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Fully recovered and how it happened
- By jerseagal · Posted June 11, 2008
- In Life after encephalitis · 4 recommendations
- I have been encouraged to share my story. I hesitated at first because I did not want to appear as if I was bragging, or judging those who still have major disabilities after their bouts with Encephalitis ...
Ruth Fell, In Memorandum
- By WendyStation · Posted March 10, 2009
- In Relationships · 3 recommendations
- It is with sorrow that I share the news that Ruth Fell has passed away. I have shared with her family a brief video of Ruth's sharing with the encephalitis community. Please feel free to share your condolences ...
what do you do when you take 2 steps foward and 10 steps back
- By geez · Posted October 2, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 2 recommendations
- i am 2 years post E, i had been doing well and all of a sudden the headaches are stronger and more intense and the confusion and inability to concentrate is back, along with the awful feeling of not knowing ...
Topics/Discussions to Include in Nov Conference
- By eegrobert · Posted July 23, 2009
- In Treatment and therapy · 2 recommendations
- Hello everyone. I am planning a presentation on "Overcoming Anxiety, Frustration, Anger & Depression - Critical Skills to Learn in Brain Injury Rehabilitiation". Although it was originally created to ...
Speech
- By caffee1962 · Posted March 7, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 2 recommendations
- I was just woundering ....is there anyone who has a speech probblem ...
FACES 2009 Retreat
- By WendyStation · Posted January 21, 2009
- In Relationships · 2 recommendations
- Photobucket Mark your calendar! Encephalitis Global is happy to announce our FACES (Friends And Caregivers, Encephalitis Survivors) Retreat for 2009. We have chosen to meet in Las Vegas, Nevada on September ...
post encephalitis syndrome 6 month mark
- By Paulg · Posted October 8, 2008
- In Life after encephalitis · 2 recommendations
- I was diagnosed with E in April 2008. I thought it would be benificial if we started a quarterly assesment of our symptoms to see were we are at a particular phase of recovery. Also since progress seems ...
Seizures?
- By jerseagal · Posted August 2, 2008
- In Life after encephalitis · 2 recommendations
- (Corrected on 9/10/09) E Residual effects could be either symptomatic of the swelling that occurred or of the initial cause of the E. In the beginning I experienced all of the residual effects with the ...
Why we Celebrate
- By jerseagal · Posted August 1, 2008
- In Life after encephalitis · 2 recommendations
- Michele you just made an excellent point. We have a right to Celebrate! Things that used to be routine for us and still are for others takes an extraordinary amount of goal setting, planning, follow through ...
Cognition and Technology (CogniTech)
- By Knatte · Posted March 24, 2008
- In Introduce yourself · 2 recommendations
- Hello everybody! Couldent find any good topic for this, so I choosed this. Have Introduce my senf severel times in the "old" encephalitis-global discussion. Must say. Is it your agan that fixed this Ingrid ...
I need Help from someone who has been there
- By jenniferbrown · Posted November 16, 2009
- In Diagnosis of encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- Well, Im not really sure as of where to start. I have been healthy most of my life until about 6 months ago when i turned 24. I suddenly started having seizures and no one could tell me why. All of my ...
Viral and Autoimmune E Study. Conducted by a survivor.
- By Dan_ · Posted November 3, 2009
- In Diagnosis of encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- This past April, after two days of fever, I slipped into a 10-day coma. After being flown from Maine to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston I was diagnosed with nonspecific viral encephalitis. Long ...
Autoimmune vs. Viral - Thoughts?
- By Dan_ · Posted October 6, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- If there are any medically informed people out there, I'd like their opinion on the following. Fifty percent of viral encephalitis cases go undiagnosed or are diagnosed as "nonspecific." Do you think ...
FACES Program now available!
- By WendyStation · Posted August 28, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- Do you want a peek at what we will be doing at FACES? Want to print off our FACES Program? Click http://www.encephalitisglobal.org/FACES% 202009%20Program.doc to view! (If YOU would like to join us at ...
Tournament of Kings @ FACES in Vegas
- By WendyStation · Posted August 21, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- Photobucket Photobucket Thinking of attending the Tournament of Kings while you're in Vegas? We hope to all attend the 6pm Saturday show, and sit together. Here is an explanation of the Tournament ...
Joy? Poll
- By jerseagal · Posted August 21, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- Michele, As always you brought up an excellent topic. Smiling. Question: Any change in feeling of enjoyment post E? Discussion: Looking for postive emotions here. Still laugh at a good joke? Get that ...
Do you wish to chat?
- By WendyStation · Posted July 13, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- With iVisit you type chat, speak chat, and can see each other (if you're using a webcam). Webcam is NOT mandatory. iVisit is free to download and use. I'm on their volunteer staff. Download and install ...
Ingrid & Douglas / FACES 2007
- By WendyStation · Posted April 21, 2009
- In Life after encephalitis · 1 recommendation
- Ingrid & Douglas at FACES 2007 in Nashville. Photobucket ...
Jack's Shop : Beyond the Front Porch
- By WendyStation · Posted March 14, 2009
- In Introduce yourself · 1 recommendation
- Jim is the newest member here at Encephalitis Global. Book description: Photobucket Jack's Shop - Beyond the Front Porch... Jim has used crutches to walk since he contracted Encephalitis at age 12. He ...
Help me understand
- By chipmunk3 · Posted February 26, 2009
- In Relationships · 1 recommendation
- My son Peter is 44 years old. He has had type type I diabetes since he was 10. In 2003 he received a double transplant of a pancreas & kidney. This Oct. both organs rejected. Last week he was found in ...
