Hi KMEB,

I am very sorry to hear of your health decline - I think we all dread this, especially as we have so many plans for the future. A future we have to admit we may not have!

I am very aware that there are many causes of PN and consequently I have already undergone a good number of tests to find a cause. As most of the tests at the time were negative, it was for this very reason that I had all but given up finding a cause as no-one seemed to want to pursue anything further........then the very distressing cough started in April 2008.

Although I have still felt all the PN symptoms over these past months and also become progressively stiff in my muscles, I have found most of my energies have gone into surviving the cough on a daily basis; therefore discovering a cause for my PN had been put on hold.

What I have wondered these past few months; is the lung condition/cough and the PN caused by two different things or are they caused by the same causative agent? This is when I did a lot of research on Mycoplasma Pn. which I have been proved to have and I looked at literature to elicit it's effects on the peripheral nervous system. This I still don't know for sure.

However at least since my hospitalisation some things have been clarified in regard to my lung problems and whether they turn out to be completely separate from PN remains to be seen. Will keep you informed.