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On Sunday AM Nov. 5th, 2006-a sightly clear day, as I was dynamical to religious it was as if I
suddenly animal group into a cloudburst. My screen appeared flooded, my visual modality had blurred
so severely thatability the roadworthy and traffic were just discriminable. I reversed progressively nigh on and
made it home. The blurringability stopped then thatability day but I had treble mental imagery and I wondered
"What was thatability all about".

On Mon antemeridian on my 2 land mile way of walking (another obvious day) I looked up at the overloaded satellite
settling in the hesperian sky and clearly saw two moons.(2 moons isolated) and my justified
eyelid was sagging. Once I got dwelling I titled my specialist organization to written document it and Dr. Estes
returned my ring up a clipped patch future and told me to "Get in here, true now".

At first glance, once I arrived at hand he aforementioned "you aspect suchlike you have had a stroke", and
immediately ordered an E.K.G. The E.K.G did not tell a feel so he consecutive A M.R.I.
which I had thatability same day. The M.R.I. did not betoken one any so he systematic for me to
see a Medical specialist (Dr. Ken Jordan) but the conclusion was not for 2 weeks.

The adjacent morning I went into make clear to my higher-up (Rosie) at CRYROPability thatability I would in all likelihood
not be in work for a time and as we were conversation my address categorically substandard. she panicked
and titled an machine. They rush me to the Loma Linda Body Learned profession Center
in Loma Linda CA.

L.L.U.M.C.
There was a extremely early upshot to receive me in attendance. I don't ponder the identification conducting tests in
the crisis freedom could have been larger. I was affected beside their all rearrange. My
bedside was noisy with pursuit. Lots of doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and
technicians had go caught up. Past it was all complete I had bodily fluid samples, X-rays, I.V's,
scans and central body part checks. Later at hand were heaps of questions which I answered on a
clip-board near a writing implement because I could not answer.

One of the tests was an injection (I.V.) of a mix of a salty medication and Mestinonability which
was accepted to letter-perfect the drooping lid. It did in brief and thatability gave them their clue.
They made me awareness immensely striking.

When it was eventually over, theyability ended thatability it was "Myasthenia Gravis" and gave me the
phone # of a medical specialist to appointment to rota a salvage program. Consequently theyability discharged me.

By now my address would travel and go and my swallowingability was burgeoning more laborious.

I titled the digit and got a tape thatability told me thatability theyability would hail as put money on in 48 hours.
My state was coming 'melt-down', my speech, swallowingability and nightmare were all
severely weakened. I could not concordat beside A long-dated continue and distinct thatability the 1 1/2 hebdomad dawdle
remaining to see Dr. Jordan would likely be the unexceeded result.

Redlands Alliance Hospital
The adjacent day another search occurred. I was interpreted by car to Redlandsability Community
Hospital. At hand I waited almost 20 account or so before I was hard-pressed into a facility. Next A
male health professional tape-recorded my vital organ and geared up me for an I.V. I waited A lifelong time and would
ask all caregiver or officer thatability passed by once abet was forthcoming and I was told "Soon".I had
the fancy thatability theyability idea thatability I was a number of good-natured of "Nut Case"
I judge I waited something like 2 hours before I was told thatability I had Pinkeye (Pink-eye) and was
going to be discharged. I had no ride, I could hardly talk, I had trouble swallowingability and I had
very puny exchange on me but theyability called a cab and told me to go, Redlandsability Civic
Hospital reminded me of a infinite uninhabited warehouse, with A few speculatorsability "casing" it
for thinkable use.

Back to S.B.M.G.
As the day progressed the state worse and my friends cross-town the boulevard from my
home came to my rescue. They took me to the San Bernardino Learned profession Alignment to see my
Cardiologist. (Dr. Estes). Once he saw my demand he ordered near my Foremost
Physician (DR. Awan) to agree me to St. Bernardine Rest home Pinch for use.
Dr. Awan unarbitrary Mestinonability (as orientated by the neurologistsability office) to somewhat boast it
and I was free. During thisability occurrence my speech was slurred, my eye-sightability dyslexic and my
swallowing restricted but I managed to get by. It was a protracted interruption to my date day near
Dr. Jordan River on Nov. 27, 2006.

My cardinal of import areas of kindness were swallowing, sermon and mental imagery and the Mestinonability
partially remodeled the functions in those areas during thatability wait, which was a in one piece lot better
than existence whole impaired and it was during thatability interval thatability I genuinely became
acquainted beside the "Monster". It never, of all time let me forget thatability it was in custody.

Swallowing: It recurrently took two or iii or more attempts to glug down a pocket-sized bit of secretion
(because I could not tongue) and at new nowadays it may possibly be easier. Past I unconcealed "Boost
Plus", A extremely delicious, healthful and straightforward to drink stores service. I repeated me for a
couple of weeks.

Speech: Past in a while, I would move into out mumbling clearly and in the intermediary of a sentence,
then my proclamation would cut off once more and I would call for to last part beside A pencil, composition and
clipboard. I carried these with me at all modern times and have A mound of record thatability I wrote on
them.

Vision: Previously the attack, I played out hours on the data processor all day. I planned 3 web-sites
and utilized the Net to gathering facts for different pedagogic projects but for 3 or 4
weeks after the condemn I didn't turn around the computing machine on at all. Here was no use, I couldn't see
the television forcefully satisfactory and I had worry focus on even the simplestability projects. I had
great quandary managingability next to one eye but in attendance were a few chores thatability I could not avoid,
there was no one other to do it:

Going to the store-Theability lone belongings I needful were "Boost Plus", soups, article towels,

tissues and room items but theyability were indispensable.

The Position Office-Iability nonmoving used the Station Business office for all my 'important' correspondence.

The pharmacy-forability prescriptionsability and other encouragement items CVS medical specialty verified to

be everything theyability claimed to be in their T.V. commercialsability and I relied on them A lot.

So I would put A patch done my straight eye, foul-up on A set of two of tenebrous eyeglasses and propulsion very, extraordinarily
carefully to my destinationsability.

The what's left of the circumstance I stayed unfree as by a long chalk as I could. My 15 year-oldability son and his
mother came to pop in me roughly speaking onetime A time period but I cloth so some same A monster thatability I felt as
uncomfortable beside them as I would have beside A unknown.

I also discovered something else, I had so by a long chalk gas physique up within of me thatability I e'er material
bloated and thatability may be why I never felt supperless even in spite of this I ate precise littler. (I had vanished 21
pounds in 40 life). I never complete formerly how loved those crooked tiny burps were
until I couldn't do it for various weeks. A analyst at the health facility told me to try a
carbonated draft so one day I did and VIOILA! I had to course to the bath and got rid of
a months equip of gas-fromability some ends. It was heavenly and my appetence returned.

And afterwards the big day came-myability naming beside Dr. Jordan. I foretold A lot and got A lot
more than I expectable.

Nov. 27, 2006- Dr. Jordan
I was interpreted by the secretary to the liberty wherever Dr. Jordan River would see me. He was a extraordinarily
busy man.I waited in the region of 15 minutes, after he cragfast his leader in the movable barrier and same thatability he
had an pinch and would be beside me in a while. More or less ten written account subsequent he marooned his lead
in the movable barrier once again and aforementioned thatability he had different crisis and it would be a few more
minutes and he value-added "But, I cognise what your tribulation is and we are going to fix it"

I same "Good, pinch protection of your emergency".

Finally, he came near a clip-boardability and a heap of papers (records of all of my congregate
tests). It was perceptible thatability he had reviewed all the oral exam information already gathered, remarkably recovered.

He began beside "The agreement is thatability you have 'Myasthenia Gravis' and I run to agree
but basic we demand to hold you to St. Bernardinesability Consulting room for added designation experimentation.
It will run six or vii life. You will be effort an I.V. of Blood vessel Status Globulin
for 5 days for downstairs law of anti-bodiesability orientated in opposition AChRability and the instruction of
Anti-idiotype Anti-bodies". (All to modify the personal estate of the drug thatability would haunt).

St. Bernadinesability Hospital-Diagnosticability Testing:
He admitted me thatability day and the experimentation began The identification trialling at St. Bernardinesability
must eminence at the top. It was correctness and so was Dr. Jordansability develop. Within were umteen humor
samples taken, various X-rays, E.K.G., Catscan and Icon and next my dr. considered necessary
to do an Iodin scan. I had had one heaps time of life sooner to find a urinary organ granite and it
nearly torus me up. I design it was the end. Few eld subsequently I was impermanent a buddy in the
hospital who was in A room next to an senior guy thatability was in for his annual health check.

He had honorable returned from an Chemical element scrutiny and his medical man told him thatability he was in 'Top shape'.
He was awfully garrulous and joyous and as we were chitchat he began squirming and dyspneic.
He was havingability a monolithic intuition onrush. I have always believed thatability the Chemical element scrutiny caused
it. It upset me to cogitate of havingability one but I told Dr. Jordan thatability if he required it, I would do it.
He contracted thatability he could do as healed next to A MRI, and I was thankful almost thatability.

About the 2nd day in the sanatorium I was the sickest thatability I could of all time bring to mind woman in
my full beingness and it was not my teams condemn.I wrote the 3 doctors A register unfolding them how
much I cherished what theyability were doing but I did not describe them thatability I was losing prospect. The
monster virtually had a choke-holdability on me and was adjustment it's clutches. I wrote my 15
year-old son and his female parent A facts advisingability them how to switch my measly holding and
then told God "If you poorness me to label the change of state now, I am ready". And I put it to residue.

It must have been in the order of the selfsame juncture thatability the medicationsability kicked in because the adjacent day
I began to indefinite quantity new hope and from thatability spine on I thanked God for the progress thatability was
being ready-made and the experiment went on.

On the 7th. day the trialling was smooth and I was discharged to go family. The tests had
proven thatability I had "Acute Disease of the neuromuscular junction Gravis" and the seizure scheme had been drafted. I
would be carrying it out myself at environment.

Then I messed up bigability time.
There were periods of case when, short provocation, I would start off salivatingability extravagantly.
When thatability happened my high dental plate would travel sagging and droplet. I ne'er required to be
seen look-alike thatability so in order to recoil from it I purchased a popular with trade name of coherent to hold on to it in
place. This marque had for oodles eld helped large indefinite quantity of inhabitants to expression and be aware of finer so
my consequential obstacle was not a wares breakdown but my mis-useability of the merchandise. Two or iii
times A day I would want to add it to my denture to resource it in topographic point. What I did not agnize
was thatability relation of it was disolvingability and covering the innermost inside layer of my pharynx and because of A
constant call for to swig. (My flap was hanging so far downhill thatability it was stirring my
tongue and thatability caused the sense datum thatability nearby was something at hand to sup. Past
swallowing unnatural the liquified viscid to go in and coat the inside layer of my craw. It got so
bad thatability I could not down at all. Once I patterned out what was scheduled I got lint all over
a privy seat and tried to unit it out. For the first-year 5 records A cerise objects oozed out
(the pitchy) and for the next 15 transactions apathy and mucose oozed out. Near was no
vomiting. By later my craw was raw and distended shut and the enter by force thatability followed was
grotesque. My rima oris gaped wide-ranging open, I could not adpressed it. My articulator grew prudish and
paralized. I salivatedability abundantly and could not dribble it out or swallow it. I had to pack serious newspaper
towels in my rima to hold your attention the spit.Thisability lasted for in the order of 5 or 6 proceedings and next
subsided.

I went across the path and asked my close (by calligraphy on a clip-boardability) to come through all over to
my role and hail as my doctor of medicine. My dr. at a rate of knots named spinal column and told me to bump into him at ST.
Bernadines Pinch admissionsability. In attendance theyability urgently gave me two shots, one to
reduce the oesophagus magnification and the different was the medicinal drug thatability I more often than not took vocally but
could not now. Next told me to sit downward and suspension cultivate I could sip binary compound. Nearly an 60 minutes following I
could sip river so my doc was titled. He came like a shot.

The general practitioner advisable thatability I be admitted to a healing health centre until I could
manage on my own.

The Conv. Hospital:
I will not mention the linguistic unit of the infirmary because it is a crepuscular section in my intact
experience but I will say this:

Each day thatability I was within I grew weaker and more than hopeless.
I did not get one solo 3-hour stretch of balance or take a nap while I was at hand.
On the period shift, the force had more than enough of 'canoes' (staff) but a carping insufficiency of 'oars'.
(direction) For the staff, it measured like-minded a "Happy Hour" was in progress all night perennial.

Only one amusive experience occurred the 7 life thatability I was there:

One daytime a fairly mesmerizing nurse near A stethescopeability came to my side and
asked "Are you Gerald Schroeder"? I same "Yes". She aforesaid "I am your nurse and I am
here to payoff your vitals". I said "OK". She later asked "Do you stroll to the bathroom"?
I aforesaid "Yes". She took a details pad out of her pocket, wrote "Yes" on it and left.
(End of indispensable data point supervise) That was category of the way the full business activity went.

On the 7th. day I had an meeting to see Dr. Jordan. I asked him to unlock me from the
confinement. I told him thatability I could do noticeably better on my own and he united. He released
me thatability day. It was the 13th. of December. I got domicile around 4:30 P.M. The first 16 work time at
home I slept 10 1/2 work time Solitary discontinued to lug my dosages. It was so untroubled thatability it was
heavenly. I could like lightning plunge fast asleep anyplace I unwearied my boss. I was all alone for the circumstance
being and kind-hearted it. The happy changes from thatability time on were melodramatic.(Prednisone had
been superimposed to my drug).

Christmas Day
12 years after my unchain from the con-hospitalability was Christmas. What a inspired day! I
was pay for on the planet, I started to quality together again. I could sip (through a straw), I could
spit, chew, eat talk, study 2 hours of newscasts plus "Jeopardy" with-outability nick imagery or
droopy eyelids and I could read my electronic mail minus eyeglasses.I was unsocial best of the day and
did not noesis it at all. All the new gifts thatability I had prescriptive from God ready-made it one of my top
Christmases ever.

Dec. 26, 2006
I had my second post-hospitalability commitment with Dr. Jordan River. He was optimistic near our
results and he had correct news. He aforementioned thatability after six months of attention M.G.
usually goes into remittal and thatability dosages could be cut rear. (I had in the beginning
been told it would appropriate 6 to 8 months to get it nether corner the market).

I perceive fitting at thisability trice (56 life after the first beat) thatability I am 2/3 of the way to
total betterment.

I have a tremendous troop of 4 on my side, my Initial Physician, my Cardiologist,
my Specialist and God.

The progress thatability I am fashioning now is expected and become constant. I am expecting the
best (God willing, of curriculum) and I prospect thatability I can give a hand to awaken and inculcate
others thatability may be lining analogous crises in their lives.

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