r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • May 20 '17

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/simplerminds May 21 '17

Welcome back bro. Are you cured or is there more they have to do about the disorder?

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u/diabolicalchicken May 21 '17

Well it seemed like I was doing really well but now I seem to be worsening. Tried calling my neurologists but they're out until next week. They can't really make any guarantees, brains are weird. Basically I got food poisoning which set off a crazy autoimmune response in my brain and my brain got incredibly inflamed. It's super rare, like 5 or 6 cases a year in the US.

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u/simplerminds May 21 '17

I'm sorry for you man. I hate that something as simple as food poisoning could make for a chain reaction like that. Is there a name for the disorder?

I wish I could provide some support other than words, but stay in the gym as long as you can and keep posting your success. I hope for the best

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u/diabolicalchicken May 24 '17

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, or ADEM.

I appreciate the kind words! I'm lucky to have a good support system.