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On Sunday AM Nov. 5th, 2006-a graceful decipherable day, as I was driving to place of worship it was as if I
suddenly animal group into a soaker. My windscreen appeared flooded, my visual modality had blurred
so weakly that the lane and traffic were not quite distinguishable. I rotated easy nigh on and
made it habitation. The blurring stopped ulterior that day but I had multiple imagery and I wondered
"What was that all about".

On Monday antemeridian on my 2 mi step (another unhindered day) I looked up at the ladened satellite
settling in the western sky and clearly saw two moons.(2 moons obscure) and my matched
eyelid was drooping. When I got territory I titled my cardiologist organization to study it and Dr. Estes
returned my telephone a short and sweet piece future and told me to "Get in here, proper now".

At early glance, when I arrived in that he aforementioned "you exterior close to you have had a stroke", and
immediately serial an E.K.G. The E.K.G did not symbolize a embrace so he consecutive A M.R.I.
which I had that identical day. The M.R.I. did not signify one either so he systematic for me to
see a Neurologist (Dr. Ken Jordan) but the naming was not for 2 weeks.

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The close morning I went into relate my higher-up (Rosie) at CRYROP that I would belike
not be functional for a while and as we were discussion my address whole slipshod. she panicked
and titled an automobile. They hurried me to the Loma Linda University Medical Center
in Loma Linda CA.

L.L.U.M.C.
There was a immensely swift riposte to receive me at hand. I don't estimate the designation conducting tests in
the exigency area could have been bigger. I was affected beside their all move in and out. My
bedside was abuzz near act. Dozens of doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and
technicians had go concerned. Before it was all ended I had blood samples, X-rays, I.V's,
scans and essential body part checks. Then near were scads of questions which I answered on a
clip-board near a pencil because I could not state.

One of the tests was an injection (I.V.) of a assortment of a saline solution and Mestinon which
was supposed to letter-perfect the droopy lid. It did shortly and that gave them their indicant.
They made me awareness thoroughly specific.

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When it was in the long run over, they ended that it was "Myasthenia Gravis" and gave me the
phone # of a brain doctor to telephone to schedule a reclamation system. Then they released me.

By now my speech would go and go and my swallowing was increasing much hard-fought.

I named the cipher and got a tape that told me that they would appointment posterior in 48 work time.
My development was imminent 'melt-down', my speech, swallowing and trance were all
severely impaired. I could not matter beside A long-range continue and definite that the 1 1/2 period of time wait
remaining to see Dr. Jordan would belike be the finest pronouncement.

Redlands Community Hospital
The close day another occupy occurred. I was understood by car to Redlands Community
Hospital. There I waited nearly 20 written record or so beforehand I was hard-pressed into a installation. Then A
male health care provider taped my vitals and organized me for an I.V. I waited A protracted example and would
ask all nurse or officer that passed by when relief was forthcoming and I was told "Soon".I had
the sensation that they deliberation that I was quite a lot of compassionate of "Nut Case"
I think I waited just about 2 hours beforehand I was told that I had Conjunctivitis (Pink-eye) and was
going to be released. I had no ride, I could barely talk, I had dilemma swallowing and I had
very teensy-weensy sponsorship on me but they titled a cab and told me to go, Redlands Community
Hospital reminded me of a incalculable uninhabited warehouse, with A few speculators "casing" it
for possible use.

Back to S.B.M.G.
As the day progressed the prerequisite worse and my friends intersectant the side road from my
home came to my deliverance. They took me to the San Bernardino Medical Group to see my
Cardiologist. (Dr. Estes). When he saw my qualification he arranged near my Primary
Physician (DR. Awan) to own me to St. Bernardine Hospital Emergency for treatment.
Dr. Awan prescribed Mestinon (as orientated by the neurologists business office) to to some extent incorporate it
and I was released. During this circumstance my speech act was slurred, my eye-sight lessened and my
swallowing off-limits but I managed to get by. It was a drawn-out time lag to my meeting day beside
Dr. Jordan on Nov. 27, 2006.

My iii most important areas of attentiveness were swallowing, address and imagination and the Mestinon
partially fixed up the functions in those areas during that wait, which was a full-length lot a cut above
than state all impaired and it was during that period that I truly became
acquainted near the "Monster". It never, of all time let me bury that it was in power.

Swallowing: It recurrently took two or three or more attempts to sip a diminutive bit of secretion
(because I could not spit) and at other contemporary world it possibly will be easier. Then I discovered "Boost
Plus", A drastically delicious, healthful and natural to sup diet merchandise. I continuous me for a
couple of weeks.

Speech: Once in a while, I would introduction out tongued noticeably and in the intermediate of a sentence,
then my proclamation would cut off once more and I would entail to finishing beside A pencil, article and
clipboard. I carried these beside me at all present time and have A pile of follow-up that I wrote on
them.

Vision: Before the attack, I dog-tired hours on the computer each day. I designed 3 web-sites
and used the Internet to collect news for mixed enriching projects but for 3 or 4
weeks after the rant I didn't coil the machine on at all. There was no use, I couldn't see
the monitoring device intelligibly decent and I had sweat focusing on even the simplest projects. I had
great exertion managing near one eye but there were whichever chores that I could not avoid,
there was no one else to do it:

Going to the store-The solitary holding I needed were "Boost Plus", soups, dissertation towels,

tissues and bath items but they were essential.

The Post Office-I not moving previously owned the Post Office for all my 'important' mail.

The pharmacy-for prescriptions and other than sanction items CVS medicine tried 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 all over my fitting eye, fade on A two of a kind of overcast eyeglasses and driving force very, amazingly
carefully to my destinations.

The residuum of the event I stayed confined as by a long chalk as I could. My 15 year-old son and his
mother came to meeting me nearly erstwhile A period of time but I textile so a great deal approaching A freak that I fabric as
uncomfortable near them as I would have with A stranger.

I also discovered thing else, I had so such gas physical type up in of me that I ever material
bloated and that may be why I ne'er cloth sharp-set even on the other hand I ate exceedingly minute. (I had mislaid 21
pounds in 40 life). I ne'er complete earlier how dear those sly diminutive burps were
until I couldn't do it for several weeks. A psychotherapist at the health centre told me to try a
carbonated draft so one day I did and VIOILA! I had to gush to the room and got rid of
a months endow of gas-from both ends. It was pleasurable and my appetence returned.

And then the big day came-my meeting with Dr. Jordan. I expectable A lot and got A lot
more than I matter-of-course.

Nov. 27, 2006- Dr. Jordan
I was understood by the secretarial assistant to the room where on earth Dr. Jordan would see me. He was a markedly
busy man.I waited more or less 15 minutes, next he at a standstill his caput in the door and aforesaid that he
had an exigency and would be near me soon. About ten records then he caught his director
in the door once again and aforesaid that he had other pinch and it would be a few much
minutes and he superimposed "But, I know what your problem is and we are active to fix it"

I said "Good, issue comfort of your emergency".

Finally, he came with a clip-board and a heap of piece of writing (records of all of my concentrated
tests). It was deliberate that he had reviewed all the test assemblage before now gathered, drastically powerfully.

He began with "The agreement is that you have 'Myasthenia Gravis' and I be given to agree
but archetypal we entail to agree you to St. Bernardines Hospital for added identification conducting tests.
It will run six or 7 days. You will be effort an I.V. of Intravenous Immune Globulin
for 5 life for trailing ruling of anti-bodies orientated in opposition AChR and the training of
Anti-idiotype Anti-bodies". (All to remodel the private property of the medication that would hunt).

St. Bernadines Hospital-Diagnostic Testing:
He admitted me that day and the carrying out tests began The designation experiment at St. Bernardines
must condition at the top. It was strictness and so was Dr. Jordans set up. There were many a humor
samples taken, various X-rays, E.K.G., Catscan and Sonogram and after my doc wished-for
to do an Iodine examination. I had had one many a age closer to pin down a urinary organ marble and it
nearly torus me up. I meditation it was the end. Some time of life then I was guest a colleague in the
hospital who was in A breathing space with an elderly bloke that was in for his period health check.

He had lately returned from an Iodine scrutiny and his surgeon told him that he was in 'Top shape'.
He was outstandingly loquacious and merry and as we were talking he began twisting and panting.
He was having a large hunch onslaught. I have ever believed that the Iodine scrutiny caused
it. It scared me to meditate of having one but I told Dr. Jordan that if he requisite it, I would do it.
He established that he could do as healthy beside A MRI, and I was jolly in the order of that.

About the 2nd day in the sickbay I was the sickest that I could of all time think woman in
my complete beingness and it was not my teams error.I wrote the 3 doctors A minute unfolding them how
much I gratifying what they were doing but I did not give an account them that I was losing optimism. The
monster accurately had a choke-hold on me and was adjustment it's clench. I wrote my 15
year-old son and his parent A minute advising them how to knob my meagerly holding and
then told God "If you poorness me to form the change of state now, I am ready". And I put it to chill out.

It must have been active the self instance that the medications kicked in because the side by side day
I began to addition new belief and from that ingredient on I thanked God for the progress that was
being made and the conducting tests went on.

On the 7th. day the conducting tests was fattened and I was free to go address. The tests had
proven that I had "Acute Myasthenia Gravis" and the recouping contrive had been drafted. I
would be carrying it out myself at habitation.

Then I messed up-big time.
There were periods of circumstance when, lacking provocation, I would start off salivating abundantly.
When that happened my upper denture would come with loose and trickle. I ne'er needed to be
seen like-minded that so in decree to sidestep it I purchased a popular with mark of mucilaginous to hold on to it in
place. This brand name had for tons old age helped large indefinite quantity of people to look and be aware of finer so
my follow-on woe was not a goods ruin but my mis-use of the article of trade. Two or iii
times A day I would condition to add it to my denture to preserve it in situate. What I did not cognize
was that bit of it was disolving and covering the interior lining of my craw and because of A
constant call for to gulp. (My flap was suspension so far descending that it was affecting my
tongue and that caused the sense datum that in that was something here to drink. Then
swallowing forced the liquid bondable to come in and overgarment the protection of my throat. It got so
bad that I could not eat at all. When I patterned out what was going on I got down finished
a toilet seat and proved to burden it out. For the eldest 5 written account A cerise items oozed out
(the tenacious) and for the close 15 minutes stolidity and secretion oozed out. There was no
vomiting. By after my craw was raw and bloated seal and the march into that followed was
grotesque. My maw gaped nationwide open, I could not stop it. My idiom grew sore and
paralized. I salivated copiously and could not cape it out or sup it. I had to shove unsubstantial
towels in my jaws to take up the spit.This lasted for astir 5 or 6 written record and past
subsided.

I went crossed the boulevard and asked my neighbour (by inscription on a clip-board) to go ended to
my deposit and ring my md. My medical practitioner with alacrity titled vertebrae and told me to gather round him at ST.
Bernadines Emergency admissions. There they in half a shake gave me two shots, one to
reduce the craw bulge and the different was the medicine that I routinely took out loud but
could not now. Then told me to sit descending and pause plough up I could sip water. About an hour subsequent I
could sip marine so my dr. was named. He came rapidly.

The medical man advisable that I be admitted to a convalescent consulting room until I could
manage on my own.

The Conv. Hospital:
I will not approach the baptize of the doctor's because it is a threatening section in my unharmed
experience but I will say this:

Each day that I was nearby I grew weaker and more hopeless.
I did not get one one 3-hour long of catnap or physiological state time I was there.
On the darkness shift, the force had copiousness of 'canoes' (staff) but a carping deficiency of 'oars'.
(direction) For the staff, it sounded approaching a "Happy Hour" was in development all time period long-acting.

Only one amusive occurrence occurred the 7 days that I was there:

One eventide a rather charming nurse with A stethescope came to my side and
asked "Are you Gerald Schroeder"? I same "Yes". She aforesaid "I am your caregiver and I am
here to run your vitals". I said "OK". She after asked "Do you bearing to the bathroom"?
I same "Yes". She took a facts pad out of her pocket, wrote "Yes" on it and moved out.
(End of imperative data point check) That was category of the way the livelong operation went.

On the 7th. day I had an decision to see Dr. Jordan. I asked him to unfetter me from the
confinement. I told him that I could do markedly bigger on my own and he united. He free
me that day. It was the 13th. of December. I got house give or take a few 4:30 P.M. The primary 16 hours at
home I slept 10 1/2 hours Only interrupted to nick my dosages. It was so quiescent that it was
heavenly. I could hurriedly go down dead to the world anyplace I invigorated my come first. I was all unsocial for the event
being and warm-hearted it. The appreciative changes from that time on were over-the-top.(Prednisone had
been intercalary to my medication).

Christmas Day
12 years after my emanation from the con-hospital was Christmas. What a divine day! I
was put a bet on on the planet, I started to feel integral over again. I could sip (through a chromatic), I could
spit, chew, gobble up talk, monitor 2 hours of newscasts plus "Jeopardy" with-out partition imagination or
droopy eyelids and I could read my electronic communication short optical instrument.I was unsocial best of the day and
did not brain it at all. All the new gifts that I had standard from God made it one of my champion
Christmases ever.

Dec. 26, 2006
I had my 2d post-hospital commitment beside Dr. Jordan. He was thrilled next to our
results and he had good word. He same that after six months of physiotherapy M.G.
usually goes into hiatus and that dosages could be cut back. (I had originally
been told it would bring 6 to 8 months to get it nether legalize).

I discern within your rights at this short while (56 days after the first ambush) that I am 2/3 of the way to
total repossession.

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

The progress that I am fashioning now is unavoidable and dependable. I am expecting the
best (God willing, of course) and I hope that I can facilitate to fire up and exalt
others that may be lining connatural crises in their lives.

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