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> From: Ann.Lindstrom(AT)octel.com
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Got bad news yesterday
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 1997 7:46 PM
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> Hi Guys -
>
> For the past several months, I've had facial numbness in addition to the
> regular side effects of my myelitis. They did another MRI of the
> cervical spine, where the myelitis is, and found only that the myelitis
> was shrinking. Since I had a biopsy of that site, my neurologist told
> me that the facial numbness was probably just some pulling on the bottom
> part of my brain from the scar tissue. I wasn't really comfortable with
> that explanation, so I talked the doctors into doing an MRI of my brain.
> Just got the radiologists report yesterday - they found two lesions in
> my brain, and now suspect MS. One I first got sick, they did a lumbar
> puncture to rule out MS, and the fluid was clear. Now they want to do
> another one. Can't tell you how much I hate spinal taps.
>
> Has this, or anything similar happened to any of you? The myelitis was
> bad enough, especially since the after effects of the myelitis and
> associated biopsy look like they are permanent (the onset and biopsy
> were in '94). Not that we are talking anything as horrendous as some of
> you have experienced, but definitely uncomfortable and often painful. I
> have accepted that the symptoms are worse sometimes than others,
> especially when I am over tired. But the MS thing really is wigging me
> out - the idea that this can happen at anytime, anywhere in my brain or
> spine has got me pretty scared. My next move is to check the MS web
> sites and try to get more info......