| Wow. I actually have a lot in common with this dude. I have a very rare disease that causes autoimmune autonomic failure, which was initially blamed as "diabetes complications", due to type 1 diabetes. I was always suspicious it was something else, as it started when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 5. I was constantly scavenging the medical literature when I was in college. At age 22, it got out of control and I was in and out of the hospital. I came across a journal article and I realized that there was nothing about this disease that could eliminate it as a possibility. I knew I was screwed. My blood was sent to the only lab in the US that tests for it. It came back positive. Now, in the past year, at age 30, after trying about 10 treatments, including in combinations, I am finally in remission. I am back in school finishing my electrical engineering degree. I am a senior undergrad. I have a new lease on life. I never thought I would be doing this well! EDIT: My diagnosis story is here. But, I was not doing as well as I am doing now, when I posted it: https://rareandextraordinarycom.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/fir... |