Re: Acute transverse myelitis
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Thu, 09 Oct 1997 21:43:48 -0500
Necole Torian wrote:
>
> Hi. My name is Necole. On October 6, 1997 my 60 year old, otherwise
> healty mother (Audrey) was diagnosed with Transverse Acute Myelitis.
>
> On September 8 my mother woke up with numbest in her left leg. She
> attributed this numbest to sleeping the wrong way and continued with
> her regular activites. By September 17 my mother could not walk. We
> took her to a Doctor who told us to immediately take my mother to the
> Emergency room. We asked the reason and he suspected that maybe
> there was a tumor on her spine which was adding pressure taking away
> her ability to walk.
>
> Upon our arrival at the hospital my mother was immediately whisked
> away for an onslaught of test from MRI's, CAT Scans, Spinal Taps to
> HIV tests! After 8 hours of this my mother was admitted into the hospital.
>
> By the following morning my mother had seen 30 doctors!!
> One doctor even insuitated that my mother really could walk and was
> faking!!!
>
> After 17 days of tests and 3 strokes my mother was diagnosed with
> ATM. She is now in the rehab unit and is suffering from a severe
> depression that comes and goes. She will be released from the hospital
> on the 21st of this month. When we requested information about ATM
> we were advised to get on the internet and research as they have no
> information.
>
> Any information you all could supply would greatly be appreciated!!!!
>
> Thank you for "listening"
> Necole
>
> M. Necole Torian
> Office Coordinator
> The Institute for Urban Education
> University of Houston
> 713/743-5020 voice
> 713/743/4989 fax
> email mtorian(AT)bayou.uh.eduHi my name is Joellen, I just celebrated (!) my anniversary of
contracting ATM it took a while for the doctors to give me a diffinative
diagnosis and many tests to do so. I understand why your mom is
depressed, I wanted to die when it happened to me. On top of the TM I
had lost my husband to Cancer 6 months before so I was big time
depressed! I still see a psychiatrist and take Zoloft for depression
and Xanex for anxiaty attacks. There is a reason for everything that
happens to us in our lives (and no I don't believe that God is punishing
me) I simply don't know what the reason is yet, eventually I will
understand and be able to do what I am here to do. Joellen