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RE: My Meningitis Story (Part 1): Doom Disguised As A Hangover (Little Did I Know My Body Was Shutting Down)
M. is insane. Unless you go to the hospital then you have absolutely no clue what's going on. Am I sick with any number of things? No clue. Do I have SM? Also no clue. Quick visit to the emergency room might just resolve but finding out is terrifying.
When i come to write up part 2 it will explain the misdiagnosis , the hangover becomes a flu becomes scarlet fever before it finally gets discovered... it's crazy just how quick things progress and how it eludes even the most professional medical brains... It certainly didn;t help having been drunk the night before with a hangover to blame instead, i think i was very lucky in the end... and after surviving the entire ordeal and reading up on the disease, i feel super lucky these days that i am still alive with limbs intact.
There was another kid from another town nearby who had it too, he ended up having his foot amputated :o It was only when i found that out a few weeks after i had recovered that i truly understood how in danger my life had been. During the whole experience, as a kid, i just kept thinking although unusual to be ill this long, it was still a normal thing and a few nights sleep would solve the issue. I didn't know death was so close to my door at the time.
It certainly gave me a mental boost for enjoying life thereafter :)