Author: Admin (---.cu27.vnnyca.adelphia.net)
Date: 05-26-02 14:20
Firstly, Cher, it is unlikely that you will lose brain function permanently, even with the neuro symptoms you describe. It may take a year or two for the brain to fully regain all its functionality, but our bodies are wonderful things, and the brain can recover from quite severe damage.
Personally I also suffered from depression. Many years ago. Especially after some doctor told me I only had 18 months to live. But after that 18 months had passed, and I realized that I would get through this sarc thing, and started having fun again. But nothing like the fun I am having now...
I can tell you that my depression disappeared when I got my mind (and my body) back. I am convinced the neuro effects are biochemical in origin, and are not related to any irreparable physical damage in the brain itself. There probably are sarc sufferers who have long-term impairment, but if you can navigate you way around a computer keyboard, and the Internet, I personally would doubt that there is anything really, really, badly wrong.
After I found the ARBs it took about a year for all the numbness in my right thigh to disappear, and I can honestly say that now I feel on top of the world, no depression at all. In fact, sometimes I muse about how things can change, and change so quickly...
Keep Smiling,
Trevor
ps: Have you had your 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 measured yet?
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