Question

Those who’ve had a life threatening condition and thought there was no hope what was your recovery story?

Answer 1

It was 2012 I had been in trouble so I got incarcerated. I had 27 teeth pulled and I caught meningitis called cryptocucuss fungal meningitis. People are usually in final stages of hiv. I have never had a autoimmune disease. I carried this virus for 1 half years before I could convince the prison system I was dying. So I faked a panic attack and went septic and was rushed to a Memphis tn hospital were I was flown to Vanderbilt medical. In Nashville TN. I had a spinal tap and my infectious disease doctor told me I have meningitis and their is only one treatment that could possibly work. Well they tried the treatment and i flat lines 1 min into treatment and I found out I was highly allergic to the only treatment know to man. So they moved me to icu agian and gave me insane amounts of benadryl while introducing the treatment in small amounts for 2 weeks and after 2 weeks I was able to receive the gull treatment but i still couldn't sit up I had to have my spine drained everyday and after that my head felt like it was exploding all day and all night. So my neurologist placed a shunt bi lateral shunt in my spine and it went into my stomach. I caught bacterial meningitis in the shunt had to have it removed and I still couldn't sit up. Wo they tried the other side and in process kinked my intestines and had to remove that one as well after I started puking up bile. So Dr Lee placed a vp shunt in my head which runs down my chest into my belly. And after just 30 mins after surgery I could sit up again. I was in prison through all this. I had on shackles the entire time. I got a bill from hospital at prison hospital for over 1 mil and I made parole the following week. I ended up getting the treatment for meningitis and now i have hydrocephalus which is were my spinal fluid stopped communicating with my spine so fluid would build up around my brain. I couldn't see I seen double and sometimes was blind and I got home and hit my head wrong and bow I have 20 25 vision no headaches but i have a seizure disorder called comprehensive seizures and short term memory lose but I am Here. I have had 2 duaghters 1 was born on dec.24 911 am and she is 3 and I have another duaghter born nov12 and is 1 I am blessed in so many ways