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Wow. Can't even imagine what that's like. My $20 are a drop in the bucket, but hope that bucket is getting more full.

He mentioned that he suffered a seizure and that led him to be taken into the ER. Does he mention any other previous symptoms that might have led up to it? In general, what symptoms do exist for this sort of thing?

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The brain is remarkably plastic, and can compensate for all sorts of damage ... right up until the point that it can’t. This is a tautology, but the point is that there usually aren’t any symptoms until these are fairly far developed, which is a big contributor to the fairly terrible prognoses, and the fact that deterioration after the first noticeable symptom is rapid. The effect is magnified in the young and those otherwise in good health, as they have more effective reserve.

The only symptom he mentioned before his grand mal seizure was tingling in his fingers which he ignored.

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