Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 In a message dated 12/15/2004 7:18:10 AM Central Standard Time, writes: > I am glad Dr. Whiteman has helped your husband. How did you hear about > him and get into him? > > a ~ He didn't know he had mito until he was hospitalized at Mayo > with seizures. He's had lots of other health problems. When the Docs (about a > dozen of them) came to his room a few days after admission, they asked many > questions. One of them started asking about his family, etc.. he stated that > he thinks its a genetic disorder. He asked if we would speak to a Genetic > specialist. The next day Dr. Whiteman came to see us in my husbands room. By > the time he left, he told us it was a " classic case " of MELAS, and did > testing to confirm that. That was just 5 months ago. We've seen him several > times since. We were very fortunate to be at Mayo. Now after doing research, I > can see that he is a " classic case " . There isn't a MELAS symptom he doesn't > have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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