Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/21

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:41:10 +0100
References: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E99CCAC235@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org>

John!

I'm glad you are recovered and I hope as you say that this is a full 
recovery. 

... I didn't saw this mail before ...., take care and keep well

Cheers
Lluis 



El 21/12/2012, a las 21:00, John McMaster escribi?:

> Don't exist, I failed to make the full year due to illness, I was too weak 
> to push the buttons on my iPod never mind hold any imaging device!
> 
> Tuesday 4th Dec - all normal
> Wednesday 5th - wake up with double vision (no other symptoms), go to A+E, 
> CT scan see neuro and sent home with suspected nerve/muscle issue in left 
> eye.
> Thursday 6th - wake up with normalish vision but wobbly legs, weak hands 
> and not very good coordination. Off to A+E again where I see the same 
> doctors. Given a lumbar puncture by the neuro team who think I have 
> Miller-Fisher Syndrome. Kept in (short stay unit) to see how I go, by late 
> afternoon I am far worse with arms shaking like bad Parkinsons so they 
> start my IViG treatment.
> Friday 7th - wake up with my arms/hands effectively paralysed and legs not 
> much better, off for an MRI scan. Diagnoses changed to standard 
> Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), my autoimmune system attacking my nerve 
> covering (myelin sheath) causing problems with nerves and the muscles. 
> Moved to HDU part of neuro.
> Over the weekend my breathing gets shallower, GBS affects the diaphragm 
> muscles, so I am moved to ICU where I can get intubated quicker if 
> required. Thankfully not required so after a couple of nights back to 
> normal neuro ward.
> Since then I have been recovering at a very rapid pace; most people take 
> 1-3 weeks to get the symptoms then another 1-3 weeks with no change before 
> and open-ended recovery time (can be months). I have only been about two 
> weeks from symptoms to being able to walk again! Expect to make a full 
> recovery and unlikely to re-occur :-)
> 
> I have heard of two costs for the IViG treatment, the lower one would buy 
> a new M with 2 or 3 lenses and the higher one would be two bodies plus 4 
> lenses.......Didn't cost me anything over my normal tax bill
> 
> john - aged <50
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52)
In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52)