Re: TMA

Deborah Capen (dcapen(AT)ivic.net)
Sun, 23 Feb 1997 19:29:51 -0800

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> From: Srulyosef(AT)aol.com
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: TMA
> Date: Sunday, February 23, 1997 6:29 AM
>
> Well, after over three weeks of not having a computer, I am back on line.
I
> just finished reading about a month's worth of e-mail and glad to see the
> tmic is very active. I would first like to thank everyone who has taken
the
> time to return their TMA questionnaire. We are getting some very good
> information from people. Now that I have my computer again, we will
start to
> enter the data within the next couple of weeks. If you have not returned
> your questionnaire, I urge you to do so. If you are looking for some
type of
> motivation for filling it out -- read all of the postings to tmic. It is
> hard to imagine that there is a doctor or hospital that has contact with
more
> people with tm than we do through the tmic and TMA. We have a great
> opportunity to look at the questions that are being raised by many of
you.
> We also have an opportunity to communicate this information to doctors
--
> which is going to help them think about "how" they are thinking about tm.
>  Finally, if you are new to the tmic and have not yet heard about the
> Transverse Myelitis Association, please send me your name, address and
phone
> number (optional) and we will get a newsletter and questionnaire to you. 
We
> will also add you to our membership list so that you will recieve future
> newsletters and other mailings.  Jim has posted the newsletter and
> questionnaire through the tmic.  If you have that copy, please fill out
the
> questionnaire and feel free to either send it to me by mail or
> electronically.  If you file it electronically, please be sure to
carefully
> number your responses, so that the information can be coded properly. 
Joan,
> thank you for posting the message for me.  And Jim -- thanks a ton for
your
> work on the TMA internet site.  Our best to everyone.  Pauline is holding
her
> own.  All of these postings relating stress to intensified symptoms are
right
> on.  Pauline is in the process of completing her master's degree (in
> education -- she's a kindergarten teacher) and it has been a strain on
her
> body as much as on her mind.  I'm not sure how you eliminate stress from
your
> life -- but if you have techniques and strategies for dealing with it
when it
> happens, you are way ahead of the game.  
> Take good care of yourselves,
> Sandy


I would like to know how to go about receiving a questionaire to fill out,
and where to write to receive the newsletter.  I only signed on a few weeks
ago, and am in my second month of enduring this TM illness.  So, of course
I would be interested in any more information that is available.  Thank you


Debbie
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