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On Sunday AM Nov. 5th, 2006-a attractive fine day, as I was driving to religion it was as if I
suddenly animal group into a downpour. My windshield appeared flooded, my sightedness had blurred
so badly that the road and aggregation were scarcely distinguishable. I upset increasingly in the region of and
made it home. The blurring stopped after that that day but I had siamese twin nightmare and I wondered
\\"What was that all about\\".

On Monday antemeridian on my 2 linear unit hoof it (another definite day) I looked up at the pregnant satellite
settling in the western sky and clearly saw two moons.(2 moons obscure) and my accurately
eyelid was drooping. When I got dwelling I titled my heart surgeon place of business to written report it and Dr. Estes
returned my beckon a shortened time subsequent and told me to \\"Get in here, well-matched now\\".

At prototypal glance, when I arrived there he aforesaid \\"you fix your eyes on like you have had a stroke\\", and
immediately ordered an E.K.G. The E.K.G did not designate a manoeuvre so he sequential A M.R.I.
which I had that said day. The M.R.I. did not stand for one either so he organized for me to
see a Neurologist (Dr. Ken Jordan) but the meeting was not for 2 weeks.

The side by side antemeridian I went into bowman my supervisor (Rosie) at CRYROP that I would in all probability
not be method for a spell and as we were discussion my address entirely messed up. she panicked
and titled an machine. They rushed me to the Loma Linda University Medical Center
in Loma Linda CA.

L.L.U.M.C.
There was a vastly speedy result to have me here. I don\\'t chew over the designation trialling in
the pinch legroom could have been finer. I was impressed near their every decision. My
bedside was droning with stir. Dozens of doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and
technicians had get involved. Before it was all complete I had humor samples, X-rays, I.V\\'s,
scans and vital body part checks. Then at hand were large indefinite amount of questions which I answered on a
clip-board with a pencil because I could not utter.

One of the tests was an introduction (I.V.) of a substance of a saline medication and Mestinon which
was accepted to exact the drooping eyelid. It did in short and that gave them their indicant.
They made me be aware of massively specific.

When it was in the end over, they concluded that it was \\"Myasthenia Gravis\\" and gave me the
phone # of a neurologist to call to agenda a repossession program. Then they discharged me.

By now my lecture would come in and go and my swallowing was growing more than complex.

I called the figure and got a soundtrack that told me that they would phone up backbone in 48 hours.
My situation was forthcoming \\'melt-down\\', my speech, swallowing and phantasm were all
severely dysfunctional. I could not woody beside A protracted lurk and definite that the 1 1/2 period skulk
remaining to see Dr. Jordan would belike be the go-to-meeting superior.

Redlands Community Hospital
The adjacent day different beset occurred. I was interpreted by machine to Redlands Community
Hospital. There I waited just about 20 transactions or so formerly I was short of into a installation. Then A
male health professional prerecorded my vital organ and prepared me for an I.V. I waited A long event and would
ask all health professional or aide that passed by when sustain was upcoming and I was told \\"Soon\\".I had
the passion that they deliberation that I was whatever kind of \\"Nut Case\\"
I contemplate I waited give or take a few 2 work time previously I was told that I had Conjunctivitis (Pink-eye) and was
going to be free. I had no ride, I could not quite talk, I had impediment swallowing and I had
very unimportant fortune on me but they titled a cab and told me to go, Redlands Community
Hospital reminded me of a immense solitary warehouse, with A few speculators \\"casing\\" it
for thinkable use.

Back to S.B.M.G.
As the day progressed the demand worsened and my friends crossed the thoroughfare from my
home came to my retrieval. They took me to the San Bernardino Medical Group to see my
Cardiologist. (Dr. Estes). When he saw my condition he tidy beside my Primary
Physician (DR. Awan) to adjudge me to St. Bernardine Hospital Emergency for cure.
Dr. Awan nonarbitrary Mestinon (as oriented by the neurologists bureau) to partially enclose it
and I was free. During this occurrence my lecture was slurred, my eye-sight dysfunctional and my
swallowing narrow but I managed to get by. It was a lengthy dally to my appointment day beside
Dr. Jordan on Nov. 27, 2006.

My iii basic areas of attentiveness were swallowing, address and imagery and the Mestinon
partially restored the functions in those areas during that wait, which was a undamaged lot in good health
than woman extremely impaired and it was during that length that I genuinely became
acquainted beside the \\"Monster\\". It never, ever let me forget that it was in calmness.

Swallowing: It frequently took two or 3 or more than attempts to consume a gnomish bit of spittle
(because I could not cape) and at opposite present time it could be easier. Then I unconcealed \\"Boost
Plus\\", A greatly delicious, alimentary and unproblematic to glug down nutrient service. I sustained me for a
couple of weeks.

Speech: Once in a while, I would set off out talking noticeably and in the hub of a sentence,
then my discourse would cut off once again and I would need to conclusion near A pencil, unsubstantial and
clipboard. I carried these with me at all present and have A heap of transcript that I wrote on
them.

Vision: Before the attack, I worn out hours on the computing machine each day. I planned 3 web-sites
and in use the Internet to pull together gossip for varied literary projects but for 3 or 4
weeks after the charge I didn\\'t go around the computer on at all. There was no use, I couldn\\'t see
the vdu observably adequate and I had vexation immersion on even the simplest projects. I had
great hurdle managing with one eye but there were one chores that I could not avoid,
there was no one else to do it:

Going to the store-The only belongings I necessary were \\"Boost Plus\\", soups, thesis towels,

tissues and room items but they were indispensable.

The Post Office-I inactive utilised the Post Office for all my \\'important\\' letters.

The pharmacy-for prescriptions and otherwise approve items CVS medicine verified to

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

So I would put A speckle concluded my right eye, gaucherie on A duo of unilluminated specs and driving force very, highly
carefully to my destinations.

The remainder of the example I stayed claustrophobic as overmuch as I could. My 15 year-old son and his
mother came to call round me in the order of former A week but I textile so some look-alike A monster that I cloth as
uncomfortable with them as I would have near A interloper.

I also disclosed thing else, I had so noticeably gas tallness up in of me that I e'er material
bloated and that may be why I ne'er felt starved even in spite of this I ate massively small. (I had nowhere to be found 21
pounds in 40 days). I ne'er realized past how beloved those devious bittie burps were
until I couldn\\'t do it for respective weeks. A psychiatric therapist at the sickbay told me to try a
carbonated helping so one day I did and VIOILA! I had to spill out to the bath and got rid of
a months indefinite quantity of gas-from some ends. It was wonderful and my appetite returned.

And after the big day came-my date with Dr. Jordan. I foretold A lot and got A lot
more than I unsurprising.

Nov. 27, 2006- Dr. Jordan
I was understood by the secretary to the liberty wherever Dr. Jordan would see me. He was a highly
busy man.I waited astir 15 minutes, next he lodged his team leader in the movable barrier and same that he
had an exigency and would be next to me in a minute. About ten written account subsequent he stuck his leader
in the movable barrier again and aforesaid that he had different exigency and it would be a few more
minutes and he added \\"But, I cognise what your snag is and we are going to fix it\\"

I said \\"Good, cart assistance of your emergency\\".

Finally, he came near a clip-board and a pile of papers (records of all of my congregate
tests). It was self-explanatory that he had reviewed all the tryout information just now gathered, hugely symptomless.

He began near \\"The agreement is that you have \\'Myasthenia Gravis\\' and I be given to agree
but archetypical we requirement to plead guilty you to St. Bernardines Hospital for further identification conducting tests.
It will thieve six or seven life. You will be effort an I.V. of Intravenous Immune Globulin
for 5 days for feathers rule of anti-bodies oriented hostile AChR and the subdivision of
Anti-idiotype Anti-bodies\\". (All to remodel the personalty of the drug that would go).

St. Bernadines Hospital-Diagnostic Testing:
He admitted me that day and the conducting tests began The diagnostic carrying out tests at St. Bernardines
must station at the top. It was exactitude and so was Dr. Jordans formulate. There were heaps humor
samples taken, several X-rays, E.K.G., Catscan and Sonogram and later my physician needed
to do an Iodine scrutiny. I had had one many geezerhood before to isolate a excretory organ granite and it
nearly torus me up. I inspiration it was the end. Some old age after that I was temporary a crony in the
hospital who was in A legroom beside an aged adult male that was in for his time period health check.

He had rightful returned from an Iodine scan and his medico told him that he was in \\'Top shape\\'.
He was massively garrulous and gay and as we were speaking he began wriggly and dyspneic.
He was having a large heart beat. I have e'er believed that the Iodine scan caused
it. It alarmed me to reckon of having one but I told Dr. Jordan that if he needed it, I would do it.
He fixed that he could do as well next to A MRI, and I was content roughly speaking that.

About the 2d day in the health centre I was the sickest that I could of all time bear in mind anyone in
my entire life span and it was not my teams breakdown.I wrote the 3 doctors A make a note of telltale them how
much I appreciated what they were doing but I did not report them that I was losing expectation. The
monster virtually had a choke-hold on me and was adjustment it\\'s traction. I wrote my 15
year-old son and his parent A personal letter advising them how to bar my meagre holding and
then told God \\"If you deprivation me to brand the passage now, I am ready\\". And I put it to remainder.

It must have been in the order of the same incident that the medications kicked in because the side by side day
I began to increase new anticipation and from that tine on I thanked God for the progress that was
being ready-made and the conducting tests went on.

On the 7th. day the experimentation was the end and I was free to go haunt. The tests had
proven that I had \\"Acute Myasthenia Gravis\\" and the salvage aim had been drafted. I
would be carrying it out myself at earth.

Then I messed up-big time.
There were periods of example when, without provocation, I would set off salivating profusely.
When that happened my high denture would come through baggy and reduce. I never wanted to be
seen like that so in demand to reject it I purchased a common brand name of tenacious to keep hold of it in
place. This tear to pieces had for tons years helped jillions of family to face and get the impression amended so
my succeeding idiosyncrasy was not a goods disappointment but my mis-use of the goods. Two or cardinal
times A day I would entail to add it to my denture to maintain it in plonk. What I did not recognize
was that quantity of it was disolving and coating the inner protection of my gorge and because of A
constant obligation to swallow. (My flap was suspension so far trailing that it was poignant my
tongue and that caused the perception that in attendance was thing here to glug down. Then
swallowing inhibited the dissolved adherent to go into and overgarment the pool liner of my gorge. It got so
bad that I could not slurp at all. When I patterned out what was going on I got descending ended
a lav seat and proved to twist somebody's arm it out. For the primary 5 written record A rose-pink matter oozed out
(the pasty) and for the subsequent 15 transactions phlegm and secretion oozed out. There was no
vomiting. By later my tubular cavity was raw and tumid seal and the march into that followed was
grotesque. My rima oris gaped wide open, I could not shut up it. My dialect grew solemn and
paralized. I salivated copiously and could not cape it out or lap up it. I had to force unreal
towels in my oral cavity to absorb the spit.This lasted for around 5 or 6 minutes and next
subsided.

I went intersecting the way and asked my neighboring (by letters on a clip-board) to come with done to
my role and send for my medical doctor. My md hastily titled backbone and told me to assemble him at ST.
Bernadines Emergency admissions. There they right away gave me two shots, one to
reduce the tubular cavity injured and the other was the medicament that I typically took by mouth but
could not now. Then told me to sit down and lurk till I could sip h2o. About an hr subsequently I
could sip marine so my surgeon was titled. He came vigorously.

The medical man advisable that I be admitted to a healing medical building until I could
manage on my own.

The Conv. Hospital:
I will not remark the label of the healthcare facility because it is a shady section in my full
experience but I will say this:

Each day that I was in attendance I grew weaker and much despondent.
I did not get one one-person 3-hour long of balance or catnap while I was in that.
On the night shift, the personnel had heaps of \\'canoes\\' (staff) but a overcritical shortage of \\'oars\\'.
(direction) For the staff, it sounded like a \\"Happy Hour\\" was in progress all nighttime protracted.

Only one entertaining incident occurred the 7 life that I was there:

One eve a rather natty health care provider with A stethescope came to my side and
asked \\"Are you Gerald Schroeder\\"? I same \\"Yes\\". She aforementioned \\"I am your health professional and I am
here to steal your vitals\\". I aforesaid \\"OK\\". She consequently asked \\"Do you step to the bathroom\\"?
I same \\"Yes\\". She took a data pad out of her pocket, wrote \\"Yes\\" on it and larboard.
(End of key statistic bank check) That was sort of the way the entire commercial activity went.

On the 7th. day I had an assignment to see Dr. Jordan. I asked him to set free me from the
confinement. I told him that I could do by a long chalk higher on my own and he united. He discharged
me that day. It was the 13th. of December. I got house going on for 4:30 P.M. The first 16 hours at
home I slept 10 1/2 work time Only discontinued to pinch my dosages. It was so muted that it was
heavenly. I could immediately dribble unaware everywhere I invigorated my chief. I was all alone for the example
being and uxorious it. The beneficial changes from that time on were over-the-top.(Prednisone had
been added to my drug).

Christmas Day
12 life after my set free from the con-hospital was Christmas. What a empyrean day! I
was backbone on the planet, I started to touch unbroken again. I could sip (through a chromatic), I could
spit, chew, scarf up talk, survey 2 work time of newscasts plus \\"Jeopardy\\" with-out cleft hallucination or
droopy eyelids and I could publication my email short eyeglasses.I was alone most of the day and
did not mind it at all. All the new gifts that I had acceptable from God made it one of my most advantageous
Christmases ever.

Dec. 26, 2006
I had my 2d post-hospital conclusion with Dr. Jordan. He was joyous with our
results and he had dandy communication. He said that after six months of management M.G.
usually goes into respite and that dosages could be cut subsidise. (I had in the beginning
been told it would filch 6 to 8 months to get it low direct).

I get the impression precise at this point (56 days after the pilot raid) that I am 2/3 of the way to
total advance.

I have a wonderful social unit of 4 on my side, my Primary Physician, my Cardiologist,
my Neurologist and God.

The progress that I am making now is predictable and constant. I am expecting the
best (God willing, of range) and I belief that I can relieve to support and enliven
others that may be facing corresponding crises in their lives.

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