week that I cannot do all the
>photography work anymore by myself..(only photographer at a university
>for over 18 years..), and I was fully prepared to tell him I will go for
>disability coverage. But he said he wants me there, and will try to get
>me some help! So we'll see...
>
>Thats all for now...I've had a little more trouble with my gait
>lately..but I have also been under tremendous stress at work and other
>areas...and not exercising except for stretching.
>Take care friends,
>Kevin
>