If it weren't for BAT Luck...
This episode is a light and humorous, yet serious discussion about my experience as a newly immunosuppressed person having just been bitten by a bat or two. Resources and References include: Dysatuonomia International - Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy - presenter: Steven Vernino, MD, PhD: https://youtu.be/mG3ydQoPRPo?si=KrFGacjYD8YuCvmx HyperRAB: the Rabies Immune Globulin https://www.grifols.com/documents/3627767/3632534/ft-hyper-rab-us-en.pdf/f5c9381f-15e2-43fb-98ed-81dfecc2bd6c?t=1553085932000 CDC's Guide to Preventing Rabies from Bats: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/prevention/bats.html Treatments for Myasthenia Gravis: https://myasthenia.org/myasthenia-gravis-treatments/ Treating patients who have made antibodies to their acetylcholine receptors: (Use and monitoring of low dose rituximab in myasthenia gravis) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071753/ Characterization of ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies (useful if you have both mAChR and gAChr antibodies, like I do.) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18485491/ Stuart Murdoch on ME/CFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMTVqv6rw6c Music: background music performed is by Lishie (Trash Signal) on a Korg Bass Synth, and Stuart Edwards (Shelles, Old Bricks) on Drums. outro is "Syncope" by Trash Signal trashsignal.bandcamp.com https://shelles.bandcamp.com/