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Starting January 2019, I had a big health scare. I suffered from a rare auto-immune neurological illness, where my spinal column broke down. I almost died, was paralyzed, and spent almost 4 months in hospital. And several more months out of the hospital recovering.

I have had a few different names for the illness: Atypical Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Transverse Myelitis, Meningococcal Encephalitis. Each has similar effects and treatments so it may not matter.

I have written many posts about this, and I thought I would organize them here on one page.

• Early Summary of My Health Incident – Published May 16, 2019
• The Day I Died.. Briefly (about February 5, 2019) – Published December 5, 2019
• Surviving the ICU (Feb 6 – March 2, 2019) – Published January 30, 2020
• Happy Detube Day (March 3, 2019) – Published March 3, 2020
• A Less Intensive Recovery Period (March 4 – March 22, 2019) – Published May 14, 2020
• Two months since release – Published July 17, 2019

Friendly Fire: How Does an Autoimmune Illness Happen? – Published June 14, 2020

Other hospital related posts:

• Hospital Funnies – Published June 6, 2019
• 10 things to pack for hospital – Published November 6, 2019
• 8 Things to Know about Staying in Hospital – Published November 7, 2019