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

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Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:16:43 +0000
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Thanks Lluis, things are improving all the time :-)

John

On 22/12/2012, at 11:38 AM, "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> 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
>> 
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In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52)