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Journals

Holiday Time

udi45
  • By udi45 · Posted yesterday at 9:00 am
  • 0 replies
  • I haven't posted much lately... I have been overwhelmed by gratefulness... Grateful for my husband Grateful for my family grateful for my health grateful for the good road that we are on grateful for ...

is it or isn't it?

capemermaid
  • By capemermaid · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • just been to see a professor / physician who specialises in tropical diseases at our local university. was so hoping he could help with me a diagnosis but after a full examination and looking through ...

today is a hard day

capemermaid
  • By capemermaid · Posted November 11, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • i am at the stage where i think i MIGHT have this disease (tick borne encephalitis) and am very much afraid of what the future might bring. will i start having epilestic fits? what if it happens when ...

where are we going?

markingtime
  • By markingtime · Posted November 7, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I am new to this my husband has been diagnosed with encephalitis. they tell us it's cvancer caused but can't find the cancer so confusion, dirorientation, fatigue, amnesia, mood swings keep increasing...how ...

Hi everyone

ShelbyJones
  • By ShelbyJones · Posted November 6, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Just thought I would check in and be counted. My family has had our bout with "flu-like illness" which brings up the question for me to vaccinate or not vaccinate? Just when I think I have decided either ...

What to do now?

Tnkooldude
  • By Tnkooldude · Posted October 31, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • My wife contacted Herpes Simplex Encephalitis 3 1/3 years ago. She is 62. She lost all of her short term memory and a lot of long term memory also. She stayed home for 2 1/2 years and then she got worse ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • 29 replies
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

What must it be like in the mind of an E sufferer?

scaredmum
  • By scaredmum · Posted October 27, 2009
  • 15 replies
  • Oneday when I was in deep thought about everything, I wrote this. I was thinking about how hard it must be for someone to 'wake up' oneday and everything be so different but you don't know why. I can ...

Frankie is home now!!

lovebuggy1
  • By lovebuggy1 · Posted October 26, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Hi everyone, I know it's been a while since I've been on here. Just wanted to let you all know that Frankie is finally home!!! Thank God! He has been home for about a week now and is doing Good. Although ...

How to help a loved one recovering from E

KOL
  • By KOL · Posted October 24, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • My mother went into the hospital October 2nd and was diagnosed with Herpes Encephalitis (although a spinal tap was not done) She was not in the ER and was almost comatose. Acyclovir was administered (every ...

Introduction

Tommo
  • By Tommo · Posted October 14, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • I have been reading this forum since i came out of hosiptal 6 weeks ago. I've read some inspirational stories from courageous people. Personally i found it quite scary to read some of the stories because ...

Our new website is now available!

WendyStation
  • By WendyStation · Posted October 6, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • A new version of our Web site is now live on the Web. We invite you to take a look at our new site, and appreciate your feedback: http://www.encephalitisglobal.org ...

Viral and Autoimmune Encephalitis Study. Conducted by a survivor.

Dan_
  • By Dan_ · Posted October 6, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • 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 ...

ANTI-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

scahalan
  • By scahalan · Posted October 5, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • Hi all, Please take the time to read my story of ANTI-NMDA receptor encephalitis. It was a long road but now I'm back to 100 percent. I hope this helps other people out there! http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/my_my ...

In the middle of a project

WendyStation
  • By WendyStation · Posted October 3, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Apology that I've not been here often the past two days... I'm in the middle of a project which is keeping me busy. Hopefully life will settle this weekend, then I can explain in more detail ...

Improvements over time

ShelbyJones
  • By ShelbyJones · Posted October 1, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Please forgive my attempt at humor. My sense of "irony" has helped me stay sane over the years. It is one of the tools I have developed to help me accept an unacceptable situation. I have found that the ...

My daughter is getting better!

scaredmum
  • By scaredmum · Posted September 30, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • I was a scaredmum not that long ago. I wrote on here searching for some help and understanding of encephalitis. I had never heard of this illness before until my daughter was struck down with it. Today ...

Frankie is on his way to recovery

lovebuggy1
  • By lovebuggy1 · Posted September 28, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hi everyone it's Veronica Frankie's cousin just wanted to give you all another update on Frankie. He has now been moved to the Rehab part of the Loma Linda Hospital in CA. My mom and dad and brother just ...

'E' my long and winding road a life lost and new life gained

MaccaM72
  • By MaccaM72 · Posted September 26, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Every once in awhile I get emotional about 'E' and how it has effectected my life. The Anger: A life I once lived lost at 30, Good Job, Making good money, living the life of partying with friends all ...

Today September 22

ShelbyJones
  • By ShelbyJones · Posted September 22, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • I am wondering how many people may have contracted E in 1983, which is when I was sick. Does anyone have any info ...

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