I had either just over a year ago. The doctors could never agree on a final diagnosis. I walked away from testing and treatment as the hospital I was to be admitted to was disgusting and I thought my chances were better on my own.

The numbness has subsided mostly and only returns briefly now. But what I've begun to notice is that I can "feel" again. A sense of nostalgia or love. I didn't even know I'd lost these, only that I knew something was missing. Over the last year I now can see, that I haven't felt a tear or laughed a real laugh. Lately, I've found myself enjoying all of these great emotions again.

I know that the disease attacks the secondary nervous system, but does it also attack other areas as well?