Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I was wondering why we hadn't heard from you in a while. Don't sweat the PAW; there will always be pictures to find. The important thing is to continue to get well. Glad you seem to be on the mend. Jay On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:00 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