Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]months our of commission with G-B happens with many--amid your bad luck was a streak of good ric On Dec 21, 2012, at 10:12 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Thanks Ric, as a self employed person I was more worried about possibly > being out of action for months than the GBS! > > john > ________________________________________ > > > happy the G-B took a quick course! > > ric > > > On Dec 21, 2012, at 3:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >> 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