June is Aphasia Awareness Month
What is aphasia? Until recently, I had never heard the term before, however after John’s, my fiance's, diagnosis of autoimmune...
Graduate Nursing Student Focuses on Autoimmune Encephalitis Population
Recently, I completed a Population Health practicum for my graduate nursing program. As part of the course, I spent 105 clinical hours at...
The Commute that Changed the Direction of My Life
One day, driving down the freeway I was surprised that I couldn’t see the exit I was trying to get to. I kept driving thinking I was...
“You have to Re-boot your brain” – an Autoimmune Encephalitis patient’s story of Recovery and Rehabi
It was in March 2016 that my husband Jim and I found ourselves waiting in Dr. Andrew McKeon’s office at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...
Challenging the Brain with an Acquired Injury
For Brain Injury month, I have chosen to write about challenging the brain with an acquired injury with the object of sustaining...
AE Warrior Gains His Wings ~ World Encephalitis Day Special Edition
On April 20, 2016, my brother, AJ, checked in to Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah and made a Facebook post stating that this would be his...
Young Texas Woman with anti-NMDAr Encephalitis fights for her Life and the Life of her unborn child
This is the story of 19 year old Haley Bounds Haley has always been a healthy child; never having anything but the common cold. Out of...
anti-NMDAr AE Warrior Shares her Story
(This photograph of Catherine was taken exactly one month prior to her diagnosis. She says: “In this picture you can see how healthy I...
Raising Awareness For Autoimmune Encephalitis Through February Until World Encephalitis Day Februar
Heather Smith's story Hi Everyone! Today I thought I would share my story, at least to date. I’m 41. About a year ago I had a gastric...
The Dangers of Psychiatric Involuntary Commitment with Autoimmune Encephalitis Onset
The disease Autoimmune Encephalitis causes many neurological and psychiatric symptoms. To name a few: psychosis, depression, anxiety,...
