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jszymborski | on: I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
I can't begin to imagine the pain and stress caused by those symptoms, but I am so very happy to hear the prognosis is quite good. A linked scientific article makes the case that this is a very new diagnosis, and increased awareness might help a lot of people, so if you are reading this burntsushi, thanks for being open about something deeply personal, I hope I would have had the courage to do so myself.
burntsushi | parent
Thank you. <3

There were lots of reasons that went into me posting this.

First and foremost is that this is a disease of chaos that is prone to misdiagnosis. I want to shout this from the roof tops to spread awareness. I don't have a ton of reach, but I have some, and I want to use it to amplify things like this.

Second is that I'm somewhat naturally open about these sorts of things.

Third is I feel a responsibility to my projects and users.

Fourthly is that it's just practically useful to have a link to send to someone when I reference this time period in my life. :-)

> very new diagnosis

Yes! Discovered in 2007. Wild.

> so if you are reading this burntsushi, thanks for being open about something deeply personal, I hope I would have had the courage to do so myself.

<3 <3 <3

mcspiff | root | parent
> Third is I feel a responsibility to my projects and users.

I feel like this should be a bit of a two way street. Is there anything we can be doing for you?

I see there's an option for GitHub sponsorship, would that still be your preference?

burntsushi | root | parent
Honestly I think just a heap of patience while I catch up with a couple months of doing essentially zero work. That would be the best.
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