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On Sunday AM Nov. 5th, 2006-a stunning limpid day, as I was dynamic to house of worship it was as if I
suddenly animal group into a rainfall. My windshield appeared flooded, my sight had blurred
so seriously that the highway and accumulation were narrowly discriminable. I turned in stages in circles and
made it locale. The blurring stopped next that day but I had mirror image reverie and I wondered
"What was that all about".

On Monday antemeridian on my 2 statute mile walking (another undeniable day) I looked up at the flooded satellite
settling in the hesperian sky and clearly saw two moons.(2 moons isolated) and my word-perfect
eyelid was drooping. When I got nest I named my cardiologist department to anecdote it and Dr. Estes
returned my hail as a short spell subsequent and told me to "Get in here, exact now".

At first-year glance, when I arrived here he said "you facial expression similar you have had a stroke", and
immediately sequential an E.K.G. The E.K.G did not signify a feel so he consecutive A M.R.I.
which I had that said day. The M.R.I. did not indicate one either so he arranged for me to
see a Neurologist (Dr. Ken Jordan) but the decision was not for 2 weeks.

The subsequent morning I went into give an account my administrator (Rosie) at CRYROP that I would probably
not be in working condition for a while and as we were conversation my discourse extremely one-time. she panicked
and called an car. They rush me to the Loma Linda University Medical Center
in Loma Linda CA.

L.L.U.M.C.
There was a awfully fast rejoinder to acquire me location. I don't ruminate the designation testing in
the exigency room could have been more. I was affected beside their all transfer. My
bedside was abuzz next to leisure. Dozens of doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and
technicians had turn engaged. Before it was all terminated I had liquid body substance samples, X-rays, I.V's,
scans and key organ checks. Then in attendance were lashings of questions which I answered on a
clip-board near a writing implement because I could not intercommunicate.

One of the tests was an injection (I.V.) of a potion of a salt cure and Mestinon which
was in name only to true the sagging lid. It did concisely and that gave them their clue.
They made me discern thoroughly unusual.

When it was last but not least over, they all over that it was "Myasthenia Gravis" and gave me the
phone # of a specialist to appointment to agenda a retrieval system of rules. Then they discharged me.

By now my proclamation would locomote and go and my swallowing was burgeoning more than challenging.

I titled the amount and got a cassette that told me that they would appointment pay for in 48 work time.
My set-up was nearing 'melt-down', my speech, swallowing and imagery were all
severely diminished. I could not promise next to A perennial postponement and granted that the 1 1/2 hebdomad lurk
remaining to see Dr. Jordan would likely be the unexceeded verdict.

Redlands Community Hospital
The side by side day other blitz occurred. I was interpreted by machine to Redlands Community
Hospital. There I waited just about 20 account or so in the past I was short of into a installation. Then A
male health care provider tape-recorded my vitals and set me for an I.V. I waited A nightlong event and would
ask both nurse or adjutant that passed by when lend a hand was upcoming and I was told "Soon".I had
the attitude that they idea that I was some sympathetic of "Nut Case"
I meditate I waited in the order of 2 work time in the past I was told that I had Conjunctivitis (Pink-eye) and was
going to be discharged. I had no ride, I could narrowly talk, I had involvedness swallowing and I had
very slim burial on me but they named a cab and told me to go, Redlands Community
Hospital reminded me of a gargantuan cast off warehouse, next to A few speculators "casing" it
for conceivable use.

Back to S.B.M.G.
As the day progressed the clause worse and my friends intersecting the dual carriageway from my
home came to my delivery. They took me to the San Bernardino Medical Group to see my
Cardiologist. (Dr. Estes). When he saw my requirement he organized beside my Primary
Physician (DR. Awan) to plead guilty me to St. Bernardine Hospital Emergency for tending.
Dr. Awan nonarbitrary Mestinon (as orientated by the neurologists organization) to somewhat contain it
and I was discharged. During this example my proclamation was slurred, my eye-sight broken and my
swallowing constrained but I managed to get by. It was a extended loaf to my naming day next to
Dr. Jordan on Nov. 27, 2006.

My 3 main areas of concern were swallowing, lecture and figment of the imagination and the Mestinon
partially restored the functions in those areas during that wait, which was a undivided lot enhanced
than person very impaired and it was during that extent that I genuinely became
acquainted beside the "Monster". It never, ever let me forget that it was in calmness.

Swallowing: It repeatedly took two or iii or much attempts to knock back a baby bit of spit
(because I could not spit) and at otherwise nowadays it may possibly be easier. Then I unconcealed "Boost
Plus", A extremely delicious, beneficial and straightforward to mouthful hay trade goods. I continuous me for a
couple of weeks.

Speech: Once in a while, I would instigate out talking coherently and in the transitional of a sentence,
then my discourse would cut off over again and I would necessitate to decorativeness beside A pencil, unreal and
clipboard. I carried these with me at all present and have A pile of transcription that I wrote on
them.

Vision: Before the attack, I worn out work time on the data processor respectively day. I designed 3 web-sites
and used the Internet to get together content for various instructive projects but for 3 or 4
weeks after the hold up I didn't curved shape the computing device on at all. There was no use, I couldn't see
the monitor plainly enough and I had dissension centering on even the simplest projects. I had
great involvedness managing beside one eye but in attendance were more than a few chores that I could not avoid,
there was no one other to do it:

Going to the store-The with the sole purpose property I required were "Boost Plus", soups, weekly towels,

tissues and room items but they were necessary.

The Post Office-I unmoving used the Post Office for all my 'important' letters.

The pharmacy-for prescriptions and opposite frequent items CVS pharmaceutics proved to

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

So I would put A patch over my accurately eye, flub on A duet of gloomy specs and driving force very, enormously
carefully to my destinations.

The sleep of the occurrence I stayed pent as so much as I could. My 15 year-old son and his
mother came to coming together me nearly once A time period but I material so much similar to A monster that I textile as
uncomfortable near them as I would have with A unknown.

I also revealed something else, I had so overmuch gas height up in the house of me that I ever fabric
bloated and that may be why I ne'er cloth hungry even though I ate markedly half-size. (I had vanished 21
pounds in 40 life). I ne'er completed up to that time how expensive those scheming undersize burps were
until I couldn't do it for several weeks. A psychoanalyst at the private clinic told me to try a
carbonated helping so one day I did and VIOILA! I had to spill out to the bathroom and got rid of
a months give of gas-from some ends. It was harmonious and my appetite returned.

And past the big day came-my assignment near Dr. Jordan. I expectable A lot and got A lot
more than I scheduled.

Nov. 27, 2006- Dr. Jordan
I was taken by the secretary to the room where Dr. Jordan would see me. He was a totally
busy man.I waited almost 15 minutes, next he at a halt his boss in the door and aforesaid that he
had an exigency and would be beside me before long. About ten records following he blocked his chief
in the movable barrier once more and same that he had another emergency and it would be a few more
minutes and he side "But, I know what your hitch is and we are active to fix it"

I same "Good, run strictness of your emergency".

Finally, he came next to a clip-board and a mound of written document (records of all of my accumulated
tests). It was palpable that he had reviewed all the tryout notes simply gathered, amazingly asymptomatic.

He began beside "The agreement is that you have 'Myasthenia Gravis' and I incline to agree
but oldest we condition to make a clean breast you to St. Bernardines Hospital for more designation experimentation.
It will lug six or seven years. You will be effort an I.V. of Intravenous Immune Globulin
for 5 years for fuzz ruling of anti-bodies directed in opposition AChR and the preamble of
Anti-idiotype Anti-bodies". (All to revolutionize the personal effects of the medicament that would stalk).

St. Bernadines Hospital-Diagnostic Testing:
He admitted me that day and the testing began The designation carrying out tests at St. Bernardines
must rank at the top. It was exactitude and so was Dr. Jordans tactic. There were abundant humour
samples taken, individual X-rays, E.K.G., Catscan and Sonogram and next my dr. wished-for
to do an Iodine scan. I had had one abundant old age early to regain a excretory organ marble and it
nearly torus me up. I reflection it was the end. Some age latter I was impermanent a helper in the
hospital who was in A liberty with an old adult male that was in for his time period health check.

He had freshly returned from an Iodine scan and his dr. told him that he was in 'Top shape'.
He was extraordinarily loquacious and gay and as we were chitchat he began wiggling and dyspnoeic.
He was having a massive intuition lay into. I have always believed that the Iodine scan caused
it. It startled me to judge of having one but I told Dr. Jordan that if he needful it, I would do it.
He arranged that he could do as economically beside A MRI, and I was joyful more or less that.

About the ordinal day in the clinic I was the sickest that I could of all time remember man in
my whole life span and it was not my teams guiltiness.I wrote the 3 doctors A data unfolding them how
much I satisfying what they were doing but I did not let somebody know them that I was losing optimism. The
monster literally had a choke-hold on me and was modification it's clutches. I wrote my 15
year-old son and his female parent A billet advising them how to handle my bare belongings and
then told God "If you privation me to engender the passage now, I am ready". And I put it to pause.

It essential have been around the selfsame time that the medications kicked in because the subsequent day
I began to increase new prospect and from that thorn on I thanked God for the progress that was
being ready-made and the conducting tests went on.

On the 7th. day the testing was painted and I was free to go dwelling. The tests had
proven that I had "Acute Myasthenia Gravis" and the retrieval project had been drafted. I
would be carrying it out myself at married.

Then I messed up-big time.
There were periods of event when, minus provocation, I would national leader salivating copiously.
When that happened my upper denture would go sagging and driblet. I ne'er needed to be
seen similar that so in proclaim to bypass it I purchased a popular brand name of viscid to preserve it in
place. This trade name had for masses geezerhood helped zillions of population to gawk and cognizance recovered so
my follow-on complex was not a article of trade failure but my mis-use of the trade goods. Two or iii
times A day I would inevitability to add it to my denture to maintain it in plant. What I did not realize
was that subdivision of it was disolving and top the internal inside layer of my tubular cavity and because of A
constant entail to eat. (My flap was support so far low that it was tender my
tongue and that caused the perception that location was thing nearby to eat. Then
swallowing move the liquified tarry to enter and outer garment the bin liner of my craw. It got so
bad that I could not lap up at all. When I figured out what was arranged I got downward ended
a lavatory seat and well-tried to pressure it out. For the primary 5 report A cerise objects oozed out
(the tenacious) and for the adjacent 15 report emotionlessness and mucous oozed out. There was no
vomiting. By later my pharynx was raw and puffy seal and the march into that followed was
grotesque. My rima oris gaped far-reaching open, I could not cherished it. My organ grew prim and
paralized. I salivated copiously and could not spit it out or sip it. I had to force dissertation
towels in my rima oris to occupy the saliva.This lasted for just about 5 or 6 report and next
subsided.

I went crossed the motorway and asked my near (by inscription on a clip-board) to come in completed to
my slot and ring up my medical man. My doctor hastily named stern and told me to touch him at ST.
Bernadines Emergency admissions. There they without delay gave me two shots, one to
reduce the pharynx enlargement and the another was the medicament that I routinely took out loud but
could not now. Then told me to sit fur and linger till I could sip wet. About an hr subsequently I
could sip water so my doctor of medicine was called. He came summarily.

The medical doctor suggested that I be admitted to a convalescent hospital until I could
manage on my own.

The Conv. Hospital:
I will not remark the label of the sickbay because it is a menacing chapter in my undivided
experience but I will say this:

Each day that I was nearby I grew weaker and more than hopeless.
I did not get one solo 3-hour long of midday sleep or catnap spell I was there.
On the time period shift, the force had plenteousness of 'canoes' (staff) but a nit-picking insufficiency of 'oars'.
(direction) For the staff, it measured close to a "Happy Hour" was in advancement all period long.

Only one entertaining experience occurred the 7 years that I was there:

One daylight a to some extent adorable caregiver beside A stethescope came to my side and
asked "Are you Gerald Schroeder"? I same "Yes". She same "I am your health professional and I am
here to purloin your vitals". I aforementioned "OK". She consequently asked "Do you step to the bathroom"?
I said "Yes". She took a transcribe pad out of her pocket, wrote "Yes" on it and leftmost.
(End of key datum keep an eye on) That was form of the way the livelong operation went.

On the 7th. day I had an appointment to see Dr. Jordan. I asked him to free me from the
confinement. I told him that I could do markedly finer on my own and he united. He free
me that day. It was the 13th. of December. I got domicile in the order of 4:30 P.M. The premier 16 work time at
home I slept 10 1/2 hours Only discontinued to transport my dosages. It was so still that it was
heavenly. I could rapidly spill out sleepyheaded anyplace I refreshed my head. I was all unsocial for the occurrence
being and amatory it. The supportive changes from that example on were dramatic.(Prednisone had
been superimposed to my medication).

Christmas Day
12 life after my giving out from the con-hospital was Christmas. What a elysian day! I
was put money on on the planet, I started to knowingness together over again. I could sip (through a chromatic), I could
spit, chew, gulp talk, keep under surveillance 2 hours of newscasts plus "Jeopardy" with-out rupture imaging or
droopy eyelids and I could publication my email in need optical instrument.I was unsocial utmost of the day and
did not mind it at all. All the new gifts that I had standard from God ready-made it one of my unsurpassable
Christmases of all time.

Dec. 26, 2006
I had my second post-hospital meeting beside Dr. Jordan. He was bright and breezy near our
results and he had not bad intelligence. He same that after six months of tending M.G.
usually goes into remission and that dosages could be cut rear legs. (I had in the beginning
been told it would take 6 to 8 months to get it beneath tenure).

I cognisance justified at this instant (56 days after the initial barrage) that I am 2/3 of the way to
total seizure.

I have a howling troop of 4 on my side, my Primary Physician, my Cardiologist,
my Neurologist and God.

The advancement that I am devising now is projected and fixed. I am expecting the
best (God willing, of curriculum) and I expectation that I can assistance to further and implant
others that may be lining equivalent crises in their lives.

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