In this issue:

1. Editor’s Column - from the perspective of a caregiver
2. Advances in the Understanding and Diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica and Transverse Myelitis
3. A serum autoantibody marker of neuromyelitis optica: distinction from multiple sclerosis
4. IgG marker of optic-spinal multiple sclerosis binds to the aquaporin-4 water channel
5. Neuromyelitis Optica IgG Predicts Relapse after Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
6. Acute Therapies for MS and other Neuroimmunologic Disorders
7. Acute Therapies for Transverse Myelitis
8. Managing Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction
9. Interventional Approaches to Neuropathic Pain
10. Fatigue and Transverse Myelitis
11. Spasticity Management
12. Demyelinating Disorders: Update on Transverse Myelitis
13. We need people with TM, ADEM, NMO and ON to enroll in the Accelerated Cure Project Study!
14. Recruiting for ACP Study: Help us to find the causes and cures for TM, ADEM, NMO, MS and the other neuroimmunologic disorders
15. Project RESTORE Summary
16. Spinal Cord Injury Volunteers are Needed for Neuropathic Pain Trials

Obstetric Issues

17. Obstetric Issues and the Neuroimmunologic Disorders: Introduction
18. Obstetric Issues and the Neuroimmunologic Disorders: Information and Support Network
19. Obstetric Issues and the Neuroimmunologic Disorders: Brochure Available on TMA Web Site
20. Kimm Auxier
21. Sharon M. Holmes
22. My Experience with TM and Pregnancy
23. A Blessed Pregnancy
24. Kim Ross
25. Harriet Schlacht

In Their Own Words

26. Basil Boy
27. Lyles Forbes
28. The Hubbards
29. Carmencita S. Mendoza
30. Finding Relief from Neuropathic Pain: A Long and Difficult Journey


31. The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life
32. Southwest Symposium on Neuroimmunologic Disorders, April  26 -28, 2007
33. Victory Junction Gang Camp TMA Retreat Weekend, November 2006
34. summer family camp for kids with TM, ADEM and NMO will be held from August 19 to August 24, 2007 at Victory Junction Gang Camp.
35. Important Reminder About The Transverse Myelitis Association Membership Directory

Support Groups

36. Worldwide Devic’s / Neuromyelitis Optica Support Group
37. Canada Support Group - Dan Kilborn
38. Canada Support Group - Marieke Dufresne
39. Minnesota and Wisconsin
40. Missouri
41. Nevada
42. South Africa: famous former Springbok Rugby player struck down by Transverse Myelitis
43. UK TM Society: News from Europe
44. Virginia
45. Washington and Oregon
46. Support Group Leaders


47. The TMA Equipment Exchange
48. Where in the world are the TMA Wristbands?
49. ADEM, NMO, ON, Recurrent TM, TM with Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Sjogren’s Disease and HIV: Finding Each Other to Share Information and Support
50. Helping to Fund the Work of Your TMA
51. The TMA Newsletter and Journal Archives
52. We Don’t Want to Lose You
53. Increased Postage Costs