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Recenltly had an unusual experience,woke up one morning and could hardly walk the stairs and could not lift my arms higher than my shoulders-went to the emergency room later the next day;had to be taken in in a wheel chair cause I could not move my legs .I was there a week;four days of which I could not get out of bed;the day I finally got up I had to use a walker-Could hardly stand-my back felt like it was too weak to support the weight of my body.After about a dozen tests which included MRI for brain tumor,brain hemorrhage,brain anuerism,back problems(bad disc or vertabrae)tests for Spinal Meningitis,M.S.;tests for Lyme Disease,Chemical Testing and nerve and muscle testing I was told that they did not really know what I hadbecause they never really had a case like mine before;that mine was not like other cases like it;I was told that I had a viral infection of my muscles and nerves and that there was no medine that they could give me that it would just have to run its course.When I left I was using a walker;after being home a week I was able to discard the walker;now three weeks later I can walk,can use my arms normally and have feeling back in my fingers,but my strenght is not back yet My feet are still numb;Has anyone ever heard of something like this? When something like this happens,it really makes you appreciate how lucky one is to be able to function;how just doing something like brushing your hair is something you should never take for granted.HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS!Thank you for your time
In Reply to: A New One For You posted by Strangerthan on June 04, 2002 at 09:37:23:
Hi, Strangerthan.
This is an example of what we were taught as freshmen in medical school: Every history and physical has to be ended with a "differential diagnosis" (all the things that one could think of that might cause the patient's symptoms). The explanation was that "the diagnosis would be missed IF the examiner did not think of it". Seems simple enough, right?
However, after the docs are out of school, and do not have a professor grading what they do, it becomes too bothersome to list a "differential" and so it is neglected.
This was almost certainly "Guillian Barre' Syndrome" (look it up--yours was pretty mild. It is a wonder that you did not have to be put on life-support. WHEN you look it up you will see that it is not likely to recur in your lifetime.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
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