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To make a long story short. I am a LD survivor. Came to this site in '02 after nine months on the merry go round of doctors. Found the answers to my questions here and got the help I needed! Now for my Dad. I've been after him since that time to get a simple blood test for LD. Still has not done that, but has been under the care of a psychologist and diagnosed as bipolar, seen a cardiologist recently for heart problems and my sister just told me tonight that he went to a neurologist today and had an MRI and they discussed the possibility of early stage Parkinson's Disease!
My Dad is 63 - has been suffering from depression and fatigue since 1989! In the last five years he has had terrible migraines which led him to the bipolar and a "test study" of drugs for depression. He lives in a rural North Carolina county near a water source. Recurrent ear infections, back and joint pain, obsessive compulsive, But of late he looks really bad and my sister and I are both really worried about him.
I called his psychologist and talked with him about my suspicions about LD and said that for peace of mind I would like it ruled out. They gave my Dad the order to take to a lab for the test, but he has not done it yet. I thought if someone here had had a similar experience with someone that I could share with him then I could possibly convince him to have the test when I see him on Father's Day. Any advice would be helpful.
On another note, I was recently diagnosed and treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome. After five weeks in the hospital and continued out-patient rehab I am walking again. When I met another previous GB patient at the hospital I mentioned that I had also had LD and wondered if it had made me more susceptible to this autoimmune syndrome. The scary thing is that he also had had LD before he came down with GBS. Anyone else out there with this weird phenomenon?
Posts: 2 | From North Carolina | Registered: Jun 2007
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bettyg
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gang,
this new poster posted same in BOTH medical and here. i asked him to delete this one, and leave one in medical where he'll get more assistance.
sent him newbie package, etc.
so you don't need to answer here, but his MEDICAL one ok*******************************************
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