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Journals

E from shingles

newmustangsally
  • By newmustangsally · Posted March 20, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • hi everyone, i am 38yrs old and had E 7 yrs ago, I was sent away from the emergency room 3 times with them telling me that my headache of 11 days was a migrane, i finally went to an eye doc who told me ...

The bliss of a winter walk...

elodge
  • By elodge · Posted March 13, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • My wife and i just took a walk about near the house.... it's cold up here in new hamphshire...but it is SO BEAUTIFUL....THE AIR WAS CRISP...SNOW ON THE GROUND....MY WIFE AND I JUST TRUDGING DOWN OUR ROAD ...

question about anxiety

elodge
  • By elodge · Posted March 12, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • how many of you have experienced anxiety in early recovery.... from E...? i have begun to get panic attacks....heading to the Dr. for some help.... any thoughts? thanks as always... rick ...

Tiny thing.

Ryanallan
  • By Ryanallan · Posted March 10, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Such a tiny thing, You have the world on your shoulders. Working and loving, you struggle every day. You have worries of your own, but you listen to mine. You're my friend, you keep me going. I'll be ...

Can Encephalitis be confused with " Conversion Disorder"?

mooseinmotion
  • By mooseinmotion · Posted March 8, 2009
  • 30 replies
  • I had BBE Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis in 99 and it is not supposed to come back. They are say it is "Conversion Disorder" and yet my symptoms are quite debilitating and the same! Can Encephalitis ...

Encephalitis Surviver

caffee1962
  • By caffee1962 · Posted March 7, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I'm a 46 year old man who lives in california.I have been merried for 6 1/2 years. I contracted encephalitis in 1989. my wife works for s/b school and I work for a security company ...

hey guys feel great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pigboyjb
  • By pigboyjb · Posted March 5, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • thrid day without a headache. doesn't happen often but i enjoy it when it does. my wife loves it ...

enceph survivor seeking advice on recovery

yussel
  • By yussel · Posted February 27, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • hi, i'm a 43 year old enceph survivor. i had a bad case of meningo-encephalitis 13 years ago, probably herpetic (zoster), but maybe also secondary to lyme disease. i live in new york. i've been treated ...

Rejoicing in the small steps

amers88
  • By amers88 · Posted February 26, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • It has been so long since I entered anything in the log. It is almost the end of February. I never would have imagined we would have come this far.....Last year at this time we were discussing his plans ...

still having headaches

pigboyjb
  • By pigboyjb · Posted February 24, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • still having headaches.the positive side is dead people do not have them. i must be doing pretty good ...

The unexpected disease

elodge
  • By elodge · Posted February 20, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • i never figured that i would be typing this...this disease was completely unexpected...and generally unwanted...the recovery...early that it is...has been very difficult...headaches, depression, insecurity ...

more headhaces

pigboyjb
  • By pigboyjb · Posted February 19, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • about a 3 for the headaces. nose is bleeding ...

here we go again.

Ryanallan
  • By Ryanallan · Posted February 2, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • another sleepless night. I have been up since 2 A.M. and cant fall back to sleep. I hope I can drive straight later ...

Jeky N' Hyde !

Ryanallan
  • By Ryanallan · Posted February 1, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Yesterday I don't know who I was. I did'nt talk to hardly anyone because I didn't know what to say and when I did say somthing it was mean and hateful. It was like I just snapped. That is not me, I dont ...

I Can't beleive it!!

Ryanallan
  • By Ryanallan · Posted January 29, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • After all I went through over the last 3 years, I finaly found somthing that works and I was denied the right to carry It Legaly. I hate our system. I can not let this stand between the pain I still Indure ...

Hi!

Ryanallan
  • By Ryanallan · Posted January 26, 2009
  • 18 replies
  • My name is Ryan and I was struck down with A.D.E.M in 2006. I was in a borderline level 1 coma for two weeks after going into the Hospital with what I thought was just a bad migraine. When I came out ...

What took my mom?

rondacaringdaughter
  • By rondacaringdaughter · Posted January 23, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • I would have never thought as a young woman starting a family of my own that I wouldn't always have the same woman(my mother) to show me in my later years, all the things that come up later on as she ...

the dumbstick

b_ryan
  • By b_ryan · Posted January 16, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • After I awoke and began physical therapy I noticed that my right leg was not as strong as my left. As the weeks went on my left leg was considerably stronger. I called my right leg the dumbstick. Sometimes ...

Just an introduction. . .

Scareddaughter
  • By Scareddaughter · Posted January 14, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • Hi everyone, I thought I'd give you a little info. as to why I'm here. In November 2008 my mom was diagnosed with HSV 1 Encephalitis. It was the scariest thing that's ever happened to my family. My parents ...

Update

lola53
  • By lola53 · Posted January 14, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • It is great to see 2009 here!!! I had a terrible 2008 and hope things don't turn out the same in 2009. In January of 2008 I fell down some stairs and broke my feet and was laid up for a long time....My ...

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