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Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 49, 50, 51 and possibly 52
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:08:31 +0000
References: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E99CCAC235@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org> <E5DC5E2B-108C-419E-B1BB-111301EC8C07@frozenlight.eu>

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
> >
> > 


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