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To: Ilaine who wrote (189)	6/17/2000 2:23:00 PM
From: Neenny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576

CB, I had copied and pasted the spelling I used for the search from the Dictionary. So I don't think that was the problem.....but obviously my typing is when posting. Thanks for the information from your most recent Lange's Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. Reading that was like going back in time, recalling how my brothers symptoms progressed. And yes it was important to acknowledge that we do not have a diagnosis for Edwarda......and this was just a thought.

To: Ilaine who wrote (189)	6/17/2000 2:35:00 PM
From: Peach	Respond to of 1576

Edwarda, I enjoy reading your posts. I have learned a lot from you and shared many laughs. You are a very "together" woman! Thank you for the PM's regarding our mutual friend. Your light and goodness are very powerful. I am sending you all the strength and energy I can muster for your recovery. [Many big hugs] Norma

To: Ilaine who wrote (189)	6/17/2000 2:40:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576

I, too, knew someone who came down with Guillain-Barre syndrome. (And I, too, had never heard of it before.) It was a fellow VOA correspondent, based in Moscow. He was recuperating from what (he thought) was a bout of flu. He went out to his car one day, started to get into it, and collapsed. He was completely paralyzed for weeks -- couldn't even blink his eyes, I was told! He was immediately flown out to London for treatment, and never did recuperate enough to go back to his Moscow post (too grueling). Last I saw him, he was still using a cane to get around (which, of course, was better than crutches and/or a wheelchair). But since the overriding symptom in Guillain-Barre is paralysis, it should be relatively easy for doctors to spot, despite the rarity of the syndrome. Yet it is interesting that in the "differential diagnosis" section, Merck mentions toxins and botulism as having similar symptoms. Both of those possibilities have been mnentioned here.