Within 24 hours of arriving home I was occasionally
Within 24 hours of arriving home I was occasionally seeing double and experiencing full on dizzy spells. The second morning, I couldn't walk. The only way to the bathroom was to crawl. Upon a visit to my doctor the next day, using every hand rail and wall to stay on my feet, I made it there. My doctor had not seen a case like this before because it is so rare. He advised me I should head to hospital emergency as they would have to deal with me right away averse to being on a waiting list to see a specialist. "Hurry. You could die". It was after several hours of testing by the neurologist that they discovered I was suffering from an extremely rare disorder called Miller Fisher Syndrome. That's right. Only 1 in 1.1 million people in Canada get this per year. MFS is a neurological disorder where the body attacks itself. Namely the nervous system eats away at the myelin sheath covering of the nerves. It can be caused by a failed round of antibiotics and stress. Your own immune system is in fact attacking you. All your brain signals get scrambled. Imagine not having protective covering on the electrical wires in you home. But worse! It resulted in a week long hospital stay where they flushed my immune system and had to rebuild it with fresh blood and immunoglobulin administered every 8 hours and lots of other blood plasma products. The good news, they said, was I would get back to a normal life in three or four months. It was 2 months before my eyesight returned to normal and I could stop wearing an eye patch to stop seeing double. Being a sailor, even after four months I could not even stand on a floating dock without getting dizzy. I fully recovered over a 5 months period. I do have some residue effects with reflexes but it has not impacted my life style. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/10284229
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