I was recently diagnosed with Transverse Myletis (TM) in October 2014. Some of you know just how devastating this rare autoimmune disease can be.  For the rest of you count your blessings.  I’m a divorced mother of two teenagers and one aging mother. I work 8-9 hours a day and try to push myself to at least do some exercise in the form of continued rehabilitation on my own everyday. I recovered from a paralyzed leg (my right side) from onset of TM with only rehabilitation.  I am very thankful I can walk.  Slowly, but I can still walk with no assistive aide.  If you would have seen where I came from you would definitely testify to this miracle!  Unfortunately, I also experienced two relapses of TM before my 1st year anniversary of living with this disease which within itself is a rarity (relapses). I conquered both relapses (this time my left leg) with the help of iv steroid drugs, rehabilitation, prayer and the desire to be “normal”  again. Whatever that means.  So for now, some days are good and some are bad but I try my best to have more good than bad. This blog is dedicated to all the TM conquerors out there that feel alone.  Your not and not only will this blog be an expression of my day to day battle but whatever new, useful, informative information I can pass along about TM I will.

“I’m just a black girl living in a transverse myletis world trying to see the end of the rainbow.”