Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan, not the best few weeks of my life (so far) but back home today (24th, actually now 25th here so happy season) and took my first photos in 3 weeks! john > -----Original Message----- > > Holy cow, that sounds like a scary experience--stay vertical!!! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:00 PM, John McMaster 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 > > > >